Tag: V Karthikeyan Pandian

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Woman claiming to be BJD MLA’s wife detained on her way to Pandian's residence

Bhubaneswar: The woman claiming to be wife of BJD’s Talcher MLA, Braja Kishore Pradhan was detained by police today during an attempt to stage dharna in front of the official residence of Chief Minister’s private secretary, V Karthikeyan Pandian. As per reports, the woman was detained by police while she was on her way to […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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PIL against VK Pandian in HC

Bhubaneswar: A PIL was filed in the Orissa High Court today, seeking action against Chief Minister’s private secretary V. Karthikeyan Pandian over alleged irregularities during his tenure as Ganjam Collector. Bharatiya Vikas Parishad, a non-profit organization, filed the petition alleging Pandian and nine others of showing undue favou r to an organization identified as Mana […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Teacher rakes up bribery allegation against Pandian

Bhubaneswar: Former District Inspector of Schools, Aska has alleged that IAS officer V. Karthikeyan Pandian had demanded Rs 2 lakh bribe per Scheduled Tribe Sikhya Sahayak applicant for CT training when the bureaucrat was the collector of Ganjam in 2008. The then District Inspector of Schools, Laxmi Narayan Das has further alleged that he was […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Attack on Pandian’s residence: One more accused arrested

Bhubaneswar: Police today arrested another accused in connection with the attack on the official residence of Chief Minister’s private secretary V Karthikeyan Pandian. The accused identified as Balia was arrested from Khandagiri area here. With this, the total number of arrested persons in the incident rose to five. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has assured […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Attack on Pandian’s residence: CM Naveen assures of action

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today assured appropriate action in connection with the attack on the official residence of his private secretary V. Karthikeyan Pandian. The response of Patnaik came after a delegation of State government employees, including members of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) associations […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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CM Naveen acts on directions of VK Pandian : Jayaram Pangi

Bhubaneswar: After leaders cutting across party lines launched a scathing attack on CM Naveen Patnaik for toeing the lines of his PS V Karthikeyan Pandian, today, former Koraput MP Jayaram Pangi also came out with similar statements. Pangi, who joined the BJP after quitting BJD a few months back, stated in his Facebook post, “Since […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Resentment brews in BJD over growing interference of IAS officer

Bhubaneswar: Resentment over alleged meddling of V Karthikeyan Pandian, private secretary to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, in affairs of BJD is growing day by day. After Baijayant Panda, Rama Ranjan Baliarsingh and Baishnab Charan Parida, another senior leader of BJD Nabin Nanda has expressed his displeasure over the way BJD is functioning. He alleged suggestions […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Do lapses in Odisha IAS officer’s service record prove his political leanings?

Bhubaneswar: Under fire for meddling in politics, Odisha CM’s private secretary V Karthikeyan Pandian’s service record discipline as a civil servant has come under scanner. While service rules make it mandatory for an IAS to undergo two-week training after 10-16 years of service, the 2000-batch IAS officer seems to have never attended any training session. […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Op-Ed: Teachers Must Stay Clear of Politics

My sympathies have always been with teachers of the state, who have spent more time protesting on the streets than teaching in the classes in the last few years as a callous and apathetic state government has repeatedly turned a deaf ear to their legitimate demands. Even in the ongoing round of confrontation, I am […]

  • Thursday, 10 June 2021
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