By Mitarani Sahoo BHUBANESWAR, May 1: A 12-year-old girl from Odisha, who was in Nellore of Andhra Pradesh for the past seven years after getting separated from her parents, has finally got reunited with his family with the help of Google, – reports said on Sunday. The girl Puja Khaudia hailing from Nimapada village in […]Continue Reading
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By Pramod Sahukar Muniguda, April 24: Renowned social activist Prafulla Samantra has won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for massive anti-Vedanta campaign that halted mining operation at Niyamgiri hills in Odisha. Mr Samantra had led the rallies and demonstrations against Vedanta that was forced to shut down its bauxite operations. Hundreds of Dongria tribals Continue Reading
By Akshya Rout BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 24: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday visited ailing former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the latter’s Krishna Menon Road residence in New Delhi and inquired about his health. Rubbishing speculations over political significance behind his visit, Mr Patnaik said that it was a “courtesy call.” “There is […]Continue Reading
BY AKSHYA ROUT Jajpur, April 23- Two workers were killed and one sustained injuries in a cave-in on Sunday in an illegal quarry in village Arua under Dharmasala police station of Jajpur district. A large portion of the hillock caved in on some of the workers while they were doing illegal quarry works . Some villagers retrieved […]Continue Reading
By Mahendra Darjee BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 17: After assuming office as Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on Sunday visited Lord Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar for the first time amidst tight security arrangements and paid obeisance to the deities at the sacred shrine. With chanting of slokas and hymns, Mr Modi performed abhisekh ritual and also offered bel […]Continue Reading
By Tirthankar Patel Bhubaneswar, April 6: Leading educationist and chairman of Padhee Group of Institutions, Janaki Ballav Padhi, – was on Thursday morning found hanging from the ceiling fan in his bedroom at his Brahmeswarpatna residence here in the city. The local Badagarh police has seized the body. A suicide note has purportedly been seized […]Continue Reading
By Sukanta Mohanty Bhubaneswar, April 5: Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday said his government would explore the proposal to waive agricultural loans of farmers in the state. “We’ll certainly examine it (proposal for waiving farm loan),” Mr Patnaik told reporters after a review meeting of party functionaries here. Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy said Continue Reading
By AK SAHOO Bhubaneswar: Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik has begun the exercise to rescue his from the morass of decaying popularity the party is suffering from now. He has embarked upon interaction with the party’s newly elected panchayat representatives to get first hand feedback on the reason for poor show in the rural polls […]Continue Reading
By Sukanta Mohanty Bhubaneswar, April 2: Shocked by his party’s own dismal performance and the success of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recently-concluded rural polls in Odisha and rumblings within his own party, Odisha chief minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Sunday embarked on week-long brainstorming programme with newly-elected Continue Reading
BY SUKANTA MOHANTY Bhubaneswar, April 1: Union petroleum and natural gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday formally launched BS-IV grade transportation fuels across the country from here today. The event coincided with Utkal Divas, the formation day of the state. To mark the historic occasion of the launch of BS-IV fuels across the country, the […]Continue Reading
