Bhubaneshwar: The crime branch of Odisha police has arrested a second accused in the horrific Pipili gangrape case. Purnachandra Swain was arrested by the Odisha police on Monday morning. So far two of the four accused have been arrested, while the other two are absconding. On Sunday, the prime accused Prashant Pradhan was arrested from Jatni railway station near Bhubaneswar by the crime branch. The crime branch will produce the...
11:40 AM, Jan 16, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Three alleged gang rapes have shaken the Naveen Patnaik government. While the suspect's photo in one of the cases has been released, the government is finding it hard to cope with public anger. Heart-rending images of family members pleading for justice. In November, a 19-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped and strangulated at Pipili in Puri district, Odisha. She has since remained in a coma. Only after a state...
10:03 PM, Jan 14, 2012
Bhubaneswar: It is not just the judges and their children who benefited from the ministers discretionary quota in Orissa, but fellow ministers have also been beneficiaries of the same quota. Former revenue minister Manmohan Samal insists he is anti-corruption, but his house, No 256 in the BDA's Baramuda Development Scheme, came to him from former Urban Development Minister Sameer Dey's discretionary quota. The flat is registered in the name of...
09:23 PM, Jan 11, 2012
Bhubaneswar: A Cobrapost-IBN Network investigation had in November 2011 revealed how judges, IPS officers and bureaucrats from Orissa received plots, meant for the economically disadvantaged, war widows and people with special needs, through the discretionary quota of ministers. A follow up to that investigation has now shown how it is not just judges, but their children as well who have benefited from the quota. Orissa is seeing a real estate...
08:58 PM, Jan 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Odisha State Assembly on Monday witnessed shocking behaviour of MLAs where Congress members tried to throw chairs to the Speaker, demanding discussion in question hour on opening of new police station in the state. The Opposition Congress was demanding answer from the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on the issue. Congress leaders were seen wielding chairs as weapons inside the house. Congress was demanding a discussion on the...
12:15 PM, Dec 12, 2011
Bhubaneswar: A plastic surgeon in Bhubaneswar Dr Jayant Kumar Dash is helping several underprivileged burn victims with not just free medical treatment but by rebuilding their lives. 10-year old Sangeeta's story is what nightmares are made of after her parents sold her off to a grocery shop owner Kalia in Bhubaneswar, where she was regularly tortured and abused. "I could not wash the utensils properly, so he got angry and...
08:43 AM, Nov 09, 2011
Bhubaneswar: Odishas law and rural dev minister Bikram Keshari Arukha has finally responded to the IBN"Cobrapost expose and said that he will return one of the two houses that he had availed from the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA). However, the minister declined to resign from his post due to the allegation of false affidavit made by him to get the housing plots. Arukha said, "I have made no false affidavit....
03:09 PM, Nov 08, 2011
Apart from judges, IAS and IPS officers have also benefited from the ministers discretionary powers in Orissa. ...
09:09 PM, Nov 02, 2011
New Delhi: An investigation by Cobrapost and IBN Network has revealed how former and sitting judges of Orissa, police officers and bureaucrats have received flats from the discretionary quota of ministers. As a matter of fact, successive Urban Development Ministers in the Naveen Patnaik government have misused the discretionary housing quota. According to the revelation, the judges have got the 'minister quota' flats out of turn and at cheaper rates....
08:06 PM, Nov 02, 2011
Bhubaneswar: Diwali festivities are being used as a way to provide therapy to 150 mentally-challenged women at 'Mission Ashra' in Bhubaneswar. This Diwali India is positive and shining. For the 150 mentally-ill women at 'Mission Ashra' this festival is not just about crackers. For the past eight years, this rehabilitation centre has successfully used Diwali festivities as a therapy for the recovery of these patients. 'Mission Ashra' has transformed the...
04:30 PM, Oct 26, 2011
Bhubaneshwar: Mission Ashra in Bhubaneshwar is using the Diwali festivities as therapy for women with special needs and helping them reunite with their families. It has transformed Indira Choudhary's life, giving the 38-year-old the much-needed refuge to recover from a nervous breakdown after her father's death in 2006. Regular treatment at 'Mission Ashra' and being a part of Diwali festivities has helped her overcome her demons. "Celebrating Diwali has been...
02:51 PM, Oct 25, 2011
Keonjhar (Orissa): A day after CNN-IBN exposed the Rs 3 lakh crore Orissa mining scam, new investigations reveal the kingpin of the scam and his political connections. B Pravakaran, Managing Director of Triveni Earth Movers, is alleged to be mastermind of the Orissa mining scam. The Orissa Vigilance Department says that there are allegations that Pravakaran has taken illegal control over 10 major iron ore mines in Orissa in the ...
06:39 PM, Sep 28, 2011
Keonjhar: Another Illegal mining scam, this time in Orissa's Keonhjar district, has been unearthed. With an estimated worth of Rs 3 lakh crore, it could dwarf the Bellary mining scam. The Sirajuddin Mines, Rungta Mines and the Indrani Patnaik Mines are three of the five companies chargesheeted by Orissa's Vigilance Dept for illegal mining. They are also among the 243 mines where work was suspended after an uproar in the...
09:28 PM, Sep 27, 2011
Puri: Floods in Orissa claimed 22 lives on Sunday, and affected 14 lakh people across 19 districts. Flood victims have been complaining that no one has come to their rescue. Desperate villagers headed for safer areas after flood waters inundated their homes or washed them away. Several villagers took shelter on embankments and highways. 10-year old Kandhai and her family are among those rendered homeless. With not much left to...
07:47 AM, Sep 12, 2011
An ecological catastrophe is in the making in Orissa where more than six lakh trees are being cut at the POSCO site in Jagatsinghpur district for the south korean steel plant. The farmers in Orissa are protesting against the felling of six lakh trees at the POSCO site. More then 50,000 have already been cut down and nearly six lakh more trees are to go. The district administration is going ...
08:09 AM, Aug 08, 2011
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