Bhubaneswar,Oct 16 (Odisha.in) Orissa has set an ambitious goal of achieving a growth rate of around 10 per cent and reduction of poverty by 10 per cent by 2020. A draft “Vision Document 2020” being prepared by the state Planning Department for a faster growth in all sectors has been circulated at the first meeting […]
Archives for October 2007
Patnaik warns anti-industry activists
Bhubaneswar, Oct 16 (odisha.in) Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik warned the anti-industry lobby against taking law into their own hands while asserting to standby the mega industrial projects to come up. “They should not take law into their own hands”, said the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik reacting to the recent abduction of fourteen people including […]
Diarrhoea grips Balasore, kills four
Balasore, Oct 16 (Odisha.in) With floods distressing about 15 lakh people in all 12 blocks of Balasore district, the fears of an epidemic outbreak looming large over the flood-affected villages. Now the water-borne diseases in the deluge-hit region have become a cause of concern for the district administration. While the flood-affected people are yet to […]
Poster creates tension in Balasore
Balasore, October 16 (Odisha.in) Tension gripped in Sunhat area- a Muslim populated pocket- of Balasore town over a poster that contains the photograph of local municipality chairman with Mecca Medina the holy sites of the Muslim community. In the poster rays of blessing are shown as coming from Mecca Medina over the head of the […]
Workers stage demonstration for wages, job
Keonjhar, October 15 (Odisha.in) Hundreds of workers engaged in kendu leaves trade Monday staged demonstration here in front of the office of a top forest official demanding their pending wages and job. The workers under the banner of “Orissa Kendupatra Karmachary Sangha (OKKS) staged the demonstration in front of the office of the divisional forest […]