'State saves 460-MW power in Earth Hour'
The Canyon Consultancy, which spearheaded the Earth Hour observance campaign in Odisha, has claimed that the State saved 460 MW of electricity during ‘The Earth Hour 2014’ from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm on Saturday. The team of ‘Earth Hour – Odisha Campaign’ comprised the TiE Bhubaneswar Cleantech SIG, Canyon Consultancy,...
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Anjali, Raghunandan, Kusa axed from BJD
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Had been denied symbol intentionally: Debi Prusti
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Puri Cong lS candidate campaigns in Brahmagiri
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2 juveniles held for raping city minor
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BJD manifesto as good as wastepaper: BJP
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Rly engineers resent non-fulfilment of demands
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Husband at times framed with misuse of law by police
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Personal touch Dilip's main strength in R'kela
The candidates contesting elections for the key Rourkela Assembly seat include those of the major parties, the BJD, the BJP and the Congress and they have started campaigning in the steel city and its adjoining rural areas. However, former Union Minister Dilip Ray, now the BJP nominee, seems to be in...
Rail, NH projects to be put on fast tracks
laying stress on implementation of all railway and National Highway projects in the State, Chief Secretary JK Mohapatra on Saturday directed the concerned departmental and NHAI authorities to expedite the various statutory processes on pipeline and fast-track all ongoing projects. The issues were discussed at a meeting chaired by the Chief...
NHRC seeks report from Noida cops in 4 weeks
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from the Superintendent of Police of Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh within four weeks over its failure in investigating the case of mysterious death of Binataswa Mallick, an MBA student from Odisha,in Noida. The apex human rights watch dog...
Two sex workers, customer held in Kendrapada
The Kendrapada Sadar police on Saturday midnight arrested a customer and detained two sex workers from Nembera village under Marshaghai block after the locals complained to the Sadar police that an illegal sex racket was operating from a house of one Adikanda Sethy. The two sex workers are sisters. Kendrapada Sadar...
20 Maoist-hit, 541 sensitive polling booths in Ganjam
Ganjam district has a total of 2,856 booths of which 20 are sensitive due to Maoist activities and 541 because of political activities and rivalries, said Southern Range DIG Amitabh Thakur while addressing reporters here on Sunday. Thakur said they would keep a strict vigil on the vulnerable booths by deploying...
Kendrapada youth dies of sunstroke
A youth died of sunstroke at Kakodia village of Chandol block in Kendrapada district on Saturday.According to reports, Ashish Mohanty (29) was returning to his house from Kakodia Bazaar around noon when he suddenly fell ill. He was rushed to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack, where he died...
She delivers child, lodges plaint against lover
In a rare case, a young tribal woman of Sundargarh after delivering a girl child at a hospital lodged a complaint against the youth who caused her pregnant and later dumped her. She demanded that the youth accept her as his wife and her girl child. Meanwhile, the police have summoned...
