Monthly Archives: August 2012
Odisha water resource dept files FIR against Hindalco unit
The state water resource department has filed a FIR against the Hirakud smelter unit of Hindalco for its failure to check leakage of ash slurry from the captive power plant of the company into the nearby farm fields and canal. The canal division junior engineer P K Patel of Sambalpur distributary has filed a case
Hindus join Muslims to celebrate the festival “Eid-ul-Fitr”
It was a day of peace and brotherhood on Monday as Hindus in many parts of Odisha joined in Eid celebrations across the state. Hindu families visited the houses of their Muslim friends and greeted them on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. Large congregations of Muslims were seen at Cuttack, Bhadrak, Balasore and Sambalpur towns with
State Pollution Control Board orders closure of Hindalco’s Hirakud plant
The State Pollution Control Board on Saturday ordered closure of the captive power plant (CPP) of Hindalco Industries Limited’s aluminium unit at Hirakud in Sambalpur district in the wake of a breach in the company’s ash pond that damaged standing crops in the locality. “We served a closure notice on the CPP of Hindalco after
Govt to take steps for non-closure of Burla FRC
The Central Institute of Fishery Technology (CIFT), Cochin, had recently issued a notification to close the research centre at Burla in Sambalpur district and had ordered transfer of all its six employees to its headquarters at Cochin. Reacting to the decision of the CIFT, Mishra told newsmen that he would take up the matter with the
Vigilance conducts raids for illegal hoarding and black-marketing
Odisha Vigilance conducts raids to prevent illegal hoarding and black-marketing of fertilizers. The state vigilance conducted raids in various palce of Bhubaneswar, Jaleswar, Baleswar, Boudh, Ganjam, Brahmapur, Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Angul, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Sambalpur, Koraput and other areas. The state-wide verification was conducted by Vigilance to prevent illegal hoarding and black-marketing of fertilisers by wholesalers
Mahanadi Coalfields blames Nalco for coal shortage
Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd – a wholly owned subsidiary of Coal India Ltd – today accused Nalco of not lifting coal allotted to the company. The Sambalpur-based miner felt that Nalco was solely responsible for the coal shortage at its captive generation facilities. The Bhubaneswar-headquartered aluminium major allegedly held MCL responsible for not supplying adequate coal,
Business honcho mum on ash pond breach
On a day when hundreds of farmers staged protest in Sambalpur seeking action against Hindalco, a subsidiary of the Aditya Birla Group, for its alleged negligence resulting in breaking away of its ash pond at Hirakud damaging around 100 acres of standing paddy crop, group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla avoided the media in Bhubaneswar on
Heavy showers throw life out of gear in Odisha
Life continued to be affected in several parts of western and southern Odisha on Friday following incessant rainfall. The situation will only get worse with the weatherman predicting heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours across the state due to a low pressure over the Bay of Bengal. Many pockets in Jharsuguda and Sambalpur districts
The Seven Major Chakras
The word chakra is derived from the Sanskrit word meaning wheel. If we were able to see the chakras (as many psychics, in fact, do) we would observe a wheel of energy continuously revolving or rotating. Clairvoyants perceive chakras as colorful wheels or flowers with a hub in the center. The chakras begin at the
Odisha’s 15 police personnel awarded President’s police medals
15 police personnel from the state have been awarded police medals on the occasion of the Independence Day this year. From President’s Police Medals for Gallantry have been awarded to Pradeep Kapur, Additional Director General Of Police , HRPC, Cuttack. Police Medals for Meritorious Service have been awarded to 12 Odisha Poilce personnel. They are
Union Bank targets Rs 10,000 cr business in Odisha this fiscal
Regional Head of the Union Bank Sachindra Kishore Agarwal today said that the bank having transaction worth Rs 8700 crore including deposits and advance in the State, has a business target of Rs 10,000 crore in the current fiscal. Speaking on the occasion of the shifting of bank’s main branch from Janpath area to Ashok
Reshuffle in IAS cadres, 11 officers assigned with new responsibility
Odisha Government has effected a major bureaucratic reshuffle on Monday. The state government has assigned with new responsibility to 11 IAS officers. IAS D Prasanth Kumar Reddy appointed as new PD DRDA Bolangir, IAS Bijay Ketan Upadhyaya appointed as new PD DRDA Sundargarh, IAS V Jaya Kumar appointed as new PD DRDA Sambalpur, IAS N
Fashion designer Manish Arora feels Indian couture is just bridal wear
Perhaps Manish Arora hasn’t been watching recent fashion in India too closely. Otherwise, he’d have noticed how high-end designers have veered away from an older pattern of creating conventional bridal lehengas, to presenting a wide variety of outfits on the ramps. From serious khadi sarees to daring off-shoulder gowns, flirty baby-doll dresses – even a
IIM Sambalpur