Bhubaneswar, April 9 (Odisha.in) Taking a cue from the success of social activist Anna Hazare’s campaign, an anti-corruption group on Saturday decided to ask the Orissa government to enact a strong anti graft law in the state. Rabi Das, president of Orissa Jana Sammilani (OJS) said his organization has already decided to prepare a draft […]
Archives for April 2011
Juvenile among two Maoists surrender in Orissa
Jajpur, April 8 (Odisha.in) Two Maoists including a 13 year old boy on Friday surrendered before police in Orissa’s Jajpur district, superintendent of police D.S Kutty said. The rebels are identified as Kaka aias Bhima Hansada (21) and Krushna Sai (13). Bhima joined with the Maoists in 2006. He was acting as section Commander for […]
Orissa’s first campus-based Ravenshaw Radio to go on air
Bhubaneswar, April 8 (Odisha.in) Orissa’s first campus based community radio station will go on air from April 14 at prestigious Ravenshaw University in Cuttack city, Netajee Abhinandan, chairman of Ravenshaw Radio 90.4 MHz said on Friday. The radio station was originally scheduled to start its broadcast from April 1 on the occasion of Orissa formation […]
Citizens, activists rally behind Hazare
Bhubaneswar, April 8 (Odisha.in) People organized rallies, staged demonstrations; observed fast ‘unto death’ in Orissa on Friday in the support of septuagenarian Gandhian leader Anna Hazare in the fight against corruption. In state capital Bhubaneswar, the fast by Bhabani Parija, an activist of the Orissa Jana Sammilani (OJS), a civil society organization entered second day. […]
Cop suspended for misbehaving judge
Bhubaneswar, April 4 (Odisha.in) A police inspector was suspended and a judicial inquiry was ordered in Orissa on Monday following a complaint by a judge that policemen misbehaved him. Arun Patnaik, the judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) at the steel city of Rourkela alleged that he was picked by a police party on Saturday night […]