Orissa shuts down last Kandhamal relief campsBHUBANESWAR - The Orissa government has shut down the last of the relief camps for the victims of communal riots in Kandhamal district, an official said Friday. Actress molested during Cuttack theatre festBHUBANESWAR - An Assamese actress was molested by a youth at the ongoing International Theatre Olympiad in Cuttack near here, police said Friday. ‘Probing earlier crashes may have saved YSR’BHUBANESWAR - While mourning the death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash, the brother of an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer who had died in an air crash said here Friday that probing such crashes may have saved YSR. Queens and legends correspond with this Orissa villager (Feature with images)BHUBANESWAR - Lady Di replied to him. So did Michael Jackson, Ronald Reagan, Yasser Arafat, Pele and David Beckham. Why you may wonder are royalty and legends corresponding with a humble Orissa villager? Because one fine day, to find out if celebs actually respond, he shot off a letter to Margaret Thatcher - and she wrote back! Five dead in Orissa truck accidentBHUBANESWAR - At least five people were killed and 11 sustained injuries after the truck they were travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into a canal in Orissa’s Dhenkanal district, police said Tuesday. Orissa goes hi-tech in school educationBHUBANESWAR - The Orissa government has linked 40 schools in the state to the Edusat network with an aim to modernising the school education. Tarun Kanti Mishra takes charge as Orissa chief secretaryBHUBANESWAR - Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Tarun Kanti Mishra Monday took charge as Orissa’s chief secretary, official sources said. Security tightened in KandhamalBHUBANESWAR - After ensuring peaceful Janmashtami, the district police of Kandhamal Sunday stepped up security as on this day last year Laxmananda Saraswati, a Hindu right-wing leader, was killed along with four of his associates at his ashram, sparking communal violence. After politics, 71-year-old student seeks to master philosophy (Lead, superseding earlier story)BHUBANESWAR - Two-time legislator and once an MP, Narayan Sahu now wants to be a master of philosophy. The 71-year-old has just enrolled himself at a postgraduate course at Utkal University. After politics, 71-year-old student seeks to master philosophyBHUBANESWAR - Two-time legislator and once an MP, Narayan Sahu now wants to be a master of philosophy. The 71-year-old has just enrolled himself at a postgraduate course at Utkal University. 40-foot sand Ganesha spreads global warming messageBHUBANESWAR - A 40-foot foot sand sculptor of Hindu god Ganesh holding a small tree with a message to check global warming is the main attraction on Puri’s beach in Orissa Sunday. The artist, Sudarsan Pattnaik, claims that it is the world’s longest sand sculpture of the elephant-headed god. Orissa university shuts campus following clashBHUBANESWAR - The Utkal University campus here was shut following clashes between two groups of students, police said Saturday. The clash was over students union elections, about a month away. Maoists threaten Orissa ministerBHUBANESWAR - Maoist rebels have threatened to blow up the residence of Orissa Finance Minister Prafulla Ghadei and kill his son, police said Friday. Low intensity earthquake in OrissaBHUBANESWAR - An earthquake of low intensity jolted Balasore district of Orissa and lasted for a few seconds, the meteorological office said here Friday. Maoists blow up forest office in OrissaBHUBANESWAR - Maoists Thursday blew up a forest range office in Orissa’s Sundergarh district, police said. Orissa breeds a record number of endangered gharialsBHUBANESWAR - It is bonanza breeding time at the Bhitarkanika National Park in Orissa this year as 63 of the 79 eggs laid by endangered gharials have hatched. Orissa seeks more aid for backward regionBHUBANESWAR - Orissa Wednesday asked the central government to extend the long-term assistance to the state’s backward Kalahandi, Bolangir and Koraput (KBK) region. Patnaik seeks design institute for OrissaBHUBANESWAR - Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday requested the central government to set up a National Institute of Design Technology (NID) in the state capital and offered to provide for it necessary infrastructure, including land. No plans to relocate Orissa steel plant: PoscoBHUBANESWAR - South Korean steel major Posco Wednesday dismissed reports that its proposed steel plant in Orissa is being relocated to another site. Orissa seeks central forces to guard national parksBHUBANESWAR - Orissa Tuesday demanded deployment of central paramilitary forces in the national sanctuaries and parks in the state, in view of the growing Maoist menace. Orissa seeks Rs.80 crore to modernise policeBHUBANESWAR - The Orissa government has asked the centre to enhance its assistance under the police modernisation scheme from Rs.42 crore to Rs.80 crore, official sources here said. IIT-Bombay to conduct technology event in OrissaBHUBANESWAR - The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay will conduct an event in Orissa’s Rourkela this year to promote new generation technologies. Maoists threaten to kill Orissa district police chiefBHUBANESWAR - Maoists in Orissa have threatened to kill a top district police official for allegedly arresting innocent people after branding them as rebels, an official said Monday. CISF officer left waiting for medalBHUBANESWAR - A deputy inspector general (DIG) with the paramilitary Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was selected for the President’s Police Medal in Orissa. But when he went to the ceremony to receive his award from Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, his name was not called. Patnaik asks Maoists to shun violenceBHUBANESWAR - Describing the Maoist insurgency as the biggest challenge facing the state and the country, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, in his Independence Day speech Saturday, urged the rebels to shun violence and return to the mainstream. Orissa seer’s death anniversary passes off quietlyBHUBANESWAR - Hindu outfits Thursday observed quietly the first death anniversary of Laxmananda Saraswati, who was killed in August last year in Kandhamal district, under heavy security in view of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) decision to observe Aug 13 as a sacrifice day. Security strenghtened at NALCO mine after Maoist threatBHUBANESWAR - Security has been beefed up at a National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) mine in Orissa following a Maoist threat, a senior company official said Wednesday. The rebels had attacked the mine earlier April 12 and killed 10 security personnel. Three Maoists killed in gunfight with police in OrissaBHUBANESWAR - At least three Maoists were killed Wednesday in a gunfight with police in Orissa’s Rayagada district, officials said. Eight arrested for illegal mining in OrissaBHUBANESWAR - Orissa’s vigilance department Wednesday arrested at least eight people, including mining officials and a mine owner, for their involvement in illegal mining in the state, an official said. ‘Orissa IAS officer cared for his father’BHUBANESWAR - Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Jagadananda Panda, who las week committed suicide after killing four members of his family including his father Munsi Panda, had “great love for his father”, a man who was working on a biography of Panda senior said Wednesday. |
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