Orissa High Court Grants ?5 Lakhs Compensation To +3 Student Wrongly Declared As ‘Fail’ By Sambalpur University In 1999
The Orissa High Court has ordered Sambalpur University to pay five-lakh rupees compensation to a student who was erroneously declared as ‘fail’ in his +3 examinations held in 1999.While highlighting the delicate
Hirakud residents infected with Diarrhoea, 150 affected
CDMO says test reports suggest contamination due to faecal content in supply water, SDO of PHED denies claims While 28 of them got discharged after treatment, eight were admitted to Hirakud urban community
Open Fire in Jewelry Shop Sambalpur
Opened fire on the jeweler Sujit around 2:30PM to 3 PM in New Payal Jewellers at govindtola dhanupali police limit
Man Died because of delay treatment due to no road
An ill man died while they are walking to the hospital as there no road from his village
Padmapur’s Residents protest over district recognition
Irate residents of Padampur in Bargarh district, under the aegis of Jay Kishan Andolan, modified the signboard outside the sub-collector’s office on Monday, by removing the ‘sub’ to press for their demand
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Kujang sub-jail inmates demonstrate mass dharna implement jail manual of 2007 towards jail reform
The inmates of Kujang sub-jail demonstrated mass dharna on the occasion of International Labourer Day on Tuesday to bring jail reform in all jails of the state and also urged to implement jail manual of 2007 for the betterment of inmates. Total 69 prisoners of Kujang sub jail led by anti Posco leader cum CPI
Odisha Government asks officials to boost up raising of claims in RSBY
Boost up the raising of health claims under Rastiya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) ordered Chief Secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik while reviewing the progress of the scheme in Secretariat conference hall last evening. Patnaik has advised Labor & Employment and Health & Family Welfare and Departments to make an analysis of the bottlenecks in the process
Jharsuguda Bandh by Jharsuguda Dist. Bar Association
Today Jharsuguda Dist. Bandh Was called in by the Dist. Bar Association of Jharsuguda. Banks , School , Colleges and Various Govt. Institution were closed. Even ongoing examination on govt. boys high school and L.N. Colleges were Closed in middle. Jharsuguda Chamber of Commerce and various Organisation also came in support of this Bandh .
MCL Coal Transport Corridor nowhere in sight
The much-awaited coal corridor proposal of the Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) to free a vast rural population from the hazards of dust pollution is not moving on the expected lines. The coal transportation through these corridors will be easy and is expected to reduce dust pollution. Sources said after intense public pressure it was decided
Lawyers threatened to go for a west Odisha bandh from May 8, HC Bar to meet again
Lawyers threatened to go for a west Odisha bandh from May 8 in case their demand was not fulfilled by May 7. As the lawyers of Sambalpur sat on dharna in front of the office of the IGP (NR), demanding Collector Mrinalini Darswal’s arrest besides a judicial probe. On the otherhand members of the Odisha
1st woman judge of HC Justice Amiya Padhi dead
Eminent jurist and first woman judge of the Orissa High Court Justice Amiya Kumari Padhi passed away at her Bhaskosh lane residence here following illness on Monday. She was 79 and is survived by her husband and former DGP Shyam Sundar Padhi, two daughters and a son. Daughter of late Justice JK Mishra and niece
Lawyers stall work over Sambalpur incident
The lawyers’ strike over the Sambalpur incident continued to stall work in the Orissa High Court on Monday as the High Court Bar Association (HCBA) has announced the ceasework till Tuesday. The decision was taken as HCBA’s assessment team’s report is still pending. The team had visited Sambalpur on April 27 and met the parties
NRI urges PM, CM for HC Bench
Non-resident Odia professor Digambara Patra of the American University of Beirut has demanded establishment of a High Court Bench or Circuit Bench in Bhawanipatna. In a letter to the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister of Odisha, Patra has cited that a High Court Bench or Circuit Bench exists along with their parent HC in
Odisha forests burning bright
Forests in Odisha are burning in the scorching summer heat, literally. Around 2,700 cases of jungle fires were reported in the state in the past two months. Satellite generated data available with the Forest Survey of India (FSI) said Kandhamal district in the southern part of the state reported the highest 757 incidents of forest
Judgment in doctor’s murder deferred
A fast track court here on Monday deferred judgment in the Dr Brahmananda Panda murder case till May 9. “The court postponed pronouncing its verdict as lawyers struck work expressing solidarity with their counterparts in Sambalpur,” defence counsel Sirsendu Prasad Rout said. The 60-year-old doctor was hacked to death at his nursing home-cum-residence in Kharavel
Sambalpur Collector-Lawyers scuffle: Bar Associations call for western Odisha bandh on May 8
Western Odisha Bar Associations called for a western Odisha bandh on May 8 demanding arrest and transfer of Sambalpur collector Mrinalini Darswal for her alleged highhandedness. The central action committee of the associations also demanded judicial inquiry into the confrontation between the collector and lawyers, which took place on April 23. There was a conflict
Maoists eye Sonepur
With security forces intensifying combing operation in Kandhamal district, armed Maoists have reportedly entered Sonepur through Boudh creating panic among the people. Reports said 40 to 50 armed cadres, including women, visited Jharbahali-Pipalkanta village near Mankadbahal under Chadeipank gram panchayat and held a meeting on Sunday, their second over last two days. The Maoists inquired
Anti-Jual faction boycotts meet
That all is not well in the State BJP became more pronounced on Sunday with the rebels boycotting the State Executive Committee meeting. All the seven legislators of the party, including Independent MLA Pratap Sarangi, senior leaders and former ministers Bijay Mohapatra, Manmohan Samal, Samir Dey, Dilip Ray, Surama Padhi and several State functionaries, including
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