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Odisha Government orders probe into tiger cubs’ death
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of the death of five new-born tiger cubs in the Nandankanan zoo, the state and forest environment department has asked the chief conservator of forest J D Sharma to probe into the incident and submit a report at the earliest.

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Odisha Government to post 17,543 Sikhya Sahayaks in next session says Mass Education Minister
Sunday, November 20, 2011

Report by Suchismita Sahoo; Bhubaneswar: Odisha Government to post 17,543 Sikhya Sahayaks during the academic year 2012. This was announced by School and Mass Education Minister Pratap Jena on Saturday. He said that as many as 17,543 Sikhya Sahayaks would be engaged in Primary Sc...

Odisha Governor appoints new Vice-Chancellors for Ravenshaw University, VSSUT, Burla
Sunday, November 20, 2011

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor and Chancellor of universities Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare on Saturday appointed Vice-Chancellors for two universities, the Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, and Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla.

Dr Baishnab C Trip...

19-day winter session of Odisha assembly begins from Dec 9, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011

Report by Ananta Prasad; Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly's winter session likely to begin from Dec 9, 2011. This assembly session will be continue for 19-days.

According to notification issued on Saturday by the Odisha Legislagtive Assembly secretariat, the session being...

Odisha: BJP, congress terrorizing voters in the name of Maoist says Pyarimohan Mahapatro
Sunday, November 20, 2011

Report by Basant Rath; Nabarangpur: Blame game and local issues dominate the campaigning of both BJD,BJP and congress for the bypoll in Umerkote constituency. Senior BJD leader and MP Pyarmahan Mahapatro alleged the BJP and Congress parties are playing a cheap politic by terroriz...

Odisha: Congress party demands to prove Tirtol BJD president’s alleged fraud
Saturday, November 19, 2011

Report by Kahnu Nanda; Jagatsinghpur: Tirtol block Congress committee on Friday demanded to start a prove against Aswani Das alias Kuna Silata, Tirtol BJD president who had been picked up by vigilance sleuths taking extort money from an executive engineer. Speaking to media perso...

Odisha Government to set up Pioneer Battalions in Maoist zones on line of BRO
Saturday, November 19, 2011

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Government has planned to set up its own Pioneer Battalions to establish certain vital bridges and roads in the Maoist-hit districts. Sources say the State Government, in the first phase, would raise two Pioneer Battalions on the line of the BRO. The Union Min...

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announces special financial package for pension holders, weavers, fishermen
Saturday, November 19, 2011

Report by Suchismita Sahoo; Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced a special financial package for the sustenance of the pension holders under the old age pension scheme and the poorer section of the society in the flood-affected areas, equal to one month'...

Supreme Court rejects OPECA plea for 2nd JEE in Odisha
Friday, November 18, 2011

Report by OrissaDiary.com correspondent; Bhubaneswar: Supreme Court on Friday rejects the Orissa Private Engineering College Association (OPECA) plea for 2nd JEE in state. Over 24 thousand engineering seats to remain vacant.

It should be noted that worried over large scal...

Odisha: ‘Milli Panda’ appears in court amid tight security
Friday, November 18, 2011

Report by Kishore Dash & Deba Prasad Dash; Rayagada: MAKING her appearance in the trial of 2003 Gudari Police station case against her, Subhashree Panda alias Seema & Milli,wife of top Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda today deposed before the Additional District...

Odisha: Kujanga fire crackers blast incident; Trade union leaders fume against MLA Devasis Samantray’s remark
Friday, November 18, 2011
Report by Kahnu Nanda; Jagatsinghpur: As many as six trade unions including workers association functioning in Paradeep port town converged in an emergency meeting at Paradeep on Friday and expressed strong displeasure against MLA Devasis Samantray for his alleged remark as a ...

Odisha Government collects revenue Rs. 249.7538 Cr. From Mining in October
Friday, November 18, 2011
Report by OrissaDiary.com correspondent; Bhubaneswar: Govt. of Odisha in the Department of Steel & Mines have collected Rs. 249.7538 crores mining revenue in the month of October, 2011.

The target upto October, 2011 was Rs. 2093.50crores where as Rs. 2497.8802 c...

Odisha Government sends special team to ensure proper spending of fundsin Maoist-hit dists
Friday, November 18, 2011

Bhubaneswar: With the Centre not releasing a second installment of funds under the Integrated Action Plan (IAP) in four Maoist-hit districts, the Odisha government has sent a special team to ensure proper spending of funds in those areas.

Planning and coordination minist...

Medha Patekar urged Odisha not to allow use of agricultural land for setting of industries
Friday, November 18, 2011
Bhubaneswar: Noted social activist Medha Patekar on Thursday urged the Odisha government not to allow use of agricultural land for setting of industries.

She told a meeting of the National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM) that here that any land acquisition pr...

Odisha: Integrated Sanitation Improvement Project for Bhubaneswar & Cuttack at cost of Rs 875 crore
Friday, November 18, 2011

Report by Rashmi r Parida; Bhubaneswar: Integrated Sanitation Improvement Project has been planned out for Bhubaneswar and Cuttack city. The High Level Steering Committee Meeting on implementation of the project was held under Chairmanship of Chief Secretary Sri Bijay ...