Maoists flourish only in non-Congress states: Ramesh
by IANS
Maoist activities have flourished in the states where the Congress is not in power, union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Saturday. ...  
01:39 AM, Feb 17, 2013

Odisha: Boy claims police tortured him with cigarette burns A minor boy in Odisha's Jharsuguda district was allegedly tortured and inflicted burns with cigarette butt while in police custody in connection with a theft incident. ...  
06:32 PM, Feb 16, 2013

Assam thrash Odisha, eye knock-out berth With a five-wicket haul, Pritam turned out to be the hero in Assam's eight-wicket victory over a listless Odisha. ...  
05:58 PM, Feb 16, 2013

Odisha: Kidnapped ARSS chairman rescued by AP Police Chairman of construction firm ARSS Subash Agarwal, who was kidnapped on Friday night, has been rescued by Andhra Pradesh Police. Police have arrested seven people and seized one revolver in connection with the case. ...  
01:16 PM, Feb 16, 2013

Odisha: Chairman of construction firm kidnapped Chairman of a construction firm, ARSS, Subash Agarwal has allegedly been kidnapped by men of another Hyderabad based company over dispute of payments of Rs 5 crore of contract work, police said on Saturday. ...  
11:26 AM, Feb 16, 2013

Odisha: Tea-stall owner provides free education to slum children A tea-stall owner in Cuttack doubles up as a teacher to provide free education to slum children. Every morning, the tea-stall owner, Prakash Rao, serves free milk to a bunch of kids who gather near his stall. If it weren't for the 55-year-old's initiative, the young ones wouldn't have seen the inside of a classroom. ...  
09:26 AM, Feb 15, 2013

Bengal, Assam post wins in Vijay Hazare Trophy A career-best 5-wicket haul by skipper Laxmi Ratan Shukla and Manoj Tiwary's 55 helped Bengal clinch a thrilling 11-run win over Odisha. ...  
08:54 PM, Feb 14, 2013

Women paraded naked in Odisha, three arrested
by IANS
At least three people were arrested in Odisha's Sundergarh district on Tuesday for parading three women and an elderly man naked in a village for allegedly practising witchcraft, police said. ...  
03:21 AM, Feb 13, 2013

Samantray to lead Odisha in Vijay Hazare Trophy The league matches will be held at Kolkata from February 14 to 23. ...  
05:38 PM, Feb 09, 2013

Odisha: Man accused of raping 8-year-old girl absconding An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a middle-aged man in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said on Tuesday. ...  
07:31 PM, Feb 05, 2013

Odisha: Outrage after govt officer beats up Posco protestor
by IANS
Footage of a man protesting the Posco steel plant being beaten by a government land officer in Odisha has triggered outrage with activists and politicians on February 5 demanding strong action against the culprit. Sangram Mohapatra, a land officer with the state-run Orissa Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO), was seen mercilessly beating a protestor with a stick on February 3 near Jagatsinghpur district's Gobindpur village, about 100 km from here....  
05:54 PM, Feb 05, 2013

Odisha to include disabled persons under MGNREGA and NRLM After including persons with 75 per cent disability in the subsidised Rice for Differently Abled Persons (RDP) scheme, Odisha government has decided to provide jobs to them under MGNREGA and NRLM programmes. This has been resolved at a high level meeting chaired by Chief Secretary BK Patnaik, official sources said on February 5. ...  
01:50 PM, Feb 05, 2013

Odisha land takeover for Posco plant passes peacefully
by IANS
Land acquisition for Posco's $12 billion steel plant in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district passed off peacefully on Monday under heavy police deployment, an official said. ...  
01:20 AM, Feb 05, 2013

Land acquisition for Posco on, police excess alleged The land acquisition for the Rs 52,000-crore Posco steel project, which resumed amidst tight security at Gobindpur village in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district, continued peacefully today, the state government said. Chief Secretary BK Patnaik claimed people were offering their land and betel vines on their own. "There is no violence during the land acquisition. The district administration of Jagatsinghpur and the local police have been instructed to undertake land acquisition work...  
10:50 PM, Feb 04, 2013

Odisha: Police tries to acquire farmers' land for POSCO Tension broke out at POSCO's plant in Jagatsinghpur district in Odisha after the police tried to forcibly acquire land for the steel giant that was allotted to farmers on Sunday. Betel farmers protested after the police dismantled seven betel vines. ...  
08:44 AM, Feb 03, 2013

Odisha launches Rs 1 per kg rice scheme for poor
by IANS
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday launched a Rs 1 per kg rice scheme for poor people in Odisha from the Maoist dominated district of Malkangiri, an official said. ...  
12:39 AM, Feb 03, 2013

Man kills daughter in Odisha for delay in food
by IANS
A 19-year-old woman was killed by her father in Odisha as she was late in serving food to him, police said on Wednesday. ...  
03:40 AM, Jan 31, 2013

ICC lauds OCA effort in hosting Women's World Cup The ICC endorsed the decision of the OCA to allow the Pakistan players to stay at the Club House located inside the stadium premises. ...  
11:24 PM, Jan 30, 2013

No concern over accommodation: Pak women's cricket team

Pakistan women's cricket team found itself embroiled in a controversy when media reports claimed they were put up in sub-standard accommodation in Cuttack. CNN-IBN found otherwise. ...
10:33 PM, Jan 29, 2013

Pakistan's women cricketers practice amid tight security Pakistan's women cricketers took to their first net practice amid tight security at the Barabati Stadium. ...  
11:44 PM, Jan 28, 2013