Monthly Archives: May 2012
Sambalpuri album industry in the doldrums
The unchecked piracy of albums along with low standard of lyrics has shattered the album industry of Sambalpuri songs that was the source of livelihood of over 4,000 families in Sambalpur and other cities of western Odisha during the past decade. The industry that once produced over 100 albums every year has been all but
Heatwave to prevail for another 48 hours
The mercury showed signs of a decline across the State but there was no relief from the sweltering conditions which claimed three more lives in Odisha on Monday. Two persons died in Balasore while the third sunstroke death was reported by the Ganjam district administration. The official death toll, with this, has climbed up to
Local cops unhelpful: CRPF
Even as allegations of lack of coordination between Central Forces and the State Police has pitted the State Government against the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the allegation is not unfounded. Lack of coordination between local administration, police and CRPF stationed in Sambalpur to combat the growing Maoist menace has, in the past, forced the
No power cuts during daytime, says Naveen
With no sign of respite from the ongoing heat wave in Odisha, chief minister Naveen Patnaik has directed the energy department not to go for power cuts from 10 am till 5 pm. Naveen’s direction came during a review meeting on facilities available at hospitals to attend sunstroke patients, drinking water crisis, facilities available for
One more dies of sunstroke
With no respite from the heat, one more sunstroke death was reported from Boudh district on Sunday, taking the official toll to five. The unofficial death toll though stands at 47. So far, Angul, Balangir, Sambalpur, Jajpur and now Boudh have confirmed deaths. While the Met office said that the heatwave conditions will continue for
Power cuts add to misery
Unscheduled power cuts coupled with the continuing heat wave for the past few days have mounted woes on people in several parts of the state. Adding to the woes, the weathermen on Sunday forecast that heat wave conditions would continue in some parts of the state for at least five more days. Meanwhile, the state
Sambad increases its focus on children
Within a year of launching Yuva Sambad, the Odiya media company has come up with another offering for children, titled Tilanka Sambad. Eastern Media, the publishers of Sambad daily in Odisha, has launched a supplement especially for the youngsters titled Tilanka Sambad. Earlier, in August, 2011, the group had introduced a daily English tabloid titled
Video-conferencing in all jails soon
To tide over the problem of escorts’ shortage, which has hindered production of under trial prisoners (UTPs) in courts affecting the trial process, the Odisha Government is planning to install video-conferencing system in all districts over the next two years. At present, video-conferencing facility has been installed in eight major prisons located in Bhubaneswar, Choudwar,
Cry for chaste celebration of divine union
Upping its ante against the prevalence of raunchy dance performances on the occasion of the annual Sital Sasthi celebrations, the coordination committee of the festival ordered against such performances during the week-long festival, to be held from May 21 to 27 in Sambalpur. Instead, folk dances of Rajasthan, Assam, Bihar and Chhattisgarh would be prime
Impact partial in Koraput, Phulbani
Impact of the country-wide bandh, called by Srikakulam-Koraput division of CPI (Maoist) on Wednesday, could be felt only in interior pockets where shops and business establishments were closed. In urban centres, life remained unaffected. Security was tightened in Red-hit zones of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Nabarangpur and Ganjam districts to prevent any untoward incident. While
Heatwave sweeps state, so does power crisis
The season’s first spell of heatwave has been ruthless aided and abetted by erratic power supply and an administration in slow-motion. The mercury level soared with day temperature on Wednesday crossing the 40-degree Celsius mark in at least 15 districts. Titlagarh recorded 45. The State Government woke up late to the power crisis and convened
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