Naveen Patnaik to expand ministry
August 2nd, 2012 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 2 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday hinted at an expansion of his ministry."The ministry expansion will take place today (Thursday). The new ministers will be sworn ... Read more...
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Coal mining threatens forests, tigers: Greenpeace
August 1st, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 1 (IANS) Environment watchdog Greenpeace Wednesday sought an immediate moratorium on new coal projects in the country citing evidences that the mining threatened forests and wildlife."From 2007 to ... Read more...
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Grid failure hits NALCO power units in Odisha
August 1st, 2012 - 1:38 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 31 (IANS) Two units of the captive power plant of the state-run National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) in Odisha collapsed Tuesday due to the failure of Eastern Grid, ... Read more...
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Madonna’s impersonator to tour India
July 30th, 2012 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Melissa Totten, a popular impersonator of pop queen Madonna, is set to tour India. She will visit seven cities, starting Aug 17.Totten will be ... Read more...
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Girl killed as railway boundary wall collapses in Odisha
July 30th, 2012 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 30 (IANS) A 10-year-old girl was killed and four others, including her father, were critically injured after a portion of a boundary wall of a railway station collapsed ... Read more...
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SPO shot dead by Maoists in Odisha
July 29th, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 29 (IANS) A special police officer (SPO) was killed and another injured Sunday after Maoists opened fire at them at a rural market in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police ... Read more...
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Maoists observe ‘martyrs week’ in Odisha
July 28th, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 28 (IANS) The movement of commercial and passenger vehicles was disrupted in parts of Odisha as Maoists Saturday began observing 'martyrs' week' in memory of rebel leaders killed ... Read more...
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Chopper carrying PM returns due to bad weather (Lead)
July 28th, 2012 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 28 (IANS) The three choppers that took off for Kokrajhar from an airport near Guwahati Saturday morning, carrying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Assam Chief Minister Tarun ... Read more...
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PM, Sonia arrive in Guwahati, leave for Kokrajhar
July 28th, 2012 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi Saturday arrived at an airport here and immediately left for Assam's restive district of Kokrajhar to ... Read more...
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Monsoon improves slightly in Odisha
July 27th, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 27 (IANS) The annual monsoon rainfall has improved slightly in Odisha during the past one week although it still remained weak, an official said Friday.The state received a ... Read more...
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Congress forms coordination panel in violence-hit Assam
July 27th, 2012 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, 26 (IANS) Amid concerns over the communal violence in Assam and its handling by the Tarun Gogoi government, the Congress Tuesday set up a 10-member coordination ... Read more...
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Minor resists marriage, gets father arrested in Odisha
July 26th, 2012 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 26 (IANS) Forced to discontinue her studies and get engaged at the tender age of 16, a minor girl got her father and three others arrested in ... Read more...
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Monsoon deficit hits paddy transplantation in Odisha
July 24th, 2012 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 24 (IANS) Paddy transplantation could not be taken up so far in about fifty percent of the target area of 1.2 million hectares in Odisha due to weak ... Read more...
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Protests hit steel project in Odisha
July 23rd, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 23 (IANS) Construction work at Jindal Steel and Power Ltd's (JSPL) steel and power project in Odisha was partially hit Monday as many workers kept away from work ... Read more...
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Woman kills alcoholic husband in Odisha
July 23rd, 2012 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 23 (IANS) A woman in an Odisha village has been arrested for killing her husband with an axe when he came home drunk and attacked her, police said ... Read more...
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Assumed dead, man wakes up at burial ground in Odhisha
July 21st, 2012 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 21 (IANS) The burial of a 70-year-old man in Odisha turned into a celebration when he woke up hours after being assumed dead.The bizarre incident occurred Friday at ... Read more...
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Maoists torch excavator in Odisha
July 20th, 2012 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 20 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas Friday set ablaze an excavator of a construction company in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said. It was the second such incident in the region ... Read more...
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Police unearth Maoist arms dump in Odisha
July 18th, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 18 (IANS) Security forces unearthed a rebel arms dump during a raid on a Maoist hideout in the forested area in Odisha's Rayagada district and recovered landmines and ... Read more...
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Lottery scam: Five foreigners sent to judicial custody
July 17th, 2012 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bargarh (Odisha), July 17 (IANS) A court in Odisha has remanded four Nigerian men and a Ugandan woman arrested four days ago in a lottery fraud case to 15 days ... Read more...
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Guwahati molestation: Assam police yet to visit Odisha
July 16th, 2012 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 16 (IANS) No police team from Assam has so far visited Odisha, officials said Monday, as the Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday said the key accused in ... Read more...
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Goods train derailed in Bihar, disrupts traffic (Lead, Changing dateline)
July 13th, 2012 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Patna/Lucknow, July 13 (IANS) A goods train was derailed in Bihar's Kaimur district early Friday, disrupting services in the busy Gaya-Mughalsarai section of the East Central Railway. Many trains ... Read more...
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Maoists torch construction equipments in Odisha
July 10th, 2012 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 10 (IANS) Maoists Tuesday set ablaze road construction equipment, including a tractor and an excavator, in Odisha's Malkangiri district to oppose the building of a road, police said.About ... Read more...
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Five children killed in school wall collapse in Odisha
July 9th, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 9 IANS) At least five minor children under six years of age were killed after the wall of their school collapsed Monday in Odisha's Nayagarh district, an official said.The ... Read more...
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Maoist shot dead in Odisha
July 9th, 2012 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 9 (IANS) A member of the Maoist People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) group was gunned down by police in Odisha Monday, a day after a ruling Biju ... Read more...
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Maoists kill BJD worker in Odisha
July 8th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 8 (IANS) Suspected Maoists have killed a worker of Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Sundergarh district a few hours after kidnapping him, police said Sunday.The bullet-riddled ... Read more...
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Power cuts likely to continue in Odisha
July 7th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 7 (IANS) Authorities in Odisha Saturday said power cuts in the state are likely to continue for some more days as hydro power stations were generating less power.The ... Read more...
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Sangma to campaign in Odisha July 15
July 6th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 6 (IANS) Opposition candidate P.A. Sangma will visit Odisha July 15 to campaign for the presidential election, a leader of the state's ruling Biju Janata Dal, which is ... Read more...
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NALCO to set up hospital in Odisha
July 5th, 2012 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 5 (IANS) State-run National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO) will set up a medical college and hospital in Odisha's impoverished Koraput district in the next two years, Health Minister ... Read more...
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Five arrested with brown sugar in Odisha
July 5th, 2012 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 5 (IANS) Four engineering students and another man have been arrested in Odisha with brown sugar or pure heroin worth over Rs.80,000 in the international market, police said ... Read more...
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Ancient cowries unearthed in Odisha
July 5th, 2012 - 5:42 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 4 (IANS) A group of workers unearthed several kilograms of cowries, probably used as currency in ancient times, as they dug up a field in Odisha's Kendrapada district, ... Read more...
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Rourkela steel plant records best production in Q1
July 2nd, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 2 (IANS) Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), a unit of the state-run Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), has scored it's best production performance in key areas in the ... Read more...
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Pranab to campaign in Odisha July 11
July 1st, 2012 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 1 (IANS) UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee will visit Odisha July 11 to campaign in the state for the presidential election, the Congress said Sunday.The former finance minister ... Read more...
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Sonia likely to visit flood-hit areas of Assam
June 29th, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 29 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi is likely to visit Assam to take stock of the devastation caused by floods in the state.Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) ... Read more...
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Odisha Class 10 board exam results posted on FB before declaration
June 28th, 2012 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 28 (IANS) The results of Odisha's Class 10 board examination was posted on social networking site Facebook 12 hours ahead of their declaration, an official said Thursday.The ... Read more...
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Patnaik leaves for Delhi to back Sangma
June 27th, 2012 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 27 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik left for New Delhi from here Wednesday to be present while former Lok Sabha speaker P.A. Sangma filed his nomination ... Read more...
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