Essel Mining and Industries Limited group observing the 55th Mines Safety Week at Koira. Observed under the aegis of Director General of Mines, Chaibasa Region, the weeklong event witnessed exhibitions on mines safety and cultural events like staging of plays and music. Sri V Srikanth, head of Essel Mining and Industries Limited, graced the occasion […]Continue Reading
By Our Correspondent Bhubaneswar, Nov 20 : Smrutirani Naik, the 8 year old Std-3 kid hailing from D. Karal village near Tikiri of Rayagada district, Odisha, is delighted every morning. For it is time for her to go to school. There are 7 other students from the neighbourhood who walk with her to the nearby […]Continue Reading
By Abhisek Pani Kharagpur (West Bengal), Nov. 14: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, is gearing up for Spring Fest 2018. The Spring Fest 2018 – which is the 59th edition – will have an expected football of over 50,000. The three-day will be held from January 26 to 28, 2018. Spring Fest is one of […]Continue Reading
By Alisha Sahoo Bhubaneswar, Nov 14: Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys Limited(IMFA), Choudwar received the prestigious “Kalinga Safety Award” in glod category in the 8th Odisha State Safety Conclave 2017 , organised by Institute of Quality and Environment Management Servises (IQEMS). On behalf of IMFA, Sri Bijayananda Mohapatra, Senior Vice- President, Head Power Continue Reading
By Our Correspondent BHUBANESWAR, NOV. 8: Dr Omkar Hota, a young doctor who on November 1 carried a pregnant woman for 8 km to get her admitted to a hospital to save her life, on Tuesday received the first Gopabandhu Award instituted by the state government. He received the award from chief minister Naveen Patnaik […]Continue Reading
By Our Correspondent BHUBANESWAR, NOV. 8: The Supreme Court on Tuesday slapped a penalty of Rs 20,000 on the Union government for not responding to its earlier notice in connection with a writ petition filed by the Odisha Government challenging accord of national project status tag to Polavaram multi-purpose irrigation project. The apex court also […]Continue Reading
BJP activists blockade national highway, demand Rs 20 lakh compensation By Our Correspondent BHUBANESWAR, Nov. 8 : Tension prevailed on Tuesday in Kamakhyanagar block in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district after activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party blocked the National Highway 53 near Baunsapal Chhak protesting death of a farmer and demanding compensation for the kin of […]Continue Reading
By Sukanta Mohanty BHUBANESWAR, NOV. 2: The Odisha government on Thursday faced an embarrassing situation as scores of farmers set ablaze their farm land to protest against “official apathy” to save their paddy crop from pest attacks While farmers in Bargarh, Kalahandi and Nuapda district had on Wednesday torched their paddy fields, – dozens of […]Continue Reading
Dr Amarendra Das Odias always boast of their glorious past and the ruling political parties thump chest on the remarkable progress made during their reign and blame the preceding government’s misrule. However, the fact remains that Odisha perpetually gets a red card in all the economic and social indicators. In this article I examine the […]Continue Reading
By Nalini Sahu BHUBANESWAR, MAY 23: An innovative livelihood restoration project (LRP) in launched by country’s leading power producer GMR Kamalanga Energy Limited (GKEL) has brought significant changes in the life of displaced people in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district. The project, which aims to enhance income of more than 1500 project-hit families through agri-based Continue Reading
