Odisha gang rape: Doctors protest action
June 27th, 2012 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 26 (IANS) Doctors in Odisha Tuesday protested police action against three medics for allegedly not taking care of a gangrape victim who died after more than six months ... Read more...
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Naveen Patnaik suspends Mohapatra, drops two ministers (Lead)
June 2nd, 2012 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 1 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday suspended Rajya Sabha member Pyari Mohan Mohapatra and four others, including two ministers, from the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ... Read more...
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Naveen Patnaik suspends Mohapatra, drops two ministers
June 1st, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 1 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday suspended Rajya Sabha member Pyari Mohan Mohapatra and four others, including two ministers, from the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ... Read more...
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Top Indians in the Obama administration
March 10th, 2012 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 10 (IANS) President Barack Obama, whose administration has by far the largest number of Indian Americans, has appointed two more to key White House jobs. USAID administrator ... Read more...
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Two IAS officers arrested in Bengal
February 2nd, 2012 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 1 (IANS) Two Indian Administrative Service officers - one retired and another on compulsory waiting - in West Bengal were arrested for their alleged involvement in an iron ... Read more...
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Contractor held for Odisha violence over Posco
December 23rd, 2011 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 23 (IANS) A building contractor was arrested by police Friday for his role in the December 14 clashes near the Posco steel plant site in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district ... Read more...
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Sanjay Jagdale to be BCCI secretary, Ajay Shirkey treasurer
September 18th, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 18 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh's Sanjay Jagdale will take over as secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at the 82nd Annual General Meeting here ... Read more...
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Prabal Pratap to rescue of Madhya Pradesh
August 11th, 2011 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 11 (IANS)A fighting 86-ball 90 by Prabal Pratap Singh enabled Madhya Pradesh to recover from 78 for eight to 179 all out against Hyderabad on the opening day ... Read more...
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MPs visit SAIL mining site in Chhattisgarh
June 4th, 2011 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 4 (IANS) Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Labour led by chairman Hemanand Biswal visited an iron ore mining site of the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) ... Read more...
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Strategic partnership with India among top US priorities
April 6th, 2011 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 6 (IANS) Strategic partnership with India will remain among top US foreign policy priorities as South Asia, anchored by the growing prosperity and global reach of India, plays ... Read more...
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Obama names two more Indian-Americans to key posts
March 30th, 2011 - 10:43 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 30 (IANS) US President Barack Obama, who already has over two dozen Indian Americans serving in top jobs in his administration, has named two more from the ... Read more...
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Top Maoist rebel arrested with arms and ammunition in Orissa
March 6th, 2011 - 10:09 pm ICT by ANI
Bargarh (Orissa), Mar 6(ANI): Orissa Police on Sunday arrested a top Maoist leader, identified as Satrughan alias Manglu Biswal, from Bargarh district.Biswal was arrested from Bargarh railway station on charges of involvement ... Read more...
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Congress MP Biswal’s attacker arrested
January 15th, 2011 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Delhi Police arrested the man who allegedly attacked former Orissa Chief Minister and Congress parliamentarian Hemananda Biswal here, police Saturday said. Prabhat Kumar Sharma alias ... Read more...
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Reshuffle in Delhi Police
October 18th, 2010 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Delhi Lieutenant Governor Tejendra Khanna Monday approved the transfer of around 30 senior Delhi Police officers, an official statement here said.While Special Commissioner (Security) Ranjit Narayan has ... Read more...
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CWG: Women archers dazzle, shooters continue to excel (Afternoon lead)
October 10th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Harpreet Singh gave India another gold in shooting while archer Deepika Kumari produced the day's first gold in the Commonwealth Games here Sunday.Deepika Kumari won the ... Read more...
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Sunil Gavaskar not part of new IPL Governing Council
September 29th, 2010 - 8:02 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Sep 29 (ANI): Former Indian cricket skipper Sunil Gavaskar is not a part of the new Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council team that was reconstituted in the Board of Control ... Read more...
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MP claims attack, police in doubt (Lead)
September 16th, 2010 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Even as Congress MP and former chief minister of Orissa Hemananda Biswal claimed he was attacked by his former employee at his residence Thursday morning, police officials ... Read more...
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Congress MP from Orissa attacked in Delhi
September 16th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Congress MP Hemananda Biswal from Orissa was attacked at his official residence in the capital Thursday morning.
Sources at the MP's residence at 7, Kamraj Lane near Connaught ... Read more...
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Lanka cricket board apologises to Sehwag for no-ball incident
August 17th, 2010 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, Aug.17 (ANI): Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has apologised to Indian opener Virender Sehwag for denying him a one-day century after a deliberate no-ball from offspinner Suraj Randiv ended the match ... Read more...
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Court orders arrest of accused in 1999 rape case
June 25th, 2010 - 1:41 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 25 (IANS) The Orissa High Court Thursday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to arrest, within three months, the absconding accused in a more than 11-year-old rape case, a ... Read more...
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Court orders fresh poll in Orissa assembly constituency
June 23rd, 2010 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 23 (IANS) The Orissa High Court Wednesday ordered a fresh poll in the state's Athgarh assembly constituency, a lawyer said.
Justice R.N Biswal passed the order at Cuttack, some 26 km ... Read more...
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Players explain their position in pub brawl incident
May 20th, 2010 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Four of the six Indian players, who were asked by the Indian Cricket board why action should not be taken against them for their role in the ... Read more...
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Team India manager admits verbal pub spat, Nehra denies
May 15th, 2010 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The Indian cricket team's tour manager Ranjib Biswal and speedster Ashish Nehra Saturday presented contradictory versions of reports that the players were involved in a pub brawl ... Read more...
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Dropout who is engineering a hundred orphan dreams (Feature)
April 27th, 2010 - 10:16 am ICT by IANS
By Byomakesh Biswal
Bhubaneswar, April 27 (IANS) In 2000, as Rajesh Singh stood at a railway platform in Orissa, it was the end of one journey and the beginning of another.He dropped out ... Read more...
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60 notices but few responses to Kandhamal riots probe
April 6th, 2010 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
By Byomakesh Biswal
Bhubaneswar, April 6 (IANS) The 2008 communal violence in Orissa's Kandhamal district may have attracted heated debate, but the anxiety seems to have whittled away with political parties, ... Read more...
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Hanging on a tree branch for a phone call
February 17th, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
By Byomakesh Biswal
Bhubaneswar, Feb 17 (IANS) Just imagine climbing a 30-foot-high tree and hanging on to a branch to make a phone call. This is a grim reality in Maoist-hit districts of ... Read more...
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Two Maoists arrested in Orissa
February 12th, 2010 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 12 (IANS) A woman Maoist guerrilla was among two rebels arrested in Kesinda area of Orissa's Sambalpur district Friday, police said.
The woman Maoist was identified as A. Dehury alias Nalini ... Read more...
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I’ll work till I’m immobile: Florence Nightingale of Bhubaneswar (Feature, With Image)
January 20th, 2010 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
By Byomakesh Biswal
Bhubaneswar, Jan 20 (IANS) In 1998, Shashiprabha Devi stood outside the Capital Hospital here with a strange request. A week into retirement, she wanted to return to her job ... Read more...
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Caricatures of cartoonists displayed at Bangalore exhibition
January 17th, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Jan 17 (ANI): Caricatures of cartoonists from various parts of the world are on display at an exhibition here.The Indian Institute of Cartoonists (IIC) has organised an eight-day exhibition to ... Read more...
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Puri beach turning into death trap for tourists?
January 9th, 2010 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Byomakesh Biswal
Bhubaneswar, Jan 9 (IANS) Orissa's Puri beach, which attracts thousands of visitors every year, is turning out to be a death trap for tourists. Over 50 tourists have drowned off ... Read more...
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To bright young scholars, Orissa offers Rs.10 scholarship
January 8th, 2010 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
By Byomakesh Biswal
Bhubaneswar, Jan 8 (IANS) How much does a bright primary school student get as scholarship in Orissa after beating thousands of competitors? A princely Rs.10 per month - the amount ... Read more...
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Man lived with father’s dead body for two days
January 1st, 2010 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 1 (IANS) A heart broken man hid his father's dead body for two days in a room in Orissa and prayed to god to infuse life into it, police said ... Read more...
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Shrine that plays postman to god
December 27th, 2009 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Byomakesh Biswal
Kaipadar (Orissa), Dec 27 (IANS) God's divine intervention can be sought in many ways -- you can pray silently, speak aloud or sing. Or you can drop a letter at ... Read more...
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Have a tryst with the mythical age in Orissa
December 27th, 2009 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
By Byomakesh Biswal
Bhubaneswar, Dec 27 (IANS) Do you want to slip into a time machine and move back to a mythical age? An entire town in western Orissa transports itself back to ... Read more...
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350 items on a platter - a feast for the gods (With Images)
December 5th, 2009 - 10:15 am ICT by IANS
By Byomakesh Biswal
Puri, Dec 5 (IANS) With 350 vegetarian items on the menu, it was a feast for the gods at the Vaishnavite seminary Radhashyam Math in this Hindu holy town on ... Read more...
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