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5 held for forging caste certificates in Odisha

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 11:48

Five persons, including a woman teacher and her father, were arrested in Odisha`s Kandhamal district on Monday on charges of forging their caste certificates and getting government benefits.

Congress, BJP hopes to have better CMC show

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 17:41

Congress and BJP are pinning hopes to form next Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) council, elections for which are slated next month.

Maoist killed in Odisha gunfight

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 14:14

A Maoist rebel was killed in a gunfight with security forces in a forested area of Odisha`s Malkangiri district, police said Sunday.

Agitation during South Korean President Park`s visit

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 17:40

Rejecting environmental clearance for Posco`s s 52,000 crore steel plant project in Odisha, anti-displacement activists today decided to challenge it in the National Green Tribunal besides demonstrating during South Korean President Park Geun-Hye`s visit to India.

Police asked not to harass people during anti-Maoist ops

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 17:12

People in Maoist hit areas in Odisha should be protected and not harassed by the police during operations against the ultras, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said on Saturday.

Activist hails scrapping of Vedanta`s Odisha mining plan

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 14:24

An anti-displacement activist Saturday hailed the central government`s decision to reject Vedanta`s plan to mine Odisha`s Niyamgiri hills for bauxite.

AAP likely to field candidates in all 21 LS seats in Odisha

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 21:18

Aiming to put up candidates in all the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, the state unit of the Aam Aadmi Party on Friday launched the "Mein Bhi Hun Aam Aadmi" campaign with a target of enrolling three lakh members by January 26.

Jairam asks Odisha to clear backlog payments under MGNREGA

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 18:15

Expressing concern over reported delay in payment of wages to the workers under MGNREGA, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh has asked Odisha government to clear the backlog immediately.

Former Odisha MLA and freedom fighter Narayan Sahu passes away

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 18:12

Former MLA and noted freedom fighter Narayan Sahu died at his residence in village Angaragaon, near Khallikote in Ganjam district Thursday night.

Miscreants loot ornaments from temple in Odisha

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 12:48

Unidentified armed miscreants looted silver and gold ornaments from the store room of the famous Jagannath temple at Gosaninuagon in Berhampur.