Maoists strike in Orissa

Bhubaneswar (Orissa) : Armed militants of the outlawed CPI(Maoists) have stepped up its offensive against the Orissa Government once again by triggering landmine blasts in leftwing insurgency hit Malkangiri district.
The rebels damaged guest house of Essar Steel Company by triggering landmine blasts and also destroyed office furniture in Malkangiri.
The leftwing ultras, [...]

Naxal Poises Challenge Orissa Govt again

Encounter on between SOG and Maoists in Orissa

Rayagada (Orissa): A fierce encounter has been going on between the Special Operation Group (SOG) and Maoists in Orissa’s Rayagada district since last evening, police said.

The heavy exchange of fire, which broke out in the dense forest of Ramnaguda area, about 85 km from here, has been continuing till this evening, they said.

While some ultras [...]

Unknown miscreants shot dead Jail warden in Orissa

The warden  of Jharpara (Bhubaneswar ) Jail  Manas Ranjan Naik  (23 ) shoot dead by unknown miscreants on Sunday evening. The young warder of Jharpara jail Manas Ranjan Naik  were shoot fom close range.He was immediately admitted in a local private Hospital. In the last month he had joined in the Jharpara jail after compleating [...]

Maoist threat letter to Orissa Finance minister

 

Bhubaneswar: A letter purported to have been sent by Maoists has threatened Orissa’s Finance Minister Prafulla Ghadai, police said today.

 
“The letter threatened to eliminate the finance minister and trigger a blast at IDCO Tower of the Industries department,” a police officer said here.
According to IDCO authorities, the letter was hand delivered on Tuesday and [...]

12 Orissa girls rescued in Kerala

KING KHAN & KENDRAPARA VILLAGE

Rajesh Kumar behera in  Kendrapara, Orissa
Neither the villagers of Ahirajpur under Rajnagar block of Kendrapara district ever  had  got an opportunity to see the blockbusters of Shah Rukh Khan nor did majority of them properly pronounce Shah Rukh khan. But now  the villagers from six to sixty years of age  have become the fan of [...]

Indians and Bangladeshis living under a same roof

Rajesh Kumar Behera in Kendrapara, Orissa
Though it may sound strange that some families living in this coastal part of Kendrapara district have Bangladeshis infiltrators and Indians under the same roof .Thanks to the faulty enumeration drive for identifying the Bangladeshi infiltrators undertaken b y the Revenue officials of Kebdrapara district administration on last 2004 for [...]

Blue print ready for resettlement colony for Sea erosion prone Satabhaya people

Rajesh Kumar Behera in Kendrapara, Orissa
Though late but the state government has finally all set to resettle the sea erosion prone villagers of satabhaya and Kanhupur in a safer place by preparing a blue print in this regard and the resettlement work is expected to commence within a month ,informed official sources..
Residents of the sea [...]

Distress migration receded in Orissa: Centre

Bhubaneswar: The union Rural Development ministery on thursday told that the Distress migration in different parts of Orissa has notebly decreased after the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA).
Addressing a round table conference on collaboration with Universities, Technological and Management Institutes organized by the Rural Development Ministry in NewDelhi, the Union Rural [...]