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Anti-Suktel protesters demand compensation
OST Bureau
Balangir, Jan 20:
Protesting the anti-people move of the state government in the Lower Suktel area in Balangir district, activists of the Lower Suktel Budi Anchal Sangram Parishad (LSBASP) on Sunday demanded adequate…
Children present their wishlist to political parties
OST Bureau
Bhubaneswar, Jan 19:
More than 50 children from 10 districts representing around 700 villages in the state joined hands to raise the issues and concerns of children before the policy makers.
In view of the growing child…
Suktel displaced protest land acquisition without notice
OST Bureau
Balangir, Jan 19:
Protesting against acquisition of land for the Lower Suktel project without any prior notice, members of an affected family in Pardhiapali village in the project area staged a dharna before the…
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…