Daily Archives: August 31, 2013
Another accident in midday meal; boy critical
No lessons have been learnt from the death of the Class III girl who succumbed to burn injures after falling into hot dal in her school in Sambalpur district on last Saturday. Within days of the tragic incident, a Class II boy sustained severe burn injuries after falling into boiling rice cooked for midday meal
Flowers bloom in pollution belt
He proved the adage, nothing is impossible, by growing flowers over three acre when farmers of the district are shying away from cultivating their land with pollutants from industries, rendering them useless. The thought of giving back to the nature prompted transport company owner Ajay Poddar to plant saplings in his farm, about two months
Stir over HC bench: 15-day relief for state government offices
The Central Action Committee (CAC) of All Western Odisha Bar Association (AWOBA) at a meeting on Thursday issued a fresh ultimatum to the State Government and resolved to continue the agitation demanding setting up of a High Court bench in the region. In view of Nuakhai, the agrarian festival of Western Odisha, on September 10
Naveen Patnaik asks home secretary, DGP to rush to Maoist-hit Koraput
Naveen Patnaik asked the home secretary and director general of police (DGP) to rush to Koraput district and take stock of the situation in the southern region of the state. Patnaik issued this direction while presiding over a high level review meeting on Tuesday’s landmine blast where at least four BSF jawans were killed and
IIM Sambalpur