Mumbai, August 29th (odisha.in) On Tata Steel’s 100th annual general meeting (AGM) Wednesday Greenpeace activists asked the company’s senior management to live up to the TATA legacy of social responsibility by withdrawing from the Dhamra Port Project in Orissa. The port is adjacent to the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary, one of the world’s largest mass nesting […]
Archives for August 2007
Road accident kills student in Kendrapada, 30 hurt
Kendrapada, August 29 (Odisha.in) A college student was killed and at least 30 sustained injuries in a road accident at Patharakani Chhack 10 kilometers from Kendrapada on Wednesday. The accident took place when a speeding Paradeep bound bus from Pattamundei over turned, said K. C. Mallick the police officer of Pattamundei police station. The speeding […]
BSNL men to go on strike from September 4
Bhubaneswar, August 29 (0disha.in) More than 1,700 casual employees of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) here Wednesday threatened to to go on indefinite strike from September 4 to press their long standing demands. Raghunath Nayak, General Secretary and Suresh Panigrahi, President said in a joint statement that all the over 1,700 casual employees of BSNL […]
Action against top education officials likely
Bhubaneswar, August 29 (Odisha.in) Orissa government is likely take action against some more officials of the education department in the alleged sexual harassment case in Ramadevi women’s college, sources said. Taking serious note of alleged sexual harassment in Capital’s prestigious Rama Devi Women’s College Orissa government has suspended Dr. Gangadhar Mishra, Reader in English, who […]
Madhu S. Mishra appointed as VC of Sambalpur
Bhubaneswar, August 29 (Odisha.in) Orissa governor Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare has appointed Madhu S Mishra a professor at Indian institute of management (IIM) Kolkata as the new vice chancellor of Sambalpur university. He will succeed Pradip Chandra Tripathy, Raj Bhaban sources said. Mishra was working as the professor of sociology group. He is trained in the […]