Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
Modi turns ‘private’ tour ‘political’
Gujarat chief minister and BJP national campaign committee chairperson Narendra Modi, who was on a one-day trip to Orissa on Tuesday, tried his best to strike an emotional chord with the people of the state.
‘Naveen must learn Oriya’
Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s ignorance of Oriya is slowly becoming a major political issue with the Opposition Congress and the BJP raking up the matter often in recent times.
Modi to offer prayers at Puri temple today
BJP leaders of Orissa are anxiously waiting to welcome Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi who is scheduled to arrive here on Tuesday morning.
Cousins held for trainee nun rape
The Orissa police on Monday arrested two of the three youth who allegedly gangraped a 28-year-old trainee nun after holding her in captivity for nearly a week.
BJP slams BJD on Orissa farmer suicides
The BJP on Sunday attacked the BJD government in Orissa on alleged “distress sale” of paddy and rise in the incidence of farmer suicide in the state.
Gram sabha meetings to decide aluminium sector’s fate
Such has been the labyrinthine process of the law of the land that after a decade of charges and counter charges, claims and counter claims, the fate of Vedanta’s `4,500-crore alumina refinery at Lanjigarh and the future of its `50,000 crore other investments in the state will be decided by around two thousand Dongaria Kondh tribals residing in the hill slopes of Niyamgiri.
Cong launches FIR campaign on orissa BJD govt
The Opposition Congress on Tuesday decided to launch an “FIR campaign” against the BJD government in Orissa, accusing it of diverting 10kg of rice meant for supply under the public distribution system (PDS) to the BPL families.
Panic as wild elephants enter stadium
Panic reigned in the steel city of Rourkela, nearly 350 km from here, as a herd of wild elephants entered the Bisra Stadium late on Friday evening.
Woman dies after being bitten by ‘God-sent’ cobra
A woman’s blind belief that the snake is a “god creature” has led to her death.
Basanti Jena, (40), wife of Babu Jena of Adam-Maheshpur village under Mahanga police limit, nearly 70 km from here, died on Friday as she was repeatedly bitten by a cobra she was carrying on her shoulders, the police said on Saturday.
Land acquisition for Posco phase 1 over
The land acquisition for the first-phase construction work of the `52,000-steel project at Paradip is claimed to have been over.
