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CEO issues heatwave advisory to ensure safety of officials, electors during SIR | Bhubaneswar News

Bhubaneswar: With heatwave expected to intensify, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Odisha, has issued a detailed advisory to ensure the safety of the officials concerned and electors during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls scheduled from May 30 to Sept 6.In a directive issued on Monday, additional CEO Sushanta Kumar…

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Odisha police seeks help of seven states to recover weapons looted by Maoists in 1992 and 2001 | Bhubaneswar News

Bhubaneswar: The state police have sought assistance from their counterparts in seven states — Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar and West Bengal — to recover weapons looted by Maoists in 1992 and 2001 from Odisha, many of which were later seized in various operations by those states.Between 1992 and 2022, Maoists carried out…

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Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation to replace 50 fuel-run vehicles with EVs | Bhubaneswar News

Bhubaneswar: To gradually phase out diesel- and petrol-run waste transportation vehicles, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to replace at least 50 such vehicles with EVs.Mayor Sulochana Das said existing vehicles of a certain brand would be exchanged to procure EVs. “We have our own diesel-run vehicles that are used in sanitation. Some have become…

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Panchayat staffers suspended for Rs 38L MGNREGS fraud | Bhubaneswar News

Berhampur: Kandhamal district administration suspended the additional data entry operator (ADEO) and panchayat executive officer (PEO) of Daharakote panchayat in Kotagarh block for alleged misappropriation of Rs 38 lakh without execution of projects under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The suspended officers were identified as ADEO Kansiram Digal and PEO Sutanay Mahakuda…

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