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Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Bhubaneswar, May 17 (IANS) The Orissa government Saturday announced a compensation of Rs.155,000 each for the families of the seven people who were electrocuted in Dhenkanal district late Friday night, an official said. District Collector Jamil Ahmed Khan said the money for the compensation would come from the chief minister’s relief fund, the rural development [...]
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Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Bhubaneswar, May 17 (IANS) At least seven people were electrocuted and five injured when they touched a concrete mixing machine that came in contact with a high tension wire while working on a road project in Orissa’s Dhenkanal district, a government official said Saturday. The incident occurred near Sanda village, some 160 km from here, [...]
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Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Bhubaneswar, May 17 (IANS) Three days after a man and his little daughter died after being thrown out of a moving bus for paying less fare, the Orissa government has decided to crack down on private bus operators if they misbehave with passengers. Transport Minister Jaya Narayan Mishra said Saturday the government will soon come [...]
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Indian Express (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Representatives of two leading Jharkhand chambers of commerce who recently visited Orissa say the latter is the better of the two states as an investment destination.
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Naxal Terror Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bhubaneswar, May 16 (IANS) The police have killed at least two Maoist rebels in a gun-battle in Orissa’s Malkangiri district, a police official here said Friday. “The gun fight took place in the forests near Tankelguda village when a police patrol raided a Maoist training camp,” senior district police official S.K. Mishra told IANS. The police have seized some arms and ammunitions from the spot,...
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Thaindian News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bhubaneswar, May 16 (IANS) Over sixty percent of the houses in a village in Orissa’s Puri district were burnt down and four people were killed in the violence following a dispute over a wedding procession, the police said Friday. Villagers from Kholaganj, 136 km from here, clashed with residents of the neighbouring Budhibara village over [...]
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
A tribal and his four-year-old daughter were crushed under the wheels of a bus after being allegedly pushed out of the vehicle by its conductor for paying rupees two less than the exact fare.
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
With the death of two more persons on Thursday, the death toll due to sun stroke in Orissa has mounted to 34.
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
CUTTACK: Hundreds of Orissa High Court employees resorted to a pen-down strike protesting against, what they called, an illegal promotion granted to one of the court employees. The employees under the banner “Orissa High Court ...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
BHUBANESWAR: An altercation among residents of two villages turned bitter in Puri district of Orissa in which one person was beaten to death while three persons burnt alive. The incident took place when a group of people from Budhibar ...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa prison authorities on Friday sought court's permission to handcuff Raja Acharya, prime accused in Biranchi Das murder case, who was lodged in Jharpada Special jail here. The move came in wake of controversial ...
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The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
Bhubaneswar, May 16: Bowing to pressure, the Orissa government conceded to the three main demands of the state's doctors, including granting them junior Class-I status at the entry level.
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India eNews: Top Headlines (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sounding an optimistic note on the stalled steel plant projects of South Korean steel major Posco and the Tata Group in Orissa, union Steel Secretary R.S. Pandey Friday said the projects may start by the end of June.
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Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
CUTTACK: Happy news for Orissa Administrative Service (OAS) aspirants. The main examinations scheduled to be held from May 27 would now be held after three months. The Cuttack bench of State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) on Thursday directed ...
