Daily Archives: April 18, 2012

Odisha Board books 1060 students for malpractices in HSC exams

More than thousand students were booked for malpractices as they were resorting to unfair means during the matriculation examinations, which resumed for the Regular students across the State on Tuesday after a layoff of almost a month. The students were writing the English paper on the day. Till 6 pm, we have received information that

6 years on, doppler radars still not in place

More than five years after Centre sanctioned four Doppler radar stations for the State, not a single one has come up. The Ministry of Science and Technology sanctioned the four stations, including one at Paradip, in 2006. The other three are to be set up at Balasore, Gopalpur and Sambalpur.  A review on the progress

A pilgrimage turns tragic, 10 dead

Religious trip turned fatal for 21 members of three families after a coal-laden truck rammed the MUV in which they were travelling at Gurupali Chhak under Rengali police limits on State Highway 10, on Monday night. The accident left 10 persons dead while two among the injured, Mohammad Idu (35) and Sheikh Razak (18),? have

Odisha intensified its efforts to install four Doppler Weather Reading Stations

Odisha Govt has intensified its efforts to install four Doppler Weather Reading Stations in Odisha. Chief Secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik has taken a review of the progress done in the matter in a high level meeting held in secretariat conference hall today. Discussions in the meeting reveal that four such radar stations will be installed

Is Sabayasachi Panda’s influence over his cadres weakening?

Factionalism in the Maoists groups and a fading leadership has had the police rethinking their combat strategy Bosusco Paolo may have returned home, but he continues to make headlines in Odisha. Paolo, who the Odisha Zonal Maoists group had abducted and released few days later, has told intelligence officers that Maoist leader Sabayasachi Panda’s influence