CSR should be about deep commitment not cheap publicity By Dr Swarup Panda Most of the industries take up CSR activities as a compulsion of expenditure, under identified heads, bestowed by Government. Some industries even view CSR activities as a platform for marketing their brand image. A company need not need to carry out CSR […]Continue Reading
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BDO denies charge, says probe has revealed no irregularities BY CB SINGH Rayagada: Chandrapur block under Odisha’s Rayagada district, a thickly populated forested area with 60 to 70 per cent of illiterate, economical poor scheduled tribe and schedule caste (ST and SC) and other backward classes, – is suffering from lack of development. Plagued with […]Continue Reading
By Prasanna Mohanty Bhubaneswar, March 22: The Congress in Odisha which has been struggling to regain its eminence in the state politics for nearly two decades is now at the crossroads as it is desperately lacking an “all-acceptable” leader to lead the party from the front. Frequent defeats, mostly because of bitter internecine bickering, have […]Continue Reading
BY OUR CORRESPONDENT Bhubaneswar, March 19: Former BJD Rajya Sabha member and Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s erstwhile advisor Pyarmiohan Mohapatra passed away in Mumbai’s Hinduja Hospital late on Sunday evening. He was 77. Mohapatra was suffering from lungs infection for quite some time, The bureaucrat-turned politician was on ventilator support since Friday. Continue Reading
By Ratikant Mohanty BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 18: It’s official now. South Korean steel major Pohang Steel Company (Posco) has finally say ‘no’ to the country’s largest foreign direct investment project – the 12-million-tonne integrated steel project – that was supposed to come up at Paradip in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district. Odisha industry minister Debi Prasad Mishra on […]Continue Reading
By A K sahoo Bhubaneswar, March 18: How easy it is for Odisha chief minister Naven Patnaik to effect a smooth reshuffle in his council of ministers? Will he dare to drop all those ministers who lost their faces various reasons or shunt a few of them out? What yardsticks Naveen would follow to effect […]Continue Reading
BY C B SINGH Rayagada, March 18: Nararayan Behera, electrical lineman hailing from Pediguda under Ranipinda gram panchayat in Muniguda block has sustained serious burn injuries while repairing a transfer. The accident occurred on Thursday due to the mistake of junior engineer and sub-divisional officer (SDO), Muniguda, report said on Saturday. Behera is undergoing Continue Reading
BY AKSHYA ROUT Jajpur, March 16: The Dharmasala police here organised a two-day Holi festival, which is popularly called as Munsi Melan which was ended on Thursday. “Since 1877, the police have been organising the festival of colour with mirth and merriment in Dharmasala. Gopinath Parija, popularly known as Daroga Munshi of Dharmasala, had started […]Continue Reading
By Our Correspondent BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 14: Odisha state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday expelled nine party men in connection with the recent attack on party’s state vice-president Samir Mohanty during Zilla Parishad chairperson election in Sambalpur. The BJP’s state unit president Basant Panda expelled state executive committee member Girish Patel and Continue Reading
By Our Correspondent BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 14: Congress’ rout in the Odisha Panchayat Polls has claimed its first victim in the form of All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary and State in-charge, BK Hariprasad. According to AICC Media panelist, Brijesh Kalappa, Hariprasad has resigned from both his posts. Kalappa also said that Hariprasad’s resignation from Continue Reading
