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Odisha: Konark gears up for International Sand Art Festival-II
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Report by Pravuprasad Routray, Konark: As many as 20 Indian and 10 foreign artists will be participating in the second edition of the International Sand Art festival to be held on the Chandrabhaga beach, Konark, coinciding with the Konark Dance Festival 2012.
Odisha: POSCO TJ Park Foundation Scholarship awarded to meritorious students of BPUT, KIIT University
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Reprot by Manorama Dhir, Bhubaneswar: Continuing the noble initiative, like every year, the POSCO TJ Park Foundation Scholarship has been awarded to meritorious students of BPUT (Biju Patnaik University of Technology) and KIIT (Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology) University, in a...
Odisha: Agitation bid against ‘Mumbai Mega Nite’ withdrawn
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Report by Saroj Mishra, Puri: Puri police got a big relief today with the Puri Protection Council (PPC) withdrawing its protest against ‘Mumabai Mega Nite’ in International Beach Festival on Tuesday evening. After amicable talks with the organizers of beach festival committee...
Odisha: Tata Steel Vice Chairman Muthuraman, MD Nerurkar visited Operation Smile Cleft Care Mission
Monday, November 26, 2012
Report by Pravuprasad Routray, Bhubaneswar: Mr B Muthuraman, Vice Chairman, Tata Steel along with Tata Steel MD, Mr H M Nerurkar visited the second Operation Smile India Cleft Care Mission organised in association with Hi-tech Hospital, Bhubaneswar. Tata Steel, Sir Dorabji Tata Trus...
Odisha DGP, RDC review arrangements for devotes in Jagannath Temple
Monday, November 26, 2012
Report by Saroj Mishra, Puri: Director General Police (DGP) Prakash Mishra on Monday afternoon visited Jagannath Temple in Puri to supervise the steps taken by district police ahead of Kartika Purnima.
He also made a spot visit of those locations insi...
Odisha: Protest against 'Mumbai Mega Nite' in Puri Beach Festival
Monday, November 26, 2012
Report by Saroj Mishra, Puri: With International Beach Festival on the beach of Puri reaching its fourth edition, Puri Protection Council (PPC) will stage peace protest on Tuesday afternoon. The outfit is strongly opposing performance of vulgar and nude dances on the beach during holy mo...
Odisha Assembly's winter session to start from tomorrow; BJD, Congress ready to corner each other
Monday, November 26, 2012
Report by Priyabrata Nayak, Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly's winter session WILL start from tomorrow. The winter session was scheduled to continue till December 22. During the period, government plans to pass 16 bills.
Both the ruling BJD and opposition Congr...
Odisha HC asks Railways to pay compensation of Rs 5 lakh to Sambalpur train mishap victims
Monday, November 26, 2012
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha High Court on Monday directed Railways to pay compensation of Rs 5 lakh to kin of each victim in Khairapalli (Sambalpur) level crossing accident case.
It should be noted that on August 25 in a train accident at an un-manned level cro...
Odisha Agriculture Minister to attend World Agriculture Forum (WAF) meet in Hyderabad
Monday, November 26, 2012
Report by Ananta Prasad, Bhubaneswar: The World Agricultural Forum, the 15 years old work body will be having its biennial meet at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh in November, 2013 where global leaders, administrators, farmers, organizations, eminent academicians, CEOs of industries, functiona...
Odisha: Resounding applause to ‘Manipuri Basanta Rasa’in International Beach Festival in Puri
Monday, November 26, 2012
Report by Saroj Mishra, Puri: With third edition of International Beach Festival in Puri the classical ‘Basant Rasa’ by Manipur troupe dragged a huge crowd to enjoy the divine romance between Lord Srikrisna and Devi Radha. Artists beginning with ‘Puspanjali&...
Odisha: International Anthropological Congress Inaugurated at KIIT
Monday, November 26, 2012
Report by OD bureau, Bhubaneswar: The 2012 Inter-Congress of International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) kicked off at KIIT University on 26th November 2012 with an inaugural address by His Excellency M. C. Bhandare, Governor of Odisha.
Odisha Energy Minister peeved at RGGVY implementation in Koraput
Monday, November 26, 2012
Koraput: Energy minister Arun Sahu today expressed resentment over poor implementation of Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) in the district and directed the district collector to review the progress at the district level and expedite the work at the earliest.
Rights panel asks DGP to probe Bhaliaguda encounter
Monday, November 26, 2012
Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) directed the Director General of Police (DGP) Prakash Mishra to take steps to undertake an independent investigation into the killing of five Maoists in a police encounter at Bhaliaguda in Gajapati district as per the NHRC guidelin...
Team Odisha leave for Singapore to lure investors
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Bhubaneswar: A delegation of Team Odisha leave for Singapore to lure investors. The five member delegation of the Odisha government led by Chief Secretary BK Patnaik.
Patnaik is accompanied by Pradeep Kumar Jena , Chairman cum Managing Director of Odi...
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