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Bhubaneswar: A day after the Ministry of Environment and Forest gave conditional clearance to the USD 12 billion plant by Posco, state government`s nodal officer for the project today said it is not difficult to meet the clauses set by the Centre. "Many conditions were already there for the project. It will not be difficult […]

Bhubaneswar: A group of people fired at policemen from a Congress MLA`s residence here on Tuesday, following which eight persons, including three with criminal antecedents, were arrested, the police said. An FIR was also registered against the MLA Ramesh Jena who had been accused under section 147 (rioting), 149 (unlawful assembly), 353 (assaulting government servants), […]

Paradip: Intensifying their agitation against the South Korean steel major Posco`s proposed 12 mtpa greenfield steel plant, opponents on Tuesday decided to seal all entry points into the proposed project site villages near here. The decision in this regard was taken at a public meeting organised by the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS), a CPI-backed […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Centre on Tuesday approved Rs 150 crore for Orissa under security-related expenditure (SRE) scheme. Besides, the state government sought inclusion of four more Naxal-affected districts under Centre`s scheme and placing dedicated military choppers in Bhubaneswar and Koraput to fight the Maoist menace in the state more effectively. Expressing concern over the growing internal […]

Bhubaneswar: The wildlife in the state is though marred by poaching and electrocution, the forest officials seems to be adopting a sluggish approach towards preserving the wildlife animals. A female pachyderm died after eating crops that was contaminated by pesticides in Angul district, forest officials informed on Tuesday. The elephant in Prabhashuni village under Dimiria […]

New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday said state governments should procure non-lethal weapons to control crowds and civilian protests and avoid casualty. "We want the states to adopt non-lethal weapons for crowd control, specially when there is civilian protesters," Home Minister P Chidambaram said after a conference of chief ministers on internal security here. He […]

Pune: Eminent singer Asha Bhosale disapproves the participation of promising young singers in TV reality shows, saying it does not promote their career prospects. "There are lots of talented young boys and girls who take part in TV shows to achieve fame. They dress up, wear make-up and dance while singing. This dancing and dressing […]

New Delhi: India will hold its largest air show starting February 9 in Bangalore where 30 countries would bring their latest aerospace products including fighter jets and transport and civilian aircraft. The eighth edition of the biennial Aero India being held from February 9 to 13 is expected to surpass all previous editions of the […]

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader from Andhra Pradesh G Venkataswamy, who demanded the resignation of Sonia Gandhi as party chief, is in for serious trouble with the party high command taking a serious note of his strident criticism of her. "We have taken note of it", party General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi said when asked about […]

New Delhi: Expressing concern over radio- tagging of scores of Indian students duped by a "sham" US university, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday appealed to the student community to be more "careful" in choosing their institutes while going abroad to pursue higher studies. "We are concerned," he told reporters here when asked for his […]

New Delhi: The government on Tuesday said that it has not received any report of disruption of India`s shipping movements through the Suez canals "so far" in the wake of Egyptian crisis. A senior official in the Shipping Ministry said here that state-owned shipliner SCI has negligible operations through Suez Canal and it has not […]

New Delhi: Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav has expressed confidence that challenges before his country, passing through a phase of transition, would be over with the support of a friendly country like India. Lauding India`s democracy, Yadav said his countrymen should look towards India other than Europe and America as the neighbouring country has witnessed […]

New Delhi: Expressing concern over arrest of two Maoists from a Trinamool Congress camp in West Bengal, the CPI(M) on Tuesday said the incident sent out a "chilling message" that the "highest leadership" of that party was doing everything to aid and abet extremists. "Yesterday`s incident sends out a chilling message that one constituent of […]

New Delhi: Alleging that court is being drawn into a political battle by his adversaries, Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to review its direction for a CBI probe into "disproportionate" assets of his and family members. The SC had ordered a CBI inquiry on 1 March, 2007, into […]

New Delhi: Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Tuesday sought to strike a cordial note with the BCCI by inviting the Cricket Board to register itself as a national sport federation (NSF) with the ministry. Top BCCI officials, who have been at loggerheads with the ministry over the registration issue, met the sports minister here yesterday. […]