The environment ministry Monday gave conditional clearance to South Korean steel major Posco’s $12 billion project in Orissa, the biggest foreign direct investment in the country. Posco is an integrated steel, mining and port project and separate clearance had to be given to all three. It also comprises a captive power plant to provide electricity [...]
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Conditional nod to Posco project in Orissa
January 31st, 2011 |
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Apex court upholds life for Graham Staines’ killer
January 21st, 2011 |
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The Supreme Court Friday upheld the life imprisonment awarded to Dara Singh alias Ravinder Kumar Pal for leading a mob that burnt to death Australian Christian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons in Orissa in January 1999. While confirming the life term to Dara Singh and his accomplice Mahender Hambram, the apex court bench [...]
Manmohan Singh a failure on economic front, says BJP
January 18th, 2011 |
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his “poor economic policy” were responsible for the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari said here Tuesday. “The country is suffering because of the poor economic policy of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,” Gadkari said. Addressing a press conference at this Orissa capital city, he [...]
POSCO’s Indian steel project: Greens v jobs
January 6th, 2011 |
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How investor-friendly is India?
INDIA needs steel, ports and investment. POSCO, a South Korean steel giant, wants to invest 545 billion rupees ($12 billion) to build a steel plant with a port in Orissa, a poorish state with lots of iron ore. It would be the single biggest foreign investment in India ever, and yield 12m tonnes of steel a year. Yet for five years the plan got nowhere.
Farmers, fishermen, poor tribespeople and forest activists are fiercely opposed. They argue that the likely benefits, such as 17,000 jobs, would be outweighed by ecological damage and disruption to local lives. …
Kirti Azad complains of extortion call by teen cricketer
December 30th, 2010 |
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A budding cricketer here has been booked for allegedly demanding Rs.20 lakh from Bihar’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and former cricketer Kirti Azad, police said Thursday. Parnav Kumar Choudhary was booked after Azad, the MP from Darbhanga, alleged that he had been threatened with dire consequences if he did not pay up. Choudhary claimed [...]
Agni-II plus missile test fails
December 10th, 2010 |
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The experimental Launch of Agni-2-P Missile experienced a trajectory deviation immediately after the lift-off from the Wheeler island, off the coast of Orissa this morning, leading to the failure of the mission. A press release said: “Experimental launch of Agni-2-P Missile experienced a trajectory deviation. Detailed analysis is in progress.” “Many new technologies like Composite [...]
Rahul Gandhi to visit Orissa
December 8th, 2010 |
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Congress General Secretary will undertake a two-day visit of Orissa from today. During his visit, Gandhi is scheduled to interact with students at Cuttack and then fly to Berhampur. After a night halt at Sambalpur, he will interact with students in western Orissa city and then leave for Baripada. Gandhi”s visit is politically significant as [...]
India test fires BrahMos cruise missile
December 2nd, 2010 |
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India on Thursday successfully test-fired the 290-km range BrahMos cruise missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur off the Orissa coast. The supersonic cruise missile with precision strike capability was test-fired from a mobile launcher at 1100 hours from the launch pad No. 3 of the ITR. The missile can fly at 2.8 [...]
BSE Orissa Result 2010 Today
June 20th, 2010 |
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The BSE Orissa has declared the 10th class board examination result 2010. The result is now available on the BSE result official website and a direct link to check the same is provided below. or BSE Orissa Result 2010 for 10th Class: Click Here The link provided above is the direct link to the 10th [...]
4 CRPF men killed in second naxal attack today
May 19th, 2010 |
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In a new round of attacks, and second one in the same day, Maoists have killed four jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force [CRPF] on Wednesday in Midnapore district of West Bengal.
According to the sources, a landmine blew up a vehicle that was carrying the jawans. Several other jawans are seriously injured and [...]
India successful in testing Agni II Missile
May 17th, 2010 |
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Last year, the two one on one failures were really disappointing but on Monday India was finally successful in test firing the nuclear capable Agni II missile,
Over a range of 2,000 km from a launch site in Orissa.
The surface to surface missile was tested by army officials that comprised their training exercise from [...]
Orissa JEE 2010 result today
May 10th, 2010 |
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The Orissa JEE 2010 result for the Odisha OJEE held on April 18, 2010 is expected soon.
Once the result is declared, the same will be available on the official website of the Joint Entrance Examination of Odisha.
but as we see the official website of the Orissa JEE has been not working from last few days [...]
Uninor introduces GPRS services for its Indian pre-paid subscribers
April 29th, 2010 |
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Uninor launches its GPRS data services for the pre-paid subscribers in India over nine Indian states with an announcement to offer a limited period free trial for Internet browsing till May 6 after which you will be charged with a tariff of 10p per 10KB.
The states where these services are available include UP, [...]
Maoists stepped into vacuum between tribals, government: Home Secretary
April 13th, 2010 |
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“Overenthusiastic” officials tried to shift tribal people out of their homes in the forests and drove them into the extended arms of Maoists who exploited their vulnerability to win them over to their side, Home Secretary G.K. Pillai has said.
“Overenthusiastic collectors and other officers who tried to shift them (tribes) out of forests created the [...]
With Dantewada massacre, Maoists on suicidal course
April 10th, 2010 |
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The Maoists may have signed their own death warrant by carrying out the massacre at Dantewada in Chhattisgarh. The very success of the ambush can spell doom for them. No government can accept the brutal gunning down of as many as 76 security personnel at one spot without gearing up for a massive retaliation.
In a [...]
High alert along Orissa-Chhattisgarh border
April 7th, 2010 |
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Security forces intensified combing operations along the Orissa-Chhattisgarh border Wednesday, a day after the massacre of 76 paramilitary troopers by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, an official said.
“The area where Maoists launched their attack in Chhattisgarh Tuesday is located about 30-40 km from the border of Orissa’s Malkangiri district,” Deputy Inspector General of Police Sanjeeb [...]
BJP delegation attacked, dozen injured
April 5th, 2010 |
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At least a dozen political activists and media persons were injured when a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation was attacked by a mob in Orissa’s Jajpur district Monday, the party’s state unit chief said.
The incident occurred when state BJP president Jual Oram, along with his party workers, was on his way to meet tribals displaced [...]
Eleven security men killed in Maoist attack in India
April 4th, 2010 |
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At least 11 security personnel were killed when Maoist rebels blew up a bus carrying them in India’s eastern state of Orissa on Sunday, a news report said.
Ten personnel belonging to the state’s anti-Maoist force, the Special Operation Group (SOG), were injured when the rebels detonated a landmine under the vehicle in the Koraput district, the NDTV network reported.