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Orissa: Constant reduction in demands leads cutting of Kewra plants in Ganjam
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Report by Ronalisa Parida, Berhampur: The constant reduction in demands of Kewra flower is now breaking the backbone of Ganjam Kewra farmers. Due to diminishing rates of profit the Gnjam Kewra farmers have started cutting the kewra shrubs in different villages. Although the cropping...
BJP delegation meets Orissa Governor over plight of Odia workers in Sudan
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Report by OrissaDiary.com correspondent; Bhubaneswar : A five member BJP delegation, comprising of Shri Mahesh Mohanty, Ram Chandra Panda Ex Deputy Speaker, Anil Dhir, Media Co-ordinator, Bhibhuti Jena, State President Bharatiya Janata Yuba Morcha, along with two o...
66 pc rural families below poverty line in Orissa says Minister
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Bhubaneswar: Panchayati raj minister Maheswar Mohanty on Tuesday informed the State Assembly that around 66.23 per cent of the rural families in Odisha are below poverty line. The minister, during the Question Hour, said that 44, 93, 410 out of the total 67,84,127 rural famili...
Orissa Congress unit seeks action on Lokpal report
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Bhubaneswar: A delegation of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee led by party president Niranjan Patnaik on Tuesday met Governor MC Bhandare at the Raj Bhawan here and handed over a memorandum demanding action against the state government based on the recommendations in the spe...
Block Grants teachers issue rocks Orissa Assembly
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Congress and BJP on Tuesday forced the Speaker to adjourn the House thrice as they stormed to the Well against school and mass education minister Pratap Jena's inappropriate reply ignoring the full grant in aid demand of the Block Grant teachers who ar...
Dengue death toll reaches 20 in Orissa
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Report by Jyoti Prakash; Bhubaneswar: The death toll due to dengue today touched 20 with one more person sucuumbing to this mosquito borne disease in Apoll o Hospital today. The deceased belongs to Talcher Block of Angul district. Today 123 samples were tested ...
Orissa: NALCO Foundation & OPOLFED Launch Livelihood Programme
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Report by OrissaDiary.com correspondent; Bhubaneswar: NALCO Foundation, the CSR arm of Navratna PSU NALCO, in collaboration with Orissa State Poultry Products Cooperative Marketing Federation Limited (OPOLFED) has launched a backyard poultry programme in the peripheral villages o...
Orissa PCC yet to select the new state level office bearers
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Report by OrissaDiary.com correspondent; Bhubaneswar: Even after two months, the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President Niranjan Pattanayak is yet to select the new state level office bearers of the party. AICC Orissa in-charge Jagdish Tytler in several occasion...
Photo Journalism In Orissa
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
By Dr. Mrinal Chatterjee
"If eyes are the windows of the soul, then photojournalism is the window on the most momentous events of our time", wrote Richard Stengel, Managing Editor of Time introducing the special issue carrying photographs that defined 2009.1 Great pictures ...
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