CCWD focuses on child rights
On the occasion of a district-level interface on child rights focusing on exclusion programme, secretary of Centre for Child and Women Development (CCWD) Sadasiv Swain claimed that due to the BPl card problem the private schools are not allowing children from excluded families to take admission. Speaking at the programme organised...
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Man held for raping minor in JSpur
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Tough law for telecom towers in offing
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CAG indicts State for poor safety of big cats
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Kosal Kranti Dal to observe Utkal Diwas as Black Day
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Try Raghunath Mohanty in fast-track court: Niranjan
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NGOs oppose diversion, misuse of Tribal Sub-Plan fund
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DAV CSpur shines in KVPY exam
31 March 2013 | PNS
Rally on April 1 against distortion of State history
Concerned over the distortion of ancient history of the State, the Odisha Buddhists’ Front (OBF) is all set to organise a rally here on April 1, the Utkal Diwas, to appeal to people to protect history from extraneous influences. The march will start from the Ram Mandir Square and culminate at...
CPM, SUCI activists protest against power tariff hike
Activists of the CPI(M) and Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) staged a dharna in front of the office of Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) here on Saturday demanding immediate withdrawal of the recent decision on power tariff hike. They accused the State Government of making the lives of common man...
Inbrief
Gangster’s brother-in-law injured in firing Kendrapada: One Sk Rafique sustained bullet injuries on Friday night as two motorbike-borne miscreants opened a round of fire at his leg from close proximity near the Ranapada Chowk while he was returning from the Old Bus-Stand to his half-constructed house at Ranapada. Rafique, who is...
Communal tension prevails in Haladia
Communal tension has been prevailing at Haladia under Kusiapala GP of Derabish block since last Thursday night between the Hindus and minority community members after the fellow villagers took out the idol of Anthua Gopal in a decorated palanquin in a procession with brass band and bursting fire crackers through...
CM to open Maritime Museum tomorrow
The Odisha State Maritime Museum here, the first of its kind in India, is now getting ready to be thrown open to public on the Utkal Diwas on Monday. Spread over an area of more than four acres, the museum is housed in the erstwhile Maritime Engineering Workshop at Jobra...
Pvt firm in power supply stir: CESU office ransacked
Members of Khurda Milita Krianusthan Committee on Saturday ransacked the local office of the Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU) during a 12-hour Khurda bandh organised to protest entry of Feedback Energy Distribution Company Pvt ltd (FEDCO) for distribution and revenue collection services. According to sources, CESU has signed a pact with...
For old time's sake
As our life becomes fast-paced, all things and places associated with a relatively slower pace are disappearing, just like our peace of mind. Be it the friendly neighbourhood grocery shops or the old -style ‘bazaars’, the massive cinema halls or the little ‘chai shops’ found in every corner of the town...
