Business
Orissa – Silicon Valley of India 2020
January 28, 2010 · 4 Comments
Dataquest, 09 Issue reports Bhubaneswar as World 2nd Best offshore IT destination World Bank report’ 0 , Bhubaneswar ranks 3rd best city to start a IT business ASSOCHAM, India Investment report’ 09 as Orissa 2nd investment destination Orissa value proposition is its Lowest Operational cost factor from maintenance cost, electricity cost, communication cost, cost of living, reduction in attrition result-Higher ROI; Profitability Orissa has milestone of not losing a single man-day on account of Strikes/lockout 2nd Best Organized Infrastructure in the country post Chandigarh. 50000 Year on Year... [Read the full story]
District News
Tribal outfit in threatens stir
January 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Phulbani: Accusing chief minister Naveen Patnaik of sitting over demands including settlement of land disputes, a tribal outfit in Kandhamal district on Wednesday threatened to agitate if their problems were not addressed forthwith. The chief minister is adopting delaying tactics in fulfilling our 42-point charter of demands, including settlement of land disputes and fake certificate issue, convener of Kui Samaj Samannwaya Samiti (KSSS), Lambodar Kanhar told reporters here. He said that the Samiti has asked the chief minister for a fresh discussion, but none had come. If our demands are not redressed... [Read the full story]
Editorial
MFs and insurance companies should come up to the expectations of youth
January 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Sai Prasan, India will celebrate the 61st Republic Day on January 26, 2010. Several political and social changes took place in the country since the enactment of the Indian constitution on January 26, 1950. The democratic process has helped in spreading the political awareness among people which led to the social transformation and development. Compared to political awareness, the financial literacy among people has been negligible. Perhaps, the need was not felt since the country was having a controlled economy till 1991. But, the opening of economy has thrown several new challenges specially... [Read the full story]
Entertainment
Sudarsan Pattnaik from Orissa Mile Sur Mera Tumhara song
January 28, 2010 · 1 Comment
Bhubaneswar: After a long time “Mile Sur Mera Tumhara” gets a new Avtar. Internally renowned Sand Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik from Orissa also in this Iconic song. After more than two decades, the iconic song has been revived as ‘Phir Mile Sur’. The Phir Mile Sur was released on Monday the 25th of Jan by none other than the Big B Amitabh Bachchan. In this song Pattnaik represented Orissa through his sand sculpture. It is a great honour for me as being a part of “Phir mile sur mera tumhara”. His sculpture was unity in diversity. He used 10 tones of sand and took 8 hours to complete... [Read the full story]
National
Dense fog again disrupts flight schedules at IGI
January 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Dense fog continue to hit flight operations at the IGI airport for the second consecutive day Thursday, disrupting the schedules of around 80 domestic and international flights. “Since last night 27 domestic and international flights were diverted, 18 were cancelled and around 20 have been rescheduled as thick fog blanketed the airport reducing the runway visibility to 150 metres or less,” an airport official said. Some of the morning flights were delayed by over two to three hours while a few operated using the CAT-III B instrument landing system. Five flights of Air India took off... [Read the full story]
orissa news
Strengthen PRIs, ULBs: State finance panel asks govt
January 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Bhubaneswar: Asking the Odisha government to give stress on girl education, the third state finance commission on Thursday recommended expenditure of Rs 4480.85 crore for the development of gram panchayats and urban local bodies in the next five years. A delegation of the finance commission headed by its chairman, Dr Sudhakar Panda presented the final report to governor, M C Bhandare and chief minister Naveen Patnaik. The final report aims at overall economic development of the state and inclusive growth of all regions, Panda told reporters after presenting the report. Besides Rs 4480.85 crore,... [Read the full story]
Editorial
MFs and insurance companies should come up to the expectations of youth
By Sai Prasan, India will celebrate the 61st Republic Day on January 26, 2010. Several political and social changes took place in the country since the enactment of the Indian constitution on January 26, 1950. The democratic process has helped in spreading the political awareness among people which led to the social...
[Continue reading: MFs and insurance companies should come up to the expectations of youth]Is Mittal Our God?
By Gladson Dungdung; Ranchi: On 8 January, 2010, the media (forth realm of the democracy) reported us that the global steel giant Arcelor Mittal Company is all set to desert the state of Jharkhand and Orissa, where the company is not yet able to acquire land for its proposed mega steel plants because of the Adivasis’...
[Continue reading: Is Mittal Our God?]Power cut in Orissa: Luxury of urban is the necessity of rural!
By Bikash Kumar Pati Considering the decreasing power generation, the state Government is forced to impose the scheduled load shedding, even in state capital to cope with the shortage of power. While routine power-cut is ceasing the luxury of urban life, this is creating hindrance to access to the elixir of life for...
[Continue reading: Power cut in Orissa: Luxury of urban is the necessity of rural!]The Architect of the Adivasis’ Misery
By Gladson Dungdung The India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nerhu, who is also known as the architect of modern India, once said, “Dams are the temples of modern India.” According to him, the big dams would address the issues of hunger and poverty of India. Unfortunately, the big dams only created pains,...
[Continue reading: The Architect of the Adivasis’ Misery]New Year Resolution for Orissan youth
Shun dependence like attitude and work hard for the development By Rupak Johnson By not wanting to make any effort in effecting changes in the sagging economy of the State, the Odissan youths have stained their image to the extent of being labeled as ‘lazy bones’. Due to an attitude of indifference toward the surrounding...
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