Clean Energy, Unclean Means

As India struggles to decrease its dependence on coal based power (currently, 73%  power comes from coal) the need to produce renewable power is greater than ever before. The government is doing all it...

Orissa Results 2011 - CHSE Orissa Results 2011 Declared, 30 May

Orissa Results 2011 -  CHSE Orissa Plus Two Results 2011 Declared on 30 May. Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) Orissa Results 2011 has declared  for Plus Two in arts, commerce, science and vocational on May 30, 2011. The exams were conducted in...

No more Kandhamals!

Photo credit: Deepak Srinivasan, Maraa In August 2008, one of the worst communal genocide attempts on the Christian community occurred in Orissa's Kandhamal district, among India's poorest places. Over 100 people including women, differently-abled, children,...

Local leader, a Red suspect, takes the dais at Rahul rally

Rahul gandhi shared the rally plateform with the Maoist leader ,politics is playing their card .Rahul is using local card to bring back congress in the region. " var facebookktitle='Local leader, a Red suspect, takes the dais at Rahul rally';var facebooksyn='The...

Rahul Gandhi backs tribals in Vedanta war

Indias most powerful contender of future prime minister Rahul Gandhi is bussy in brand building exercise he is traveling the tribal area of orissa and making their presence over there."Bhubaneswar: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has backed the tribals’ cause in...

Tribal? No Job? Become SPO

“There has to be a way out!” I had argued with Rabi the previous night. It was getting stifling that there was no way to get to Jajpur Road – just 15 kms away – during the day. Early on Tuesday (June 22) I managed to find the light to guide me out of the tunnel....

How Much Would You Sell Your Mother For?

It is 6 am on a Monday (June 21) and she has just finished sweeping the floor. She offers me a cup of strong tea as we sit under the shade of a large tree, we talk about food. Soon, she will have to run to the fields – not to work, but to see the huge bulldozers coming and...

Kalinganagar: The Bermuda Triangle In India

The Wikipedia states that Kalinga was an early kingdom in central-eastern India, which was a rich and fertile land, and was the scene of the bloody Kalinga War fought by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka the Great of Magadha circa 265 BCE. Several centuries, in a northern part of...

'Avatar': Sans The Blue Aliens?

For those who found the blue 'creatures' that flew in James Cameron's magnum opus 'Avatar' creepy, here is a simpler version. Sans the technological inputs that cost Cameron $500 million. This is a real version. Hence cheaper. Only, the reality is too stark to digest.This...

Naxalite terrorists hold India to ransom

The concerns raised by various reports earlier seemed to have not made any impact on the authorities in India who still talk about going soft on the Maoist terrorists (Naxalites) in India. The “Red-Corridor”...

Orissa floods kills 36: India

Monsoon is playing dirty trics with the folks here in India.In one part there is flood and in other part there is drought.But one thing that is common in both the extremes is Death because of this. We cannot blame Monsoon for sure, but the failure of the system that made us...

Rains cause floods in Orissa; death toll rises to 33

" BHUBANESWAR: Five more persons died on Sunday in the torrential rains in Orissa taking the toll to 33, even as heavy downpour due to a fresh low pressure over the sea triggered floods in many parts of the state. While two persons were swept away in Rana river in...

Suppressed Childhood in India

By Akhand in Bhubaneswar, India  Childrens are the future of the nation. But the condition of rural children in India is beyond imagination. They are far from their fundamental rights. Most of the school going Children are involved in housework and dropout rate is very...

Pink cards for Expectant Mothers in India

By Akhand in Bhubaneswar In order to avoid missing of prescriptions and ensuring quality Antenatal care(ANC) checkups for pregnant mothers Bankio Primary Health Centre(PHC) in eastern Indian state Orissa’s Khurdha District issues Pink Card to the delivering mothers. From...

Cyclone Aila Misses Kolkata India: Hits Orissa and West Bengal

Kolkata was saved the fury of cyclone Aila, a 100 km/hr storm that has claimed 12 lives, though the tail did hit the city and force school closures and some evacuations. Aila is still 59 kms from Kolkata and it...

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