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Terrorist who killed Sanjay Sharma neutralised in Kashmir encounter

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3 weeks ago

February 28, 2023

Terrorist responsible for the killing of Sanjay Sharma, a Kashmiri Hindu, in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday, has been neutralised in an encounter between terrorists and security forces at Padgampura area in Pulwama, officials said on Tuesday.

One army soldier has also been killed in action in the gunfight.

The killed terrorist has been identified as Aqib Mustaq Bhat of Pulwama (A category).

“He initially worked for HM terror outfit, nowadays he had been working with TRF. Killer of late Sanjay Sharma neutralised,” Jammu and Kashmir Police quoting Additional Director General Police (ADGP) Kashmir zone Vijay Kumar tweeted.

The fight had started after a joint team of police and security forces got an input about the presence of terrorists in that area.

After security forces cordoned off the area, terrorists hiding there started firing drawing retaliation by the security forces.

There have been a series of encounters between terrorists and security forces across Kashmir in the recent past in which many terrorists have been eliminated.

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BSF Jawans recover huge cache of explosives from Maoist dump in Malkangiri

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March 24, 2023

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The jawans of the Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a huge cache of explosives from Taimal forest in Swabhiman Anchal of Malkangiri district. All the explosives were dumped at an isolated place and were recovered by a special team of 88 battalion of the BSF.

It is suspected that the explosives were hidden in the dump by the ultras with the intention of targeting the security personnel in the region.

As per official reports, one gun, 2 empty SBML shells, 11 hand grenades and 28 detonators besides 3 steel tiffin boxes and other articles have been recovered from the dump.

In January last year, the security forces recovered a huge quantity of explosives during a combing operation in the Swabhiman Anchal (Cut-off region) of Malkangiri district. The explosive dump was detected by the personnel of the Special Operation Group (SOG) and the District Voluntary Force (DVF).

Malkangiri Superintendent of Police (SP) Nitesh Wadhwan said four tiffin bombs and 20 web belts and huge quantities of medicines were found. The security forces also had recovered a huge cache of explosives and country-made weapons from a Maoist dump ahead of the panchayat polls in the month of February last year.

Country-made guns, a Tiffin-box IED (weighing 05 Kg), 4 broken country-made pistols and revolvers, a walky-talky set and detonators were recovered from the Maoist dump.

(Reported by Jitendra Beura, OTV)

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Resentment over corrupt practices by public servants in Odisha

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12 hours ago

March 23, 2023

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At a time when the BJD-led government is claiming that a clean and corruption-free government is ruling the State, the ground reality tells a different story.

The residents of Dhumant Panchayat under Sadar block office in Kendrapara district on Thursday staged a sit-in at the block office, protesting against officers demanding PC (percentage commission) to get their work done.

“I was awarded a project worth Rs 1.5 lakh. They deducted Rs 25,000. From the rest Rs 1.25 lakh, Rs 6,700 was again deducted towards the PC of some officers including the chairman,” alleged a contractor, Chittaranjan Mallik.

“In the PC transaction, all from top to bottom, including the BDO madam, are involved. Sarpanch’s middlemen are demanding Rs2,000 to provide ration cards,” alleged Debadutta Jena, a Dhumata Panchayat resident.

When asked, Kendrapada block chairperson Rashmita Sethi said, “I am not aware of such allegations. I will take action after receiving complaints.”

A similar picture emerged from Koraput district.

Dambaru Jani, a resident of Dinda Rajaguda village under Boriguma block, is a PMAY beneficiary. Two years ago, he was awarded a house under the yojana. Instead of Rs 1,30,000, he was given Rs 1,00,000. For the rest Rs 30,000, he has been moving from the block office to the bank, but to no avail. Family members have reportedly been told that the money has been kept towards PC.

“For the last installment of Rs 30,000, my father has been moving from block office to bank,” alleged Dambaru Jani’s daughter.
The PC practice is also rampant at Soro municipality in Balasore district.

A contractor of Soro area, Abinash Patra had constructed a market complex at Anantapur square at a cost of Rs 51 lakh. But his bill is yet to be cleared. Patra alleged the Municipality JE is deliberately harassing him as he didn’t pay the PC as he demanded.

The Opposition too raised the PC issue in the House on Wednesday.

“Here BDOs demand 40 percent PC. Even the Vigilance department officials are being caught red-handed while accepting bribes. They (BJD) are earning money through this unfair means and spending the same in elections,” alleged Leader of Opposition (LoP), Jayanarayan Mishra.

In his reaction, ruling BJD MLA Amar Satpathy said, “Anyone found guilty, action has been taken against them which was not the case earlier. They have also been convicted. We are not allowing corruption.”

(Reported by Manoj Swain, T Gouri Shankar, Niranjan Behera and Harihar Chand, OTV)

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Irregularities alleged in BJD’s flagship programme Jeevan Bindu

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12 hours ago

March 23, 2023

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Though Jeevan Bindu is regarded as the flagship programme of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), allegations of corruption and irregularities in the initiative have surfaced.

Balasore district is a case in point.

The irregularities in the much-hyped programme came to the fore when the number of blood units collected during four months beginning October 2022 mentioned in the party’s newsletter differed from the data shared by the blood bank of the Balasore district headquarters hospital.

As per the newsletter, 2,080, 1,943, 2,065 and 2,961 units of blood were collected in October, November, December and January months respectively. If the figures are put together, it comes to 9,049 units.

Now, look at the data available at the blood bank of the Balasore DHH.

In the said four months, a total of 2,817 units of blood were collected from 27 blood donation camps.

“Under Jeevan Bindu programme, we had received 1549, 254, 358 and 656 units of blood,” said Balasore blood bank officer, Dr Basant Kumar Upadhyay.

Now the question here is, who is telling truth? If the newsletter figure is true, then what happened to the rest 6,232 units of blood?

“They (BJD) are claiming it as their flagship programme. The difference between the figures mentioned in the newsletter and shared by the blood bank indicates that the BJD is misguiding people. It is not new. It has been going on for the last 22 years,” said social worker, Bikram Panda.

“There shouldn’t be any difference between the figures of the blood bank and those mentioned in our newsletter. Only investigation can throw light on why there is such a difference between the two figures. If someone has done this, it is a very serious offence,” said BJD district president, Rabindra Kumar Jena.

(Reported by Rashmi Ranjan Dash, OTV)

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