Red terror: Over 10,000 people killed in last 5 years
Naxal violence has claimed the lives of over 10,000 civilian and security personnel in the last five years with significant rise in the number of killings in Left-wing extremism-hit States. Out of a...
View ArticleThe Chariot of Faith
When more than five hundred thousand people assemble at a place to celebrate a departure, when a whole city is caught in some frenzy and dances in sync on some mesmeric devotional song, when diseases...
View ArticleNuclear liability, women’s reservation star LS session
The government has announced its legislative agenda for Parliament’s monsoon session that starts from Monday July 26. It plans to pass 33 Bills and to introduce 26 bills. We describe some of these...
View ArticleRahul Gandhi cricket & more
Dongria Kondh tribals welcome Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, wearing white facing camera, in the Niyamgiri Hills near Lanjigarh, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010....
View ArticleCyclone crosses Myanmar coast, Orissa lowers alert
Bhubaneswar: Storm warning signals in Orissa were lowered on Saturday as the cyclonic storm ‘GIRI’ moved northwards crossing the Myanmar coast and weakened, officials said here. “It moved...
View ArticleSC orders status quo on land acquisition for Vedanta varsity
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today ordered the Orissa government to maintain status quo on acquisition of 6,000 hectares of land for setting up an international university by UK-based Vedanta group in...
View ArticleMaoists kidnap IAS officer, set 48-hr deadline
The District Collector of Orissa’s Malkangiri has been kidnapped by Maoists, who are demanding withdrawal of Central forces and release of jailed ultras. The Maoists have reportedly set a 48-hour...
View ArticleIndia successfully test-fires missile interceptor
India Sunday successfully tested a ballistic missile interceptor from a defence base in Orissa as part of its endeavour to create a shield against incoming enemy missiles, an official said. The...
View ArticleNuke capable Prithvi-II missile test-fired
Balasore: India Thursday successfully test-fired its nuclear capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near here as part of the user’s trial by the Army. “The...
View ArticleNuke capable Agni V missile to be test fired today
India is set to join an elite club of nations possessing the Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) as nuclear capable Agni-V missile is due to be launched from the Wheeler Island off the Orissa...
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