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Odisha: Puri SP A N Sinha shifted as commandant SOG
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Report by Suchismita Sahoo; Bhubaneswar: Odisha Government on Tuesday transferred Puri SP A N Sinha. He shifted as commandant in the Special Operation Group (SOG). Koraput SP Anup Sahu appointed as new Puri SP. This was informed by state Home Secretary U N Behera told reporters here...

Odisha Police arrest top Maoist leader Girish
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police today arrest top Maoist leader Girish from Baragarh district. It is a significant achievement of Odisha Police. Earlier in 2011 Maoist leader Girish escaped from Chainpasa jail in state. In afternoon district SP to inform formally about this arrest to medi...

People across Odisha observed birth anniversaries of Netaji, Vir Surendra Sai
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Cuttack: People across Odisha on Monday observed the birth anniversaries of two eminent freedom fighters of the country Vir Surendra Sai and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
While the state observed the 206th birth anniversary of Surendra Sai, it was the 115th birth anniversary of ...

Odisha CM reviewed law and order situation, asks police to register all cases of women atrocities as FIRs
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Report by Suchismita Sahoo; Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday reviewed law and order situation. He warns the police authorities with strong legal action against non-registration of FIRs on cases of crime and atrocity against women.

After t...

Odisha: NIMC Seals Five Clinics After Surprise Inspections in Nayagarh & Bhubaneswar for PC & PNDT Act Violations
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Report by OrissaDiary.com burau; Bhubaneswar: The National Inspection and Monitoring Committee (NIMC) team, constituted under the PC & PNDT Act, 1994, undertook surprise inspections of clinics/ facilities offering ultrasound diagnostic services in Nayagarh and Bhubaneswar dis...

Odisha: Senior Editor of OrissaDiary.com Pradeep Baisakh selected for NFI media fellowship
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Report by OrissaDiary.com bureau; Bhubaneswar: Noted journalist and senior editor of OrissaDiary.com, Pradeep Baisakh has been selected for the 17th NFI (National Foundation of India) media fellowship this year. Mr Baisakh has been awarded with this fellowship to write on the sub...

Odisha: Over 40 dalit houses torched in Bolangir; Rs One lakh relief to each of the 38 families
Monday, January 23, 2012

Bhubaneswar: Over 40 dalit houses torched in Bolangir district. Report Says over fourty thatched houses belong to dalits were set afire allegedly by upper caste people at village Lathore near Patnagarh in Bolangir district. 25 families belong to lower caste became homeless due to...

Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik launches ruling BJD's campaign for panchayat polls
Monday, January 23, 2012

Bhubaneswar: Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik launches ruling BJD's campaign for panchayat polls on Sunday. hitting the campaign trail in favour of his party candidates while the Opposition Congress and BJP are optimistic of a better outcome this time.

The chief mini...

Odisha: Dalit man axed to death
Monday, January 23, 2012
Report by Akshya Rout; Jajpur: 48 –year –old, Niranjan Mallick a dalit of village Naraharipur under Binjharpur police statin in Jajpur district was allegedly axed to death by Sudam Mallick at Srirampur village on Sunday while he was returning from the government hospital in Jajpur ....

Odisha: Guinness Book of World Records confirmed Odissi show by 555 artistes as world record
Monday, January 23, 2012

Bhubaneswar: The Guinness Book of World Records has confirmed the spectacular show by 555 Odissi dancers on December 23 last year at Kalinga Stadium here as a world record. “This is just to confirm that I have approved your attempt as a current world record,” Fast Track Guinness ...

Odisha: Cops to intensify war on ultras; BSF camp comes up in Maoist hotbed
Sunday, January 22, 2012

Report by Kishore Dash & Deba Prasad Dash; Malkangiri: Daring the Left Wing Extremists, a Border Security Force (BSF) camp has finally come up today at on the other side of Chitrakonda reservoir, which has been turned into a Maoist safe heaven over the years. Rightly speaking...

Odisha: Police gets inconspicuous, to act on stockpile warrants in Jagatsinghpur
Sunday, January 22, 2012

Report by Kahnu Nanda; Jagatsinghpur: As many as 2970 warrants get pending in several police stations across the Jagatsinghpur district but police receive inconspicuous implementing warrant drive and nab these fugitive accused persons.

Report said that Kujanga police stat...

Odisha's Sudarsan Pattnaik selected for Snow Sculpture Contest at Japan
Sunday, January 22, 2012

Report by OrissaDiary.com bureau; Puri: The 39th International Snow Sculpture Contest will start from 5th Feb-9th Feb at Sopporo. Japan 15 countries like India, Indonesia, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, Taiwan, Daejeon (Korea), New Zealand, Novosibirsk (Russia), Hawaii, Portland (U...

Odisha: Cops bust Maoist camp in Kalimela
Sunday, January 22, 2012

Report by Deba Prasad Dash; Malkangiri: While intensifying its anti-Maoist operation, police has busted a rebel camp in Tekguda forest under Kalimela police limits in the wee hours today. Acting on pinpointed information about the existence of a Maoist camp and ...

Odisha: CISF deployment to be mandatory for all ports
Sunday, January 22, 2012

Report by P K Pattanaik; Bhubaneswar: All major , non-major and minor ports of the country have to deploy central industrial security force (CISF). Central Shipping Board has the proposal to make CISF mandatory for all ports. Currently, Only Major ports have CISF secu...