Orissa


  • Boy flung from running train to get Rs 5 lakh
    March 10 2010 | By DC Correspondent

    The National Human Rights Commission has asked the Railway Board to pay a compensation of Rs five lakh to a minor who was permanently maimed after a ticket examiner allegedly pushed him out of a running train in Orissa about one-and-a-half years ago.

  • When 10-year-old Bikash Moharana deposed before a local court here as witness in connection with the murder of his father, little did he know that his educational backwardness would be exposed in public.

  • After the Church of England, another British investor has decided to sell its shares worth 2.2 million pounds (Rs.159 million/$3.5 million) in the Indian-owned mining company Vedanta Resources, citing serious concerns about the company's approach to human rights and environment in Orissa.

  • Security beefed up in Orissa
    February 17 2010

    Security has been strengthened around vital installations in Orissa after 24 policemen were killed in a Maoist attack Monday in neighbouring West Bengal and ten people were killed in a blast triggered by terrorists on Saturday in Maharashtra's Pune city.

  • AP sidelined in mega power plan
    February 16 2010 | By DC Correspondent

    The Central government has increased the share of Orissa and Tamil Nadu in Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPP) whereas a request made by Andhra Pradesh for the same has not been considered.

  • Maoist guerrillas blew up a mobile phone tower in Orissa's Koraput district early on Sunday, police said.