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Allotting river water for Industry opposed by farmers in Orissa- India
(photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
State's policy on river water flayed
The Hindu
| Correspondent | Women plan to launch State-wide protest under Mahanadi Bachao Andolan | Concern over shortage of water for agriculture, human and cattle consumptions | Farmers will continue to have major say over Mahanadi waters, says BJD legislator | CUTTACK: More than 5,000 women of undivided Cu...
Supspected patients of Swine flu gather at a hospital in Srinagar,  on 18, August 2009.which has been designated specially for treating such cases. Nine cases of swine flu have been detected the state till date and test results of many more is awaited.
(photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Swineflu toll in Orissa rises to 22
DNA India
| The death toll in Orissa due to swineflu rose to 22 today with three more persons, including two children, succumbing to the virus-borne disease in different hospitals here, official sources said. | The victims are an elderly woman from Angul, a four year old girl from Jajpur and a one-year-old bo...
Centre harming Orissa's interests, says BJD
The Hindu
| Special Correspondent | BHUBANESWAR: The Biju Janata Dal headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday accused the Congress-led government at the Centre of harming Orissa's interests by stalling big industrial projects in the State. | As many a...
State's policy on river water flayed
The Hindu
| Correspondent | Women plan to launch State-wide protest under Mahanadi Bachao Andolan | Concern over shortage of water for agriculture, human and cattle consumptions | Farmers will continue to have major say over Mahanadi waters, says BJD legislato...
Swineflu toll in Orissa rises to 22
DNA India
| The death toll in Orissa due to swineflu rose to 22 today with three more persons, including two children, succumbing to the virus-borne disease in different hospitals here, official sources said. | The victims are an elderly woman from Angul, a fo...
Orissa to monitor implementation of green norms by industries
The Times Of India
BHUBANESWAR: With the fate of Posco and Vedanta industrial projects hanging in the balance over green norms, the Orissa government has constituted a team to monitor implementation of environmental and forest laws by industries. | "The state-level squ...
Deficit rainfall in 12 districts
WN / Geeta
Deficit rainfall in 12 districts
The Hindu
| Staff Reporter | Contingency plan prepared, says agriculture director | Low-pressure system likely to form around August 29, says weatherman | With a likely shift to pulses, Seed...
Farmers are a worried lot
WN / Geeta
Farmers are a worried lot
The Hindu
| Rourkela: Due to the continuing dry spell in Sundargarh district, the farmers are worried over khariff crop. | This is for the second consecutive year the monsoon is playing trua...
In this photo taken Tuesday, March 23, 2010, workers enter the main gate of the Vedanta alumina refinery at Lanjigarh, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa.
AP / Biswaranjan Rout
India vetoes mining in tribal region
Irish Times
| RAHUL BEDI in New Delhi | INDIA'S ENVIRONMENT minister yesterday vetoed a controversial mining project that threatened the survival of one of the country's most isolated tribes. ...
Vedanta taps Gujarat for bauxite for Orissa refinery
Deccan Herald
Bhubaneswar, Sep 2 (IANS) Thursday, September 02, 2010 --> | Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources has begun talks with the Gujarat government to ensure long-term supply of bauxite for its refinery in Orissa's Kalahandi district after its mining project...
Vedanta stops Orissa plant ops after attack by workers
The Times Of India
KOLKATA: Vedanta Resources’ alumina refinery and power plant at Lanjigarh in Orissa, stopped operations on Tuesday after an irate mob of around 2,000 contract workers vandalised the plant following a central government ban. | The contract workers h...
Unified Commands for Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, W.Bengal
Newstrack India
| New Delhi, Sep.1 (ANI): Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram on Wednesday said Unified Commands have been created in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal.  | Presenting the monthly report of the Home Ministry for the month of August, M...
India
Kashmiri muslim women walk past indian paramilitary soldiers during curfew in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. Authorities re-imposed a curfew Saturday in Indian Kashmir to thwart a rally called by separatist leaders.
(photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Life returning to normal in Kashmir
The Times Of India
SRINAGAR: Life in the Kashmir Valley was on Saturday limping back to normal with people defying the strike called by the separatists. | Curfew has been lifted from the entire Valley but prohibitory orders have been imposed in Anantnag and Pulwama district towns as a precautionary measure. | Although the hardline faction of Hurriyat Conference led b...
Business
Gold necklace with earrings and ring -Jewellery-India
(photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Rising gold prices trigger mining rush in India
The Times Of India
KOLKATA: As gold prices reach record highs, it is adding new lustre to prospects for gold mining. While moves are afoot to revive state-owned Bharat Gold Mines (BGML), closed since 2001, Deccan Gold Mines, the country’s only listed private gold miner, is also stepping on the gas to start gold production. | Also, the Karnataka government-owned Hut...



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