Home department

Bhubaneswar: Senior IPS officer of 1988 batch and Special DGP, Special Armed Police (SAP), Manoj Chhabra was given the additional charge of Special DG, Prisons, on Monday. A notification issued by the Home Department said that Chhabra…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday appointed senior IPS officer of 1988 batch Ravi Kant as the Special Resident Commissioner of Odisha Bhawan in New Delhi. A notification to this effect was issued by the state Home Department.…

Bhubaneswar: Taking note of the frequent bid by the Andhra Pradesh government to acquire the Kotia panchayat having 21 cluster villages in Koraput district, the Odisha government has decided to set up a police station there. A decision to…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has decided to introduce a new uniform for Fire Service personnel. According to a notification by the Home Department, all ranks of men and officers of all wings of the Fire Service up to the rank of the…

Cuttack: Acting on the directive of the Committee on Road Safety formed by the Supreme Court, Director General of Police (DGP) BK Sharma on Friday directed superintendents of police (SPs) to check drunken driving at the 14 toll gates across…

Bhubaneswar: To ensure the safety of students, the Odisha government has decided to make fire safety measures mandatory in all educational institutions across the state. The Home Department has asked 10 departments, including the School…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has made a minor reshuffle in the top police cadre. According to a Home department notification, additional director general of police (Modernisation), Vinaytosh Mishra has also been assigned to the…

Bhubaneswar: The Justice MM Das Commission of Inquiry, probing the multi-crore chit fund scam in Odisha, submitted its seventh interim report to the state government on Friday. The report was submitted to the Home Department by the…