Ias Officer Orissa

• Orissa govt turns home of 'corrupt' IAS official into dispensary

  Following the footsteps of the Nitish govt in Bihar, the Orissa government has converted the confiscated house of a retired IAS officer convicted in a disproportionate assets case into a homeopathic dispensary in Bhubaneswar.

• Orissa hostage crisis: Maoists set new conditions for release of Malkangiri Collector

  Maoists holding Malkangiri Collector Vineel Krishna hostage have gone back on their word that he would be released, making a fresh set of demands instead. The Malkangiri Collector has been held hostage by the Maoists in Orissa for eight days now. After extensive negotiations between the government and the captors, Krishna was meant to be released o...

• Orissa hostage crisis: Engineer freed, Collector to return home soon

  One of the two men taken hostage by Naxals in Orissa has been freed.Junior Engineer Pabitra Majhi was seen on a motorcycle riding near his home town of Malkangiri. Mr Majhi was kidnapped a week ago along with District Collector Vineel Krishna, who is expected home soon, say officials.Addressing a press conference later in the day, Majhi said that t...

• Malkangiri Collector kidnapping: Orissa govt halts anti-Maoist operations

  A day after Maoists kidnapped the District Collector of Malkangiri, along with a junior engineer, the state government has halted anti-Maoist operations throughout Orissa. They also say that they are ready to talk to the Maoists.Sources have told NDTV that the Maoists may soon announce names of mediators and talks on the release of the Collector an...