Govt's cure for 'sick' state transport: 40,000 low-floor buses The Times Of India | 6 Jul 2009, 0338 hrs IST, Dipak Kumar Dash, TNN Text: | NEW DELHI: In a move to improve public transport in rural areas and to help revive sick State Transport Undertakings (STUs) such as in Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh, t...
Orissa all set to treat Saarc The Times Of India | 5 Jul 2009, 2235 hrs IST, Minati Singha, TNN Text: BHUBANESWAR: Union minister of agriculture Sharad Pawar on Sunday laid the foundation of the International Centre for FMD at Arugul, about 30 km from here. This centre will greatly benefit...
‘Orissa top biz-friendly state’ The Statesman ; | NEW DELHI, 5 JULY: There has been a massive boom in investment in Orissa over the last five years, led by the mining and the metals sector and stimulated by the rapidly rising domestic and global demand for minerals and metals produced in the sta...
Rotten mid-day meal stocks destroyed The Statesman ; | JAGATSINGHPUR, 5 JULY: Quintals of rice and dal stocked in primary schools for the mid-day-meal scheme have been destroyed as they were no longer fit for human consumption. | The Self Help Groups who are implementing the scheme in some of schools...
briefs The Statesman Labourers killed | Jharsuguda, 5 July: Three labourers were killed and another was critically injured when an asbestos structure in a private sponge iron factory near here collapsed, police said today. The mishap occurred when the shed at the factory...
Pradhan released on bail The Statesman ; | BHUBANESWAR/PHULBANI, 5 JULY: Mr Manoj Pradhan, BJP MLA, G. Udayagiri, who was released on bail today, told reporters that issues relating to land, fake caste certificates and illegal conversions are responsible for the recent unrest in Kandhamal...
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State’s mangrove cover threatened by Global Warming The Statesman ; | KENDRAPARA, 28 JUNE: The mangrove cover spread across Bhittarkanika and Mahanadi deltaic region holds the key to state’s food security, according to green activists who have ex...
Orissa all set to treat Saarc The Times Of India | 5 Jul 2009, 2235 hrs IST, Minati Singha, TNN Text: BHUBANESWAR: Union minister of agriculture Sharad Pawar on Sunday laid the foundation of the International Centre for FMD at Arugul, about...
Centre mulls new scheme for loan paying farmers: Pawar The Times Of India | Text: BHUBANESWAR: Hailing the decision of waiving farmers' loans to the tune of Rs 70,000 crore, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday said the Centre will come out with a new schem...
Riot-Accused Orissa MLA walks out of jail The Times Of India | 5 Jul 2009, 2057 hrs IST, Rajaram Satapathy, TNN Text: BHUBANESWAR: The Kandhamal district administration sounded a high alert on Sunday following the release of riot-accused MLA Manoj Prad...
BCCI announces 30-probables for ICC Champions Trophy The Times Of India | 6 Jul 2009, 1639 hrs IST, PTI | Text: CHENNAI: Rahul Dravid finds himself back in the ODI reckoning after the former captain was named in India's 30-member probables list for the Champions Trophy on Monday. | The All-India Senior Selection Committee, which met at the M A Chida...
Budget to recapture rhythm of growth: PM The Times Of India | Text: NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday emphasised that the overall strategy of the budget was to ensure that India recaptures "the rhythm of accelerated growth" despite the recessionary tendencies in the world economy. | "He (Mukherjee) has done a commendable job in reconciling ...
