Dhenkanal: As many as 450 contractual electricity workers from Dhenkanal district began a protest march to Bhubaneswar Sunday, demanding reinstatement of retrenched employees, regularisation of jobs, equal pay for equal work and the removal of Tata Power from Odisha. Under the banner of the All-Odisha...
Nandapur: A proposal by National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) to establish a 0.5 million-tonne per annum greenfield project at Naupada in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district, using bauxite extracted from mines in Odisha, has sparked sharp reactions in the state. Human rights activist and lawyer Anup...
Gondia: A 55-year-old farmer was killed in a tusker attack while attempting to drive the animal away near Dalar village under Sarangi Forest range in Dhenkanal district late Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Sridhar Dehury, a resident of Dalar village. According to sources,...
Pottangi: The Koraput district administration has stepped up vigilance in Kotia panchayat under Pottangi block by establishing police check posts at three locations along the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border amid growing concerns over the approaching mandal and zilla parishad elections in the neighbouring state. Koraput Additional...
Hatadihi: Alleged misappropriation of social security pension funds in the names of deceased beneficiaries has come to light in Hatadihi block of Kendujhar district, prompting the Block Development Officer (BDO) to initiate action. The irregularities were detected by newly appointed Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) Ajay...
Baleshwar: Two shops were gutted after a fire broke out on the busy Town Hall Road in Baleshwar late Saturday night. A short circuit is suspected to have caused the blaze. No casualties were reported, but property worth several lakhs of rupees was destroyed. According...
Kalimela: Police have destroyed more than 2,000 cannabis plants cultivated illegally on about two acres of forest land near Nagulur village under Papu lur panchayat in Malkangiri district and arrested a 30-year-old man in connection with the case. The accused, Kateya Nainu, a resident of...
TRINATH MOHANTY, OP Bhubaneswar: Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar has emerged as a major transit point for smuggling foreign marijuana, with enforcement agencies seizing contraband worth over Rs 300 crore and arresting 40 people in the past two years. According to officials of...
Bhubaneswar: Warning that unsustainable development and declining sensitivity towards nature are aggravating the global environmental crisis, experts Sunday called for coordinated efforts by the government, institutions and the public to address the triple planetary crises of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss. The call was...
Kakatpur/Astaranga: Allegations of widespread adulteration of chhena (cottage cheese) and milk in Kakatpur and Astaranga blocks of Puri district have sparked public outrage, with residents stopping a vehicle carrying suspected adulterated chhena and dumping its contents on the road in protest. Locals alleged that adulterated...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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