In Odisha, the BJD and the CPM have given a bandh call against the petrol price hike which has completely paralysed the state. ...
08:49 AM, May 31, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Odisha continued to reel under a severe heat wave on Wednesday with one of its towns recording a maximum temperature of 45 degrees Celsius, the day's highest in the state, an official said. Titilagarh town in Balangir district, about 400 km from Bhubaneswar, recorded 45 degrees Celsius, a senior official of the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre said. Titilagarh had recorded 44.5 degrees Celsius a day earlier. The other places which...
09:17 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: The last rites of 22-year-old K Sheshadri Rao, who was found murdered in Boston last week, took place on Wednesday in Bhubaneswar. Sheshadri's body arrived late on Tuesday night. Sheshadri's family claimed that he was attacked by a gang of youngsters a week before the murder and fear the same gang was responsible for his death. The inconsolable parents also claimed that police ignored earlier warnings and held...
11:08 AM, Apr 25, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Searches at the homes and offices of a peon and his family in Odisha have revealed that he had amassed property worth over Rs 70 lakh, an official said Thursday. The anti-corruption wing of the state government had Wednesday searched the residential and parental houses of Prahallad Swain, a peon with the Board of Revenue Court, in Bhubaneswar and Dimbisara village in Nayagarh district. His office and a photocopy...
01:16 PM, Mar 15, 2012
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: 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
Bhubaneswar: With the flood situation in northern Orissa further worsening, the state government on Sunday intensified air-dropping of food packets as 3003 villages remained marooned while the death toll climbed to 11. While the number of marooned village was 992 till last evening, more than 2,000 villages had been inundated overnight, said revenue and disaster management minister S N Patro adding, the death toll increased to 11 after five persons...
03:06 PM, Sep 25, 2011
Bhubaneswar: A fire broke out in a coach of Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express barely 20 minutes after it reached Bhubaneswar on Wednesday evening, railway sources said. There was no injury to any passenger or damage to luggage as all passengers disembarked by that time, Bhubaneswar Railway Station Manager Hedarnath Sahoo said. "The damaged B-4 AC three-tier coach had 72 berths. No one was hurt in the incident," Sahoo said, adding that...
09:15 PM, Aug 17, 2011
Rourkela: About 250 activists of Rourkela Steering Development Committee (RDSC) were arrested from Rourkela railway station on Sunday for trying to obstruct train movement in the Howrah-Mumbai line as part of their rail-roko agitation. Normal train services were not affected by the rail roko agitation by the RDSC demonstrators, railway sources said. The district administration had imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 crpc in the area on Saturday night in...
11:36 AM, Apr 17, 2011
Bhubaneswar: Making an appeal for early release of abducted Malkangiri district collector R V Krishna, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said the government was evaluating all options and monitoring the situation. "I appeal for early release of the young and energetic officer who is known for his hard work among the poor and tribals," Patnaik told reporters here while terming the abduction of 30-year-old Krishna as unfortunate. The...
11:46 AM, Feb 17, 2011
Bhubaneswar: Citizen journalist Lipsita Mohanty highlighted the lack of emergency medical services in Bhubhaneshwar's only government hospital. The authorities took notice of her report and within a month, made the ICU functional at Capital Hospital. I am Lipsita Mohanty and I am a school teacher in Bhubaneswar. Last month I became a citizen journalist to highlight the pathetic emergency health services in Bhubaneswar's only government hospital- The Capital hospital. I...
11:44 AM, Jun 01, 2010
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to launch a statewide stir from February 10 against the Government's failure to check the increase in prices of essential commodities, party president Jual Oram said on Sunday. The leaders and activists of the party would stage demonstrations in all districts and sub-divisional headquarters across the state and submit a memorandum to President Pratibha Patil through the local...
11:35 AM, Jan 31, 2010
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Thursday rubbished Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M)’s demand for an enquiry into the role of Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in the hijack of Rajdhani Express on October 27. “CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury has cast aspersions on the Railway Minister’s integrity though her utmost priority was to save the lives of the passengers and she could not afford to take any extreme step at...
10:04 PM, Oct 29, 2009
Kolkata/ New Delhi: Two police forces have filed contradictory complaints for the hijacking of a train by alleged Maoist supporters on Wednesday. The Railway Police’s FIR states that the New Delhi-bound Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express was blocked by unknown persons. It doesn't mention the fact that an entire train was held hostage and hundreds of passengers were held up. The most startling omission in the Railway Police’s FIR is that there...
05:35 PM, Oct 29, 2009
New Delhi: Railway security is below standard at a time when trains are sitting ducks for Maoists. Is the railway equipped to handle a situation like the Jhagram Hostage crisis? CNN-IBN has learnt there isn't enough security on trains. Also is it the lack of coordination between the various agencies responsible for protection of the passenger security that is aggravating the problem. ...
12:11 PM, Oct 29, 2009
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