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Orissa govt to challenge environment clearance to Polavaram project
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The Orissa government will challenge the final environmental clearance accorded by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest to the Polavaram project on the river Godavari by the Andhra Pradesh government in Supreme Court within a couple of days.
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CII to promote Eastern States as Prime Investment Block
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The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Eastern Chapter will promote the eastern region as prime investment block and introduce special initiative for the region while focusing on skill development, district development plans and sustainable development.
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Demand for resignation of Ravenshaw V-C mounts
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The demand for removal of Ravenshaw University Vice-Chancellor Devdas Chhotray gained momentum on Monday when newly appointed city Congress chief Mohammad Moquim met the striking students in the campus who are on hunger strike for last 13 days.
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Naveen inaugurates Local Self Government Day celebrations
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The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation on Monday began a three-day-long celebration of Local Self Government Day by lining up several projects to be inaugurated by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his ministerial colleagues.
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Orissa govt hikes honorarium for home guards
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The Orissa government today decided to raise the honorarium for home guards from Rs 110 to Rs 150 per day.
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Trader held for fire accident
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A fireworks trader was arrested on Monday in relation to the massive fire accident that gutted wholesale fireworks market in the city on Sunday morning.
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Orissa govt yet to rehabilitate Kandhamal riot victims-Cheenath
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The Orissa government has failed to rehabilitate the minority people affected by the Kandhamal riots two years back, Catholic Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubanesar Archbishop Rapheal Cheenath today said.
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Two die of swine flu in Orissa, toll 19
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Two women died of swine flu in Orissa, taking the total number of deaths due to the influenza to 19 in the state since July, an official said Monday.
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Congress leader shot dead
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A Zilla Parishad member and leader of Congress party, Anand Kirsani (38), was murdered by suspected Maoists in broad daylight in Koraput district of south Orissa on Sunday.
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Plan to check pollution in Angul-Talcher area
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The Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has opined that increasing amount of land is being converted into ash ponds and solid waste disposal facilities
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Cultural touch to awareness campaign
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Through two-well conceived street plays, the Bhubaneswar unit of Song and Drama Division took up a week-long campaign to create awareness about burning issues of people living in and around the city.
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Polls to student unions on Sept. 8
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Elections of students" unions will be held in all the government and non-government aided colleges on September 8 with the State government cautioning students to stay away from political parties.
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Central varsity plans big
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Masters programme in tribal welfare and community development will soon been included in the list of new subjects and schools that have been approved by the executive council of Central University of Orissa which celebrated its first Foundation Day.
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Central team completes visit to Posco site
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The four-member Central team that came to assess the implementation of the Forest Rights Act in the area chosen for the proposed steel plant of Posco-India Private Limited
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Sectoral action-plans to check pollution prepared
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After Ib Valley-Jharsuguda figured in the national map as one of the critically polluted spots, the Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has come out with sectoral action-plans for abatement of pollution in the region.
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CPI(M) seeks end to privatisation of power distribution
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Activist of the CPI (M) held demonstration in the city to protest against the policies of power distribution company Southco.
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One more swine flu case in Orissa
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One more person tested positive for swine flu in Orissa Friday taking the total of people infected in the state to 74 since July, an official said.
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Central panel inspects POSCO site
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A four-member central panel led by former environment and forests department secretary Meena Gupta Friday visited the proposed POSCO site in Orissa to check if there was any violation of law, an official said.
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Inspector, ASI suspended
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The State government on Thursday suspended two police officers of the police Commissionerate here for their alleged misbehaviour with a High Court judge.
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Tribals happy after government rejects Vedanta Group's plans for mining in Orissa
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Locals of Orissa's Kalahandi district expressed their happiness on Wednesday after the Union Environment Ministry rejected plans of India-focused miner Vedanta Resources Plc to go ahead with bauxite mining
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BJP demands Patnaik's resignation over Vedanta issue
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Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik should resign in the wake of the union environment ministry's rejection of Vedanta's bauxite mining project
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Security up ahead of Rahul Gandhi's visit to Orissa
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Security has been beefed up in Niyamgiri area of Orissa's Kalahandi district ahead of Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's visit to the area
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India lauded for disallowing Orissa mining
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Indo-Americans have applauded India for reportedly rejecting bauxite mining by multinational company in remote tribal area of Orissa, which the environmentalists had described as devastating to the area environment and tribes considered sacred.
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Inmate of sub-jail beaten to death
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An undertrial prisoner was allegedly beaten to death by his rivals inside Aska sub-jail in Ganjam district on Tuesday night.
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Panel set up to probe mining operations
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The Orissa government here on Wednesday constituted a six-member committee which would go through production details with regards to major minerals such as iron ore, bauxite, manganese and limestone.
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