Worker Sima Juang, along with her family members and a labour department official, after arrival in Bhubaneswar on Saturday Bhubaneswar: The state govt has drawn up a multi-departmental rehabilitation strategy to provide sustainable livelihoods for migrant workers who returned from Tamil Nadu following the ammonia gas leak at a seafood processing unit in Tiruvallur district.Moving…
Bhubaneswar: The city police on Wednesday served a notice to V K Pandian, a former IAS officer-turned-BJD politician and close aide of ex‑chief minister Naveen Patnaik, who virtually ran the govt, was called for questioning in connection with the theft of two sensitive inquiry reports from the chief minister’s office (CMO) during the 2024 regime…
Ranchi: Buying properties in urban local bodies across Jharkhand is set to get pricier. In a bid to boost revenue, the state govt has proposed a new levy on property transactions.The draft Jharkhand Municipal Land/Building Transfer Surcharge Rules 2026, which has been put in the public domain by the state urban development and housing department,…
Patna: Ahead of the five-day monsoon session of the state legislature beginning on Monday, assembly speaker Prem Kumar on Friday asked departments to ensure the presence of their additional chief secretary, principal secretary or secretary in the House.Kumar issued the direction at a high-level meeting with senior officials to review security, traffic, medical facilities, cleanliness,…
Health minister K Muraleedharan Thiruvananthapuram: The state govt has ordered a comprehensive probe into all major procurements made by the health department over the past decade, while also directing a separate inquiry into alleged irregularities in the purchase of bleaching powder by the Kerala Medical Services Corporation Ltd (KMSCL).Health minister K Muraleedharan directed the health…
Move reflects poorly on state govt’s general administration department and CMO, said a bureaucrat Mumbai: Less than a week after the state government transferred IAS officer P Velrasu from CEO of MIDC and posted him as principal secretary in the forest department, the state on Monday again posted him as additional metropolitan commissioner (AMC) in…
Times News Network Examination Bengaluru: Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has postponed the Common Entrance Test (CET) counselling for engineering and other professional courses because of a delay in receiving the final seat matrix and fee structure from the higher education department.Officials said the process has been pushed back by at least three days and is…
T’puram: The state govt has revoked the suspensions of IAS officers B Ashok and N Prasanth, clearing the way for their return to service. The govt is expected to take a decision on their postings shortly.Prasanth had been under suspension for nearly two years, while Ashok was suspended over a month ago. Both officers have…
T’puram: CPM and BJP have come out against the state govt’s decision to appoint chief electoral officer Rathan Khelkar as chief minister V D Satheesan’s principal secretary. Both BJP and CPM asked Congress to clarify its stand on the matter as Rahul Gandhi had criticised West Bengal govt’s decision to appoint the CEO there as…
