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Orissa: Banapur Bhagabati stalemate ends, rituals resume
Friday, October 22, 2010

Report by Orissa Diary correspondent; Bhubaneswar: The week-long deadlock over conduct of rituals of Banapur Bhagabati came to and end after marathon discussions with servitors and district administration broke the ice and representatives of the temple agreed to...

Vice President’s flight held up in Orissa Airport to allow private plane to land
Friday, October 22, 2010

Report by Orissa Diary correspondent; Bhubaneswar: The special Indian Air Force flight ‘ Raj Hans ‘ carrying the Vice President M Hamid Ansari and his family members had to wait on the runway for about 5 minutes at the Biju Patnaik airport here on Friday to make way for the landi...

Central delegation attributes lack of communication facilities to diarrhoea deaths in Orissa
Friday, October 22, 2010

Report by Orissa Diary correspondent; Bhubaneswar: The-three member Planning Commission team led by Abhijit Sen had recently visited diarrhoea affected Koraput and Rayagada districts. Wrapping up their three-day visit to the state, Planning Commission member Sri ...

Vice-president Md Hamid Ansari calls on youths to fight Corruption
Friday, October 22, 2010

Report by Orissa Diary correspondent; Bhubaneswar: Corruption has spread to all sectors of the society since a long , All should effort for the eradication of it . The Vice-president of India Md Hamid Ansari said and called upon youths to fight it.

“Kalinga In...

Orissa to provide power to farmers at cheaper rates says Prafulla Ghadei
Friday, October 22, 2010

Report by Dipti Ranjan Kanungo; Bhubaneswar: The state government is contemplating to provide power to all farmers in the state at cheaper rates. Besides, it is also planning to provide electricity to each household – in both the urban and rural areas - within the shortest possib...

Deep depression in the Bay of Bengal, rain likely to occur in Orissa
Friday, October 22, 2010

Bhubaneswar: A deep depression in the Bay of Bengal has turned into a cyclonic storm named ‘Giri’ lying about 650 km south-east from Balasore and is likely to cross into north Myanmar and Bangladesh tomorrow.

Though the cyclonic storm will have no impact on the eas...

NTPC submits proposal to set up Power Engineering College in Orissa
Friday, October 22, 2010

Report by Orissa Diary correspondent; Bhubaneswar: The NTPC has submitted a proposal to set up a modernized Power Engineering College at Talcher area . The Chief Minister has given consent to provide all short of assistance in the matter.

The Chairman of NTPC ...

Construction firm agrees to bring back Orissa labourers detained in Sudan
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Report by Orissa Diary correspondent; Bhubaneswar: The Progressive Construction Company Ltd. Agreed to bring back the Oriya labourers detained in Sudan.

It is to be mentioned here that nearly 150 labourers from Khurda district alleged detained by their employer at ...

Orissa Government send views on Meena Gupta panel report on Posco to MoEF
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Report by Orissa Diary correspondent; Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government on Thursday replied to the clarifications sought by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on the two separate reports submitted by Meena Gupta Committee regarding proposed Posco project in Jagatsing...

Vice President’s Convocation address t Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Bhubaneswar: The Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari has said that according to FAO, over 250 million Indians are chronically undernourished, constituting 22 per cent of our population. This is anomalous looking at record food grain production in recent years. Del...

BJP slams Orissa Govt’s industrialization jingle
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Bhubaneswar: Coming down heavily on the Odisha government for adopting hidden personal agenda on setting up of different industrial projects, the state BJP on Wednesday said that the industrialisation slogan of chief minister Naveen Patnaik was just a publicity stunt and it lacke...

Orissa Government to reply to Meena Gupta committee report in 3 days
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Bhubaneswar: The State Government on Wednesday said it would submit its reply on the Meena Gupta Committee’s recommendations on Posco to the Union Government in three days time. A compre...

Vice President Hamid Ansari arrives in Orissa visit on a 3 day visit
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Report by Orissa Diary correspondent; Bhubaneswar : The Honourable Vice-President of India Md Hamid Ansari arrived here in a special flight of the Indian Air Force ‘Raj Hans’ . Governor of Orissa Muralidhar Chandrakant Bhandare, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik received ...

Environment Ministry seeks Orissa government’s clarification on Gupta panel’s findings
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Bhubaneswar: The Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday asked the state government to put forward its views before the Forest Advisory Committee meets on October 25 to take a final call on the issue.

In a written communiqué to Chief Minister N...

Vice President Hamid Ansari to arrive in Orissa today
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Report by Orissa Diary correspondent; Bhubaneswar: The Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari will arrive Orissa on Wednesday on a three days tour to Orissa. He will arrive at the Biju Patnaik International Air Port at 5.00pm on Wednesday in a special flight. In the Air Port gua...