Bhubaneswar, March 24 (Odisha.in) The Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) on Sunday appointed three-time legislator and former state minister Jayanarayan Mishra as its legislature party leader in the Odisha assembly. A core committee of the party met here during the day and decided to appoint Mishra after approval by central leadership, a party spokesman told The Odisha.in. […]
First unit of GMR’s Odisha power plant synchronized
Bhubaneswar, Jan 29 (Odisha.in) The first unit of GMR Group’s 3X350 MW coal based power project at Kamalanga, near Dhenkanal in Odisha, was synchronized successfully, a senior company official said on Tuesday. “This is the Group’s second coal-based power plant to be synchronized” he told Odisha.in. “Work on commissioning the second and third unit in […]
Elephants face threat from poachers, sagging wires
Bhubaneswar, Dec 17 (Odisha.in) The survivals of elephants-the most revered animals are under threat in Odisha from the poachers as well as from the sagging power lines, an wildlife expert said here on Monday. Since January, 2012 deaths of 71 elephants have been reported in the state out of which only 22 are reported to […]
Thunderstorms, lightning kill seven people
Jagatsinghpur, Dec 12 (Odisha.in)Thunderstorms and lightning struck parts of coastal Odisha on Wednesday killing seven people and leaving over a dozen injured, officials said. The storm accompanied by strong wind and rains lashed the coastal Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapada district at about 3.30 pm and unleashed fury for about an hour. Four people including a couple […]
25-km long human chain marks Human Rights Day
Bhubaneswar, Dec 10 (Odisha.in) More than 20,000 students of Odisha’s tribal and indigenous communities Monday formed a 25-km long human chain in state capital Bhubaneswar to mark the international human rights day. Carrying placards and banners the children of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) held hands and for about two minutes starting from their […]