Bhubaneswar, July 31st: Senior IAS officer Jagadanand Panda was found dead along with four members of his family with bullet injuries in the head. The bodies were found at Panda,s family home at Deogan in Orissa’s Bargarh district early on Friday. The police suspects that Panda shot himself after killing, his wife Surekha, 46, father Munshi, 75, and sisters Bijoylaxmi Mishra, 57, Kishori Das, 52. Sources said the IAS officer was upset due to a CBI investigation which has allegedly linked him to an emigration scam involving illegal human trafficking.
Mr. Panda was on deputation to the Center and was posted at the ministry of overseas Indian affairs in New Delhi as protector general of emigrants. According to the Bargarh’s superintendent of police Mr. Ashok Kumar Biswal, the evidences so far indicate that this might be a case of suicide and murder. All the deceased were shot from close range. The police recovered Panda’s service revolver. Panda’s son Swapneswar Panda alias Sonu, 22, who also sustained bullet injuries in his head, is now battling for life at the V.S.S Medical College Hospital at Burla. His condition was said to be serious.
Hyderabad, July 31st: The web based counseling for Eamcet that began on Friday in 50 centers across the state turned out to be a major flop show with systems collapsing in few centers and the servers being out of order. A number of students and parents were disappointed with the situation. The new ...
Eluru, July 31st: The army recruitment rally will be held at Andhra University Sports Complex in Visakhapatnam from August 3 to 9 for the benefit of the youth interested to join Indian Army. The rally would be held for selection of candidates for soldier technical category on August3. The candidate...
Rajahmundry, July 31st: East Godavari Superintendent of Police Y. Nagi Reddy on Friday laid stress on traffic regulation in Rajahmundry. He said police sought co-operation from the Municipal Corporation. He had a meeting with Commissioner K. Manikraj and discussed arranging traffic islands, signal ...
Kakinada, Aug 2nd: In association with the Blekinge Institute of Technology (BIT), Sweden, the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada launched a Double Degree Program (DDP) in M.Tech in signal processing on Sunday. Under this program, Indian Students can study in Sweden and Swedish stu...
Hyderabad, August 2nd: The senior Praja Rajyam leader, Mr. T. Devendra Goud is set to quit the party and join Telugu Desam Party along with other leaders on Monday. He met the TD chief, Mr. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday and decided to announce his resignation from the PR on Monday. A crucia...
Hyderabad, Aug 2nd: There is a huge demand for Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) and Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) streams in the ‘web-based Eamcet counseling’ which began in 50 centers across the state. While Mechanical and Civil Engineering streams come ne...
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