Employees’ union seeks revival of defunct Bargarh Cooperative Sugar Mill
The demand for revival of the defunct Bargarh Cooperative Sugar Mill has gained fresh momentum with the employees’ union submitting a memorandum to Cooperation and Handlooms Minister Pradeep Bal Samanta, seeking establishment
Snehangini Chhuria as BJD candidate in Nuapada By-Election
BJD on Wednesday announced former minister and president of the Biju Mahila Janata Dal (BMJD) Snehangini Chhuria as the party’s candidate for by-election to Nuapada Assembly constituency.
Odisha Govt removes eight Expert Members of WODC
The Odisha Government made changes to the Western Odisha Development Council (WODC) by withdrawing the nomination of eight Expert Members for the council.
SU Student Rescued in Blood-Soaked Condition Near Metakani Temple
A final year library science female student of Sambalpur University was brutally attacked on Wednesday. Authorities rescued her with multiple stab wounds blood-soaked condition near Metakani Temple on the VIP road from
Amin suspended for misbehaving with Zilla Parishad member
An amin was suspended for misbehaving with zilla parishad member at Rairakhol
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India’s greatest water scam unearthed?
Information available with Water Initiatives Odisha(WIO), a conglomerate of Civil Society Organisation working on water issue reveals that up to November 2011, industries and commercial establishments were yet to pay near to a whopping 3000 crore rupee water tax and fines for water they have drawn from the Hirakud reservoir. The Orissa Hydro Power Corporation
Western Odisha Dalit Suraksha Parisad demanded judicial inquiry in Lathor incident
Western Odisha Dalit Suraksha Parisad has demanded to the government to take action against the Bolangir collectore,Bolangir SP & the Khaprakhol thana in charge with this by condemning the incident of attacked on dalits at Lathor under Khaprakhol Thana of Bolangir district on Sunday the 22nd of January 2012, demanding Judicial inquiry into the incident.
Opposition intensifies BJD bashing in Sambalpur dist
Major political parties like the Congress and the BJP in Sambalpur have made BJD bashing their main poll plank ahead of the three-tier panchayat elections. They have been highlighting corrupt practices of the BJD in public meetings, rallies and door-to-door campaigns in the district. “Huge amount of money comes from the Centre for the improvement
Six tribal children run away from hostel, rescued
Six primary class tribal students managed to run away from a Bhubaneswar-based residential school after they were allgedly disallowed to meet their parents, police said today. However, the students were rescued by the GRP at Khetrajpur railway station here, they said. “The children said they ran away from the hostel as they were not allowed
40 landmines recovered in Jharkhand
Police recovered 40 landmines and destroyed two Maoist bunkers-cum-training centres in Jharkhand’s Garwah district on Wednesday, an official said. According to the official, an anti-Maoist operation was on for a week in Sania jungle, which borders areas of Latehar and Garwah district. Police recovered five hand grenades, two pistols, one rifle and fuse wires from
Dhruv showed promise, but…
Dhruv Pandove, all of 18 years, had been playing first class cricket for five years. Considered an exceptionally gifted batsman, this prodigy from Punjab had caught the attention of the cricketing fraternity, not just in the North. On that fateful night in 1992, Dhruv was travelling home. He was adamant on continuing the journey which
Cut-off villagers threaten poll boycott
As a last resort to pressurise the State Government to act on their demands, villagers in the cut-off region on the other side of the Chitrakonda reservoir have threatened to boycott panchayat polls. In a meeting held at Gurusetu near Panasput, 30,000 tribals of 151 villages under six gram panchayats of Kudmulgumma block have reportedly
Panchayat polls: In the race for quick bucks
Despite the hype surrounding the three-tier panchayat polls with development being the buzz word in the district, the ground realities paint a sorry picture of the elected representatives. Many of them have been tainted with cases ranging from financial to criminal. Former Sarpanch of Tabla gram panchayat, Sanyasini Badhai was sentenced on Tuesday to two
Dead saplings: History may repeat for BJD
The growing protests against the death of paddy saplings in the Hirakud Command Area are likely to cast a shadow on the poll prospects of the BJD. Though the BJD has made fresh inroads into the Congress bastion in Sambalpur district forcing it to go back-foot, the farmers issue may well help Congress retain the
Now, Pipili agitators bay for Naveen’s ouster
Notwithstanding Pradip Maharathy’s resignation from the cabinet following the storm over the Pipili gang-rape incident, social organizations and political parties said they would continue with their “save women” agitation. They said Maharathy quitting as the agriculture minister was an “eyewash” and demanded chief minister Naveen Patnaik to resign owning moral responsibility for all that happened
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