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Women in Orissa’s Jagatsinghpur district pray god to end over of Green Hunt operation for safety of their belongings
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Report by Amarnath Parida; Jagatsinghpur: Family members whose belongings are working in Naxal prone areas to fight against Maoists have prayed hard for end of combing operation or Green Hunt for the safety of their belongings.

Family members of Parthranjan Behera of Sari...

Orissa organizing Conference on Sustainable Production, Utilisation of Medicinal Plants
Thursday, April 08, 2010

Report by Dipti Ranjan Kanungo; Bhubaneswar: Medicinal Plants are important global resources, as they contribute towards quality health care and have potential to provide income and employment to rural communities. In India, medicinal plants are traditionally as...

Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik receives another threat email
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Bhubaneswar: Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik got another acrimonious email on Wednesday. The mail landed in official email address of Naveen. Sent from plga.ocac.in, the mail threatened to repeat the barbaric episode of Chhatisgarh in Orissa, if the joint operation against Maoi...

Census 2011 starts in Orissa
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Report by Dipti Ranjan Kanungo; Bhubaneswar: Census 2011 kicks off through out the state on Wednesday. In Bhubaneswar the census started by collecting information from the Governor Muralidhar Chandrakant Bhandare, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik

Governor Murlidhar Chandrak...

US ambassador Roemer overwhelmed success of water and sanitation project in Orissa
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Report by Orissadiary correspondent; Bhubaneswar: For US ambassador Timothy. J. Roemer, it was break from the hassles of his usual diplomatic life. On Wednesday, he was literarily on a break from his busy schedules.

Mr Timothy, who arrived here on a two-day visit to the s...

Home Minister Chidambaram says Naxalites will not be allowed to overthrow Government through armed struggle
Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Jagdalpur: The Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambarm has said that naxalites will not be allowed to overthrow the Government through armed liberation struggle. In a statement issued at Jagdalpur in Chhatisgarh today, he appealed for calm and stressed the need not to stray from ...

Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurates online payment of vehicle tax
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Report by Smaranika Nanda, Bhubaneswar: People in Orissa need not have to run to the Regional Transport Office (RTO) and stand in long queues to pay their motor vehicle tax or to apply for a license or to apply for the permit of their commercial vehicles. They can apply ...

Ruling BJD in Orissa wins polls in 5 civic bodies
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Bhubaneswar: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) won the polls in civic bodies on Wednesday bagging Belpahar, Paradip municipality and Sunabeda, Balimela Notified Area Councils (NAC).

BJD won eleven seats each in Paradip and Belpahar municipalities, eight seats in Bali...

Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik condemns Maoists attack in Chhatisgarh
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Report by Orissadiary bureau; Bhubaneswar: The Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik condemns Chhatisgarh Naxal strike . He has expressed that the incident is very sorrowful. They should be drastically punished as they are not beliving law of the country.

More than seventy ...

Orissa to electrified 3,000 villages in Naxal-hit districts
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Report by Dipti Ranjan Kanungo; Bhubaneswar: About about 3,000 villages in remote areas , which are not included in Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutkaran Yojana (RGGVY) will be electrified by solar power, with an expenditure of Rs 200 crore for the project. The target w...

USA ambassador to visit slum dwellers in Orissa to see water sanitation project
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Report by Orissadiary correspondent; Bhubaneswar: USA ambassador to India, Mr Timothy J. Roemer, who is arriving here on Wednesday on a two-day visit to the state, will visit residents of Gyana Nagar slum to see implementation of a pilot initiative on water and sanitation.

Orissa sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik pays sandy tribute to Sahid CRPF Jawans killed in Chhattisgarh
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Report by Rashmi r Parida; Puri: Today At least 73 personnel of the CRPF and the district force have been butchered in a deadly Maoist attack in the Dantewada district. Two days before Maoists also attacked in Orissa and killed 11 policemen at Koraput district. International sa...

CPI MP Mr Bibhuprsad Tarai demands action against Orissa agriculture minister
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Report by Amarnath Parida; Paradip: Hundreds of CPI leaders led by MP Mr Bibhuprasad Tarai have sat on dharna in front of Paradip police station for showing sympathy to BJD party candidates by local police and officials during civic poll in Paradip on Monday.
Sources said that ...

Orissa: Sunabeda NAC election passed: Many voters return home without voting
Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Report by Kalpana Manjari Das, Sunabeda: As Sunabeda NAC has been declared sensitive in Maoist infested area the election passed disappointing voters. But apart from these, many allegation raised in these areas. The Polling booth areas security was highly tighten. There was elabo...