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Protest against racist violence on Africans in Delhi on Sunday
OST Bureau
New Delhi , Jan 18 :
AIPWA, JNUSU, AISA, RYA and other organisations in Delhi have issued a joint appeal seeking support from the people in the national capital region to join their sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar on Sunday, in…
Injured Balangir boy now in SCB
OST Bureau
Sambalpur, Jan 18:
Sushant Kumbhar, the 10-year-old migrant labourer from Balangir district, who was admitted to the VSS Medical College and Hospital at Burla on Thursday for treatment of his broken left hand, was referred…
War over party ticket ; BJD MLA’s house ransacked
OST Bureau
Cuttack, Jan 18:
Infighting in the ruling Biju Janata Dal took an ugly turn on Friday when supporters of a party ticket aspirant ransacked Cuttack-Choudwar MLA Pravat Ranjan Biswal's house at Mahanadi Vihar and beat up his…
CPM to protest Khandadhar mining
OST Bureau
Rourkela, Jan 18:
Protesting the decision of the Odisha government to allow South Korean steel company Posco to explore mining in Khandadhar and Malangtoli, the Khandadhara Suraksha Samiti, under the banner of Sundargarh…
Age, red tape have failed to deter this 70-yr old woman!
OST Bureau
Nabarangpur, Jan 17:
Pratima Soura. More than 70 years old, with her husband dead long ago, all she is left with is a bundle of fragile bones wrapped in a sagging skin, wrinkles criss-crossing- a proof of her age.
With…
Another young farmer commits suicide
OST Bureau
Ghens, Jan 17:
Crushed under the twin burdens of a crop loss and mounting loan, a young farmer committed suicide by consuming poison on Wednesday.
The farmer, Khitish Bhoi (38) belonged to Melchamunda village.
The…
Shishya goes one up on guru; breaks into Top 7 in Dance India Dance!
Reported by Sandeep Pattnaik
Bhubaneswar, Jan 16:
Call it the shishya going one up one her guru, if you please. Arundhati Garnaik, alumni of M Zone, a premier dance institute in the capital city, has trumped her guru Miss…
SUM doctor to get Lifetime Achievement Award
OST Bureau
Bhubaneswar, Jan. 15:
Eminent neurosurgeon of Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital Dr Sureswar Mohanty would be conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Neurosciences Society of Uttar Pradesh and…
Govt not keen to collect Rs 27 Cr royalty dues on Bhushan Steel, HC told
OST Bureau
Cuttack, Jan 15:
The state government is not taking necessary steps for realisation of the over Rs 27 crore that the
Bhushan steel plant in Dhenkanal district owes to it towards royalty, an affidavit filed in the Odisha…
5 years after, promises of MP, MLA remain far cry for Tangi tribals
Reported by Gadadhar Panda
Tangi, Jan 15:
More than five years after Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda and Salepur MLA Chandrasarathi Behera promised them the moon, there has been no change in the lot of the poverty-stricken people of…