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 Another farmer commits suicide |
| Yet another farmer reportedly committed suicide over crop failure in Subarnapur district on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Kartik Mahakur. With this the number of farmers who committed suicide has gone up to eight. |
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| Naveen leaves for Delhi |
| Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday left for New Delhi. He will meet the Chairman of the 13th Finance Commission Dr Bijay Kalkar and Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy. During the meeting with the Finance Commission, he would demand more funds for the State, particularly for the KBK funds. |
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| 2 tribal students, doctor test H1N1 positive |
| Two minor tribal girls have been tested positive for swine flu in Sundargarh district. Swab samples of these girls aged 13 and 7 years, which had been sent to the Regional Medical Research Centre here, were tested positive to H1N1 virus, Health Department official said. |
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| Will Vani Vihar be handed over to police? |
| Growing indiscipline at Vani Vihar, the campus of Odisha's oldest and premier institution of higher learning, the Utkal University, has become a matter of grave general concern. The continuous vandalism in the campus since August has seriously hit its academic environment. |
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| CITU strike gets huge response in Rourkela; Steel plant suffers losses |
| The two-day all India strike in all the units of SAIL by CITU got overwhelming support causing total disruption in production in Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP). Even many members of the two leading workers’ unions ie Rourkela Shramika Sangha and Rourkela Mazdoor Sabha in Rourkela Steel Plant also joined the agitation. |
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| Farmers flay Govt for cubs on sugarcane sale |
| With cases of farmers’ suicides on rise in the State, the Agriculture Department is once again on the dock for reasons that could have been easily avoided. The department is still undecided whether the restrictions imposed on farmers for sale of sugarcane would continue or be withdrawn. |
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| Farmer suicides to take epidemic form: Krushak Mahasangha |
| Odisha Krushak Mahasangha president Bhibhudendra Pratap Das said here on Sunday that the Government’s much propounded announcement to provide a package of Rs 2,000 to Rs 4,000 financial aid to the farmers, whose cultivation is affected by caterpillar pests, has fell flat as is evident from the recent suicide of a farmer Banchanidhi Pradhan of Srichandanpur village under Seragada block in Ganjam district. |
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| 1 killed by Maoists in Keonjhar |
| The Red rebels once again struck in the district and killed a villager Sunaram Munda and put up several posters in Maoist infested Rebana area under Daitari police station in the district on Saturday. |
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| Preparations on for foundation stone of Posco steel project |
| All preparations are going on a full swing to lay the foundation stone for the Posco’s 12 million tonne steel plant in January, 2010. "Odisha Government is actively working to remove hurdles in the path of the Posco's proposed 12-million tonnes per annum project so that the company can have the groundbreaking ceremony in next 2-3 months, may be by January-end,” said Steel Secretary Pramod Kumar Rastogi in Delhi on Sunday. |
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| Tata Steel’s ‘Art in Industry’ expo inaugurated in city |
| In order to provide a platform to artists and enable them to reach out to te masses, Tata Steel has organised ‘Art in Industry’, a camp-cum-exhibition at Jayadev Bhavan here from November 1 to 4. It was inaugurated on Sunday by vice-president, Orissa Project, Tata Steel Ltd BK Singh. |
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| Pyari Mohan lauds contributions of JITM |
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| Bhadrak women allege mid-day meal rice scam |
| About 200 women met the sub-collector of Bhadrak alleging misappropriation of mid-day meal (MDM) rice, supplied to primary school students of Belda by Maa Dakhinachandi of village Belda of Ganijang GP under Bonth Block. |
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| Bhadrak Bar elects new office-bearers |
| The biannual election of Bhadrak Bar Association was held here recently. The members who were elected are: Gobind Chandra Mohapatra, president, Binay Swain, vice-president, Santosh Kumar Acharya, general secretary, Parthasarathi Panda, joint secretary finance, Madhusudan Nath, joint secretary library, Sarat Mahakud Joint, secretaries general, Madhabananda Nayak, treasurer and Amarendra Mohanty, Sanjukta Bhanja, Manas Ranjan Das and Hrushikesh Behera, executive members. |
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| CPM holds Govt responsible for farmer suicides in State |
| A visiting team of the Communist Party of India (M) on Sunday held the Government responsible for the farmer’s suicide case in Ganjam district represented by BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. |
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| Jail warden shot, injured in city |
| In a shocking incident, a warden of Jharpada Special Jail was shot by unidentified miscreants on Sunday evening near the jail under Laxmisagar police station in the city. |
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| Intellectual corruption led to tragedy |
| The sinking of Mongolian ship Black Rose in the Bay of Bengal at the anchorage area of Paradip Port on September 9 could have been avoided, if little consideration would have been given to refrain from intellectual corruption. This has given the Paradip Port Trust (PPT) and Odisha not only a very bad name in the international scenario, but also huge loss in terms of crores of rupees of the PPT exchequer. In such a situation, intellectual corruption, making huge financial loss and posing threat to people and environment, is not only a serious crime but also a national offence. |
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| 2 more bodies recovered from Puri beach |
| A day after two engineering students drowned while taking bath in the sea at the holy town, two more bodies were recovered, taking the toll to four on Sunday. The deceased have been identified as a local tourist Binod Sahu of Badamba Narsinghpur while another is said to be the student from Kalyani Government Engineering College in West Bengal. |
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| Officers shirking duties should be sacked: Pyari |
| Late Biju Patnaik, who took the administration to the door steps of people, took a historical step and formed new districts. But the real aim was not achieved, said Rajya Sabha member Pyari Mohan Mohapatra at a public meeting at Kashinagar in Gajapati district on Sunday. |
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| Veteran journalist Gopal Mishra passes away |
| Veteran scribe Gopal Mishra (76) passed away on Sunday at 8.30 pm in the city based Kalinga Hospital. Suffering from acute asthma, he was admitted to the hospital on Saturday. He is survived by four sons and one daughter. |
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| Gitanjali selected as national games official |