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 […]
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Phone tapping angers oppositions
Bhubaneswar, Nov 24 (Odisha.in) Opposition parties on Saturday expressed their shock and anger after Odisha authorities confirmed that they tapped a total of 4620 telephones including landlines and mobiles in the state within four year from 2008 and 2012. The home department disclosed the figure in response to a Right to Information query submitted by […]
Pyarimohan, Jagyenswar expelled from BJD
Bhubaneswar, Nov 17 (Odisha.in) Sending out a strong message to his dissidents, Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday expelled Rajya Sabha member Pyarimohan Mohapatra from the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for anti party activities, less than six months after suspending him. Patnaik also expelled party general secretary Jagyenswar Babu, a close aide of […]
Odisha steps up operation to nab Sabyasachi Panda
Bhubaneswar, Nov 17 (Odisha.in) After gunning down five of his alleged aides in Odisha’s Gajapati district, security forces and police on Friday stepped up operation to nab the state’s most wanted Maoist Sabyasachi Panda on intelligence inputs that his strength has weakened. A massive operation is underway in the southern districts of Ganjam,Gajapati, Kandhamal, and […]
Patnaik asks party MPs to oppose FDI in retail, in parliament
Bhubaneswar, Nov 15 (Odisha.in) Putting aside all speculations, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday asked the MPs of his ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) to oppose the UPA government policy on FDI in multi-brand retail, in the parliament. “We have decided to oppose in the parliament the foreign direct investment in multi brand retail”Bhartruhari Mahtab […]