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Amco-Simco martyrs in Sundargad district go unsung
AMCO-SIMCO (Sundargarh): Decades after 49 peasants sacrificed their lives in the struggle against the irrational levy imposed on them, they are yet to be recognised as freedom fighters. Come April 25 and the nondescript Amco-Simco village, about 18 km from Birmitrapur town in Sundargarh district, hogs the limelight for a day. ...
Houseboat service to woo tourist in Hirakud Dam reservoir.
Even as tourism in the State has been hampered by the restrictions on foreigners to pockets inhabited by primitive tribal groups and the abduction drama, the State Government is coming out with new proposals to sell its tourism products. The Tourism Department had decided to promote tourism by introducing houseboat facilities ...
Sambalpur Collector assaulted by Sambalpur Bar Association members
An unpleasant and shocking incident has happened on Monday in Sambalpur. The lawyers of Sambalpur Bar Association have attacked the District Collector Mrinalini Darswal with sleepers, boots and stones. General people have come into shock from this news of the attack. By taking the issues of increasing in land registration fees ...
Sambalpur to get a 700 – bed superspeciality hospital soon
The state government will establish a 700-bed superspeciality hospital in Sambalpur town in public private partnership (PPP) mode soon, government sources said here on Monday. Odisha has roped in Kolkata-based Desun Hospital and Heart Institute for the project. The government will provide seven acres of land for the Rs 170 crore hospital to be ...
Orissa share the dubious distinction with Jharkhand that 78% of its population don’t have toilet.
News Source: http://expressbuzz.com At least 37 million people in Odisha defecate in the open! The just released Census 2011 for sanitation and water indicate it. The total households, as per the Census, stand at 96,61,085 out of which 75,35,646 - 78 per cent - do not have toilets. Taking five persons ...
Rail budget 2012 with reference to Western Orissa
New Trains: Bikaner-Puri Express (Weekly) via Jaipur,Kota,Katni Murwara, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur Secunderabad-Darbhanga Express (Bi-weekly) via Ballarshah, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Ranchi, Jhajha Bhubaneswar-Bhawanipatna Link Express (Daily) via Vizianagaram Visakhapatnam-Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express (Weekly) via Titlagarh,Raipur Asansol-Chennai Express (Weekly) via Purulia, Sambalpur,Vizianagaram Bilaspur-Patna Express (Weekly) via Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Asansol, Jhajha Durg-Jagdalpur Express (Tri-Weekly) via Titlagarh Extension ...
Sundargad topped among Orissa Districts with a growth rate of 17.9 % followed by Jharsuguda and Jagatsinghpur
News Source: BS Reporter Regional imbalances continue to be a worrying factor for Orissa despite its economic growth momentum as the economically backward and Maoist infested Malkangiri district recorded the lowest average growth rate of 5.2 per cent during 2005-06 to 2008-09. In glaring contrast, Sundergarh district in the state's western belt ...
The last of the asbestos miners
Source: DNA, By Javed Iqbal Published: Sunday, Jan 8, 2012, 8:00 IST (This could be the fate of Western Orissa too) When miner Dansingh Bodra was asked about the people from his village who he worked with in the asbestos mines of Roro, who have all died before their time, he slowly starts counting, ...
India’s spending on R&D is a meager % as compare to China.
News Source: TOI NEW DELHI: Did Prime Minister Manmohan Singh underplay China's superiority over India in the field of science, research and technology? Analysis of new data shared at the National Science Congress shows that China has been far ahead of India for a decade and the wide gap between the two has ...
India no match for China on social indicators, says Amartya Sen
News Source: TOI PUNE: India is not match for neighbouring China when it comes to social development indicators, eminent economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has said. "There is a huge gap there (on social front) as China is one ...