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Bhubaneswar, Sep 18: The so-called emergency State Cabinet on Sunday failed to take any concrete decision on the State Government’s future course of action after the Chhattisgarh Government refused to stop construction work on Mahanadi river. Even as people of the State were eagerly waiting to know the State Government’s decisions vis-à-vis Mahanadi water sharing […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, Sep 18: NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya will inaugurate the three-day ‘Odisha Vikash Conclave-16’ starting Monday here. The multi-sector brain storming event’s inaugural session will also be attended by Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak as guests of honour. Odisha Vikash Conclave […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, Sep 18: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday alleged that the Centre did not insist on the Chhattisgarh Government to halt barrage work on the Mahanadi. “The Chhattisgarh Government refused to stop construction works on the Mahanadi at the tripartite meeting in Delhi. I insisted that the construction work on the Mahanadi, including the […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, Sep 18: With the ensuing panchayat elections less than five months away, People’s Organisations, a forum of several civil society groups, on Sunday urged people to vote for candidates who would promise to ensure a ban on liquor in their panchayats. It also stressed that the ultimate decision making power must lie with the Gram […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, Sep 18: Director General of Police (DGP) KB Singh has suggested to the State Government merger of Odisha Police Signal Establishment at Cuttack with State Crime Record Bureau (SCRB) functioning at Bhubaneswar. The DGP suggested this in order to make Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) programme more effective in the police […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, Sep 18: Odisha police is yet to find any concrete evidences against any Government officials in the sensitive Kalahandi incident. The incident involved a person, Dana Majhi (42), who carried the body of his wife for around 10 km as no vehicle or ambulance was provided by the district administration. “During inquiry no such […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, Sep 17: As the tripartite meeting on Mahanadi water sharing dispute failed to make any headway on Saturday, Odisha Government is seriously contemplating to move the Supreme Court for establishment of a Tribunal under the Inter-State Water Dispute Act 1956 for interest of Odisha. Even as Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti, who chaired […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, Sep 17: The Chhattisgarh Janata Congress led by Ajit Jogi who was critical of Odisha Government for opposing projects being constructed upstream Mahanadi by his State has come out in support of the ruling BJD who has been opposing controversial Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh. In support of BJD’s protest against Polavaram project, Jogi […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, Sep 17: Dissatisfied over the report of the Kandhamal police into the allegation of rape and subsequent pregnancy of a tribal girl student and illegal abortion of the fetus, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Director General of Police (DGP) for a fresh probe and submission of a report. Rights campaigner […]
Continue ReadingCuttack, Sep 16: At a time when Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was leaving for New Delhi to attend a tripartite meeting on Mahanadi river water dispute, petitioner Barada Prasanna Patnaik on Friday filed a miscellaneous case in the Orissa High Court on Friday seeking to arraign Patnaik and Central Water Commission (CWC) as additional opposite […]
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