Bhubaneswar | 54 minutes ago
Maoists blast mobile phone tower in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Feb 14 - Maoist guerrillas blew up a mobile phone tower in Orissa's Koraput district early Sunday, police said.'Maoists have blown up a mobile - tower in Baipariguda in Koraput,' District Superintendent of Police Anup Sahu told IANS. About 20 armed Maoists first asked the guard to leave the place and then blew up the tower using a landmine. In a separate incident, two Maoists were arr ... read more

Bhubaneswar | 12 hours ago
Tension in Orissa town after policeman beaten up
Bhubaneswar, Feb 14 - Prohibitory orders have been clamped in Orissa's Paradip port town after a policeman was beaten up and his motorbike was set afire Saturday by a mob protesting the death of a man who was allegedly hit by a police vehicle, police said.The angry mob went out of control near Atharbanki chawk of Paradip following the death of school teacher named Satyapriya Pradhan of local Vivek ... read more

Bhubaneswar | 12 hours ago
Hundreds protest against railways for neglecting Oriya
Bhubaneswar, Feb 14 - Hundreds of Biju Janata Dal - activists Saturday staged a protest against the railways for neglecting the Oriya language during the flagging-off ceremony of a new train from Orissa's steel city Rourkela, police said.Oriya is Orissa's official language and the protestors alleged that the railway authorities printed the invitation cards of the function in Bengali, Hindi and Eng ... read more

Bhubaneswar | 13 hours ago
NALCO bags award for innovative practices
Bhubaneswar, Feb 13 - State-run National Aluminium Co - has bagged a prestigious award for innovative human resource practices, the company said Saturday.The state enterprise has bagged the 'Organization with Innovative Human Resource Practices' award at the Global HR Excellence Awards ceremony during the World HRD Congress-2010, at Mumbai Friday, the company said here in a statement. NALCO headq ... read more

Bhubaneswar | 16 hours ago
Bajrang Dal threatens moral policing on V-Day
Bhubaneswar, Feb 13 - The Bajrang Dal in Orissa has threatened to swoop on couples cosying up in public places on Valentine's Day Sunday.'If anybody is found displaying indecent act in public places then our activists will hand them over to their parents,' said Subhash Chouhan, the national co-convenor of the Bajrang Dal. 'We are not protesting against love, but the indecent act. We have identifie ... read more

Bhubaneswar | 16 hours ago
'MNIK' drawing huge crowds in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Feb 13 - A day after the Bajrang Dal protested against the screening of the Shah Rukh Khan starer 'My Name is Khan', the film is drawing huge crowds in OrissaIn Berhampur, 170 km from the state capital, where the film's morning shows were stopped following protest by Bajrang Dal activists Friday, the tickets are selling rapidly despite hiked prices. 'We were apprehensive about the bus ... read more

Bhubaneswar | 23 hours ago
Three Maoists arrested in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Feb 13 - Three suspected Maoists, including a woman, were arrested Saturday from a forest near Katama in Gajapati district of Orissa, police said.They were arrested during a joint combing operation of the Central Reserve Police Force - and Special Operation Group -, Sanjay Arora, district superintendent of police, told IANS. Police claimed to have seized three guns from the Maoists id ... read more

Bhubaneswar | 1 day ago
Orissa's first community radio station goes on air
Bhubaneswar, Feb 13 - Orissa's first community radio station has gone on air in Konark.The radio station, named Radio Namaskar, has been established by non-governmental organisation Young India near the Sun Temple of Konark. It is completely managed by local residents. 'We are just providing a medium to give vent to the aspirations, concerns and communication needs of the local community that are ... read more

Bhubaneswar | 1 day ago
SAIL commissions pipe coating plant at Rourkela
Bhubaneswar, Feb 13 - State-owned Steel Authority of India Limited -, one of India's leading steel makers, has commissioned a pipe coating plant at its Rourkela unit in order to explore the niche market of coated pipes, an official said Saturday.SAIL chairman S.K. Roongta inaugurated the facility at Rourkela steel plant, some 378 km from Orissa's capital Bhubaneswar Friday, deputy general manager ... read more

Bhubaneswar | 1 day ago
West Bengal cricketer slapped one match ban
Bhubaneswar, Feb 12 - West Bengal cricketer Manoj Tiwary has been banned for one match following his dressing room explosion with anger Friday during the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy - match, an Orissa Cricket Association official said.The West Bengal batsman was adjudged lbw while at three runs against Jharkhand. Returning to the dressing room, an angry Tiwary damaged furniture, switchboard and ot ... read more