Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW DELHI: Sixteen-year-old Sanjukta Pangi from Koraput in Orissa, 17-year-old Samuel Venkatesan from Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu, and 15-year-old Narendra Kumar from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh will represent India at the Junior-8 summit in ...
Naxal Terror Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
K.P. Narayana Kumar font size New Delhi: At a time when Maoist rebels are expanding their influence elsewhere in India and stepping up attacks, security forces in Andhra Pradesh claim to have finally gained the upper hand over the rebels they have been battling for two decades. In fact, paramilitary officers and home ministry officials engaged in the fight against Maoists, known as Naxalites, say Andhra...
The Writers Lounge (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Thoda laal sinduur saja dena maang mein mori Aur ek choti laal bindiya bhi laga dena maathe par Chand laal chudiyaan ho gar to mori kalaai mein daal dena Aur haan, hatheliyon mein meri laal mehndi chada dena Pairon mein thoda laal alta pighla dena Mar jaun main jab, ek laal odhni main dafna dena Woh kya hai na, ek tavaayaf hun main Durga puja main mere hi aangan ki mitti chaahiye Par ghar basaane ke...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa government has moved close to fulfil its commitments made towards establishment of infrastructure for All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) at Bhubaneswar. Taking a review meeting on progress of AIIMS ...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
CHENNAI: Wartsila India has been awarded with a contract by Paradip Port, Orissa to operate and maintain the dry dock. The facility, which spreads over 1800 sq.m., is designed to cater to dry dock repairs, afloat repairs, modification, ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
New Delhi - An Indian court sentenced a man to two years in jail for the first conviction in the anti-Christian violence in the eastern state of Orissa, media reports said Wednesday. A special court at Phulbani, seat of the communally sensitive Kandh...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
NEW DELHI: “A quarter of the world’s maternal deaths occur in India and in some States the levels are alarming. Orissa is one such example with a maternal mortality rate of 303 per 100,000 live births and an infant mortality rate ...
Naxal Terror Watch (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
By Siddharth Srivastava NEW DELHI - The stakes in the bloody battle raging in the hinterlands of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh and Orissa - India's mineral-rich states - have been raised, with New Delhi this week declaring the Naxalite group, the Communist Party of India (Maoist), a terrorist organization. In these eastern regions, Naxalites, the informal name given...
Naxal Terror Watch (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
Jun 22, 2009: The Centre on Monday declared CPI (Maoists) a terrorist organization. They have been banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, according to the Centre’s notification. The decision came hours after the West Bengal Left Front chairman Biman Bose shot down a suggestion by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram to ban Maoist organizations. Bose said the West Bengal government...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
BHUBANESWAR: Fenesta Building Systems, one of India’s largest windows companies, entered Orissa market with its latest range of UPVC windows and door systems especially designed for high-rise dwellers. Fenesta opened its ...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 05/19/2009
India on Tuesday successfully tested the nuclear capable Agni-II missile at Wheelers Island near Balasore in Orissa.
rediff News (Free subscription) | 05/19/2009
The test of the indigenously built Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile was carried out from a mobile launcher at about 1006 hrs from launch pad-4 of Integrated Test Range at Wheelers Island near Dhamra, about 80 km from Balasore in Orissa, defence sources said.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/19/2009
New Delhi - India on Tuesday successfully tested its nuclear-capable Agni-II missile at a military base in the eastern state of Orissa, news reports said. The Indian-built surface-to-surface missile with a range of over 2,000 kilometres was test-fire...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 05/19/2009
India successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable 'Agni-II' missile with a strike range of upto 3,000 kms from a launch pad off Orissa's coast.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 05/15/2009
NEW DELHI: Indian Oil Corporation on Friday achieved financial closure for its Pradip refinery project in Orissa with signing of a loan agreement with a consortium of lenders led by State Bank of India (SBI) to raise a term loan of Rs. 14,900 ...
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