Orissa Current News, Current News from Orissa, Breaking News from Orissa

Orissa Current News

Kalinga Sena disrupts Rail service inOrissa
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Report by Orissadiary correspondent; Bhubaneswar: In protest against the indifferent attitude of Union Railway Ministry towards Orissa, Kalinga Sena led by its State president Hemanta Rath on Tuesday disrupted rail services and stopped Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express for half...

Orissa DGP Manmohan Praharaj visits Bolangir to investigate death of two students
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Report by Orissadiary correspondent; Bhubaneswar : Police Director General Manmohan Praharaj has left for Bolangir on Tuesday to personally investigate the death of two engineering students and other injured students by the accident of Police Van and the violence f...

Maoists blown Police Out post in Orissa
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Report by Dipti Ranjan Kanungo; Phulbani: The Maoists had blown the Katingia Police Out Post and the newly constructed building twice in the month of August and September of this year. So it has been restricted to move by motor Bike instead of four wheeler. So the Jawans of In...

Orissa Government decides to provide Rs 1,095 crores loan to farmers for Ravi cultivation
Monday, October 26, 2009

Report by Dipti Ranjan Kanungo, Bhubaneswar: Orissa Government has decided to provide Rs 1095 crore loan assistance to the farmers to take up Rabi cultivation in a vigorous manner. It has also decided to give priority to electrification of irrigation points by not using wat...

Orissa opposition leader Bhupinder Singh demands suspension of Bolangir Collector, SP
Monday, October 26, 2009

Report by Orissadiary correspondent, Bhubaneswar: The Opposition leader and senior Congress legislature Bhupinder Singh has demanded suspension of the Collector and Superintendent of Police of Balangir district for impartial probe of the Balangir Students death case. ...

BJP MLA Manoj Pradhan gets bail in all cases from Orissa High Court
Monday, October 26, 2009

By Golak Chandra Das; Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Monday granted bail to BJP MLA Manoj Pradhan from G Udayagiri in Kandhamal district in all 14 cases pending against him in connection with the last year communal violence.

Earlier the court had granted bail in 12 cas...

Normal life paralyses in Western Orissa due to bandh call by Student Congress
Monday, October 26, 2009

Bhubaneswar: Normal life paralyses in Western Orissa due to bandh call by Student Congress on Monday after the death of two students in Bolangir town.

The normal life was hit as the shops and other business houses remained closed in many places in Western Orissa. The bus...

Radio Frequency Identity Cards for Orissa Government employees
Monday, October 26, 2009
Report by Orissadiary correspondent, Bhubaneswar: New modernised Identity Cards for the Secretariat employees from Ist November. This modernised Radio Frequency Identity Cards ( RFID ) plastic cards having antenna will automatically record the entrance and exits of...

Oil removal work from sunken ship in Orissa coast resume again after custom clearance
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Report by Orissadiary correspondent, Bhubaneswar: The oil removal work from the sunken ship Black Rose started again after permission given by the custom department. There are 924 MT oil in the ship. The removal work was going on after removal of 160 Ton the removal work was stopped...

Protest against Bolangir violence now spread to whole Western-Orissa
Sunday, October 25, 2009

Report by Dipti Ranjan Kanungo, Bhubaneswar: The violence started following death of an engineering student by the accident of a police van now spreads from Bolangir to Sambalpur. After death of another injured student Sashikanta by the Police who was under treatment ...

Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik lays foundation stone of Konark Knowledge Park
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Report by Dipti Ranjan Kanungo, Bhubaneswar: Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik has called upon the universities and professional institutes in the states to fine tune their curriculums in order to cater the requirements of the industry especially the knowledge based sector.

Orissa Govt announces judicial probe into Bolangir violence; Rs 5 lakh compensation to kin of deceased
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Report by Orissadiary correspondent; Bhubaneswar: Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patanaik has announced that ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to next of kin of 2 deceased students in Bolangir incident. He also announced judicial probe into the matter. Chef Minister said that cost of the me...

Orissa Government asks Agriculture Production Commissioner to probe farmer suicides
Sunday, October 25, 2009

Report by Suchismita Sahoo; Bhubaneswar: The State Government on Saturday asked the Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC) to probe into the death of three farmers allegedly due to crop loss and loan burden in the districts of Sambalpur and Jharsuguda. Chief Minister Naveen Pa...

Oil retrieval from sunken ship in Orissa's Paradip faces roadblock from customs
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Paradeep: The removal of oil from the sunken ship Black Rose has been stopped after removal of 160 M.T. as the permission from the Custom department has not yet been accorded. So the removal of Oil from the sunken ship is now indefinite. PPT chairman on Saturday wrote a letter to th...

Boangir town in Orissa burning after death of college student, sec 144 imposed in town
Saturday, October 24, 2009

Report by Dipti Ranjan Kanungo, Bhubaneswar : Balangir town is burning after death of an engineering college student by accidrnt of a Police van here at Rugudipada Chhak on Saturday . The student identified as Shakti Prasad Mohanty , second year student of Sushr...