Posts Tagged ‘Orissa’

Bhubaneswar, Dec 11 (IANS) Rights activists, journalists and writers sported black badges and gagged their mouth Thursday as they staged a sit-in outside the official residence of the Orissa governor here to protest the arrest of a journalist for writing a book on the recent violence in Kandhamal.... Full story

Puri (Orissa), Dec 5 (IANS) More than 2,000 people, including women, Friday began a march from Orissa's temple city of Puri to state capital Bhubaneswar to protest the acquisition of farmland for setting up of a university promoted by the company Vedanta Resources. The protestors, carrying ... Full story

Speaker Kishor Mohanty adjourned the Orissa assembly Monday till the afternoon after the opposition stalled proceedings over alleged sex escapades of a state minister. The opposition shouted slogans demanding the resignation of the State Revenue Minister Manmohan Samal and a ... Full story

East Coast Railway authorities have decided to install high tech security gadgets at leading stations of Orissa in view of the recent terror attacks in different places of Mumbai, a railway official said Monday. A high level meeting was conducted ... Full story

Orissa government has directed all officials to be on alert and take measures to prevent an outbreak of bird flu in the state after the disease hit areas in Assam, officials said Monday. "The fishery and animal husbandry resource development ... Full story

Orissa assembly Friday adjourned for the day to mourn the death of former prime minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh who died Thursday in New Delhi after battling kidney ailment for several years. The house observed a minute's silence after few members ... Full story

Bhubaneswar, Nov 20 (IANS) The communal divide in Orissa has deepened with a radical Hindu group calling for a statewide shutdown on Christmas Day and Christians demanding that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik declare the plan illegal. A central government team led by central Agriculture Minister Sharad ... Full story

Bhubaneswar, Nov 19 (IANS) The Orissa government plans to recruit 2,000 tribals as special police officers (SPOs) to fight Maoist rebels, a step slammed by human rights activists in the state as an attempt to replicate the controversial 'Salwa Judum' measure of neighbouring Chhattisgarh.... Full story

Bhubaneswar, Nov 18 (IANS) A three-member central government team led by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Tuesday reached Orissa's Kandhamal district to take stock of the situation in the region where at least 38 people were killed and thousands rendered homeless in communal violence in recent months.... Full story

Bhubaneswar, Nov 15 (IANS) A social activist in Orissa has complained he has failed to get information from government organisations in response to most of the applications he has been filing under the Right To Information (RTI) Act. The 2005 act empowers citizens to demand information ... Full story