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Orissa NGO bags global award for providing water, loos

An innovative scheme by an Indian NGO to provide rural communities with toilets and running water in every house has been given the first 'Global+5 award' in Geneva, USA. "It's more than water and......

Top Maoist leader arrested in West Bengal

Top Maoist leader Ranjan Munda, who carried out subversive activities in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Orissa, and another squad leader were arrested by the joint forces from West Midnapore district......

'Easier to move in Srinagar than in Naxal-hit areas'

I find it easier to move around in Srinagar than the Naxal-hit districts of Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Jharkhand, quipped Union Minister Jairam Ramesh. The minister, who visited the Kashmir Valley......

Man moves SC to stop Orissa from releasing Naxals

Hours before the deadline set by Naxals for release of their jailed members in exchange of an abducted Orissa Member of Legislative Assembly, a retired army officer on Wednesday approached the......

Jaya, Naveen join Modi in opposing RPF amendments

After the controversy surrounding the National Counter Terrorism Centre, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa have trained their guns on the central......

TCS plans to engage 4,000 IT professionals in Orissa

Tata Consultancy Services on Friday assured the Odisha government about its plan to engage about 4,000 information technology professionals in the state with completion of its first expansion in......

SC sets aside court order on licence to Posco

The Supreme Court on Friday set aside Orissa High Court order which had quashed state government's petition to allot iron ore licence to South Korean steel major Posco in Khandadhar hills in......

India not top priority for investments: L N Mittal

Having experienced delays for his steel projects in Orissa and Jharkhand, steel magnate Lakshmi N Mittal said that India is not on his top priority for investments."I don't want give any timeline......

Why this Rs 52,000-crore project is still in limbo

Billed as India's biggest foreign direct investment, the Rs 52,000 crore ($12 billion) Posco project in Orissa has been delayed by more than seven years due to protests by farmers who are agitating......

Vedanta says considering layoffs at Orissa plant

Vedanta Aluminium Ltd is considering layoffs within two months at its alumina refinery in Odisha state as hopes of an immediate revival of the plant fade, the president of the company said.VAL, a......

Looking forward to Orissa, ASK and Vallatha Pahayan?

Three Malayalam films -- M Padmakumar's Orissa, Rajesh K Abraham's ASK or Aaru Sundarimaarude Kadha and 'Marimayam' team's Vallatha Pahayan -- will hit the screens this weekend. We take a look:......

Vijay Hazare Trophy: Assam thrash Orissa

Medium pacer Pritam Das claimed a career best 5-30 to guide Assam to their second consecutive win, thrashing Odisha by eight wickets in the East Zone leg of the Vijay Hazare Trophy One-day......

Seven-star Vinay takes Karnataka close to victory

Karnataka closed in on an outright victory against Orissa after Vinay Kumar ripped through the opposition batting line-up with a seven-wicket haul on the third and penultimate day of their Group B......

Karnataka pacers restrict Orrisa to 202

SL Akshay and Vinay Kumar shared seven wickets between them as Karnataka bundled out Orissa for just 202 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match in Bangalore. Orissa's Niranjan......

Samantray keeps East in hunt for Duleep final berth

Orissa all-rounder Biplab Samantray's fine spell kept defending champions East Zone in the hunt for a berth in the Duleep Trophy final. He claimed three wickets for 22 runs in 14.1 overs to......

Saurabh, Basant lead fightback as East reach 187/6

Jharkhand batsman Saurabh Tiwary and Orissa all-rounder Basant Mohanty scripted an impressive recovery with an undefeated century-plus stand as East Zone reached 187 for six at stumps on Day I, of......

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Q. Where was Subhash Chandra Bose born? What was the name of Indian National Army he established?
Francisco: A. more

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Q. Kya Naam say Kisi kay State Ka Pata chalta hai ? Jaise Pati - Orissa, 'Kar' from Maharashtra, Patel from gujarat, Yadav from Bihar or UP, Singh from Punjab ? Anna from Tamilnadu, D'Souza from Goa ?
Baday Baaboo: A. He was born in Cuttack, Orissa on January 23, 1897Azad Hind Fauj more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/kya-naam-say-kisi-kay-state-ka-pata-chalta-hai--jaise-pati--/25534431/answers/25584019

Q. what is E1 transactio?
Ganesh Babu: A. haa,, kum se kum ancesteral to pata chal hi jata hai.. i guess more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-e1-transactio/25528527/answers/25534438

Q. Heavy Water Project (Talcher) and Fertilizer plant (Paradeep) are famous industries of.
Madhukeshwar Fakirappa Khanapur: A. This transaction is known as subsequent sale or in-transit sale u/s 6(2) of the CST Act1956.As per the provisions,you are not required to charge...... more

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Web results for Orissa

For team Rahul, it's good politics that will yield rich dividends for poor Indians

The Rahul-led Congress is rearing to go, not with any coloured ideological weaponry but with a brigade of new faces, which will reflect the united... ...

http://newindianexpress.com/prabhu_chawla/columns/For-team-Rahul-it’s-good-politics-that-will-yield-rich-dividends-for-poor-Indians/2013/05/19/article1595958.ece

Outfit to move SC against demolition

A new outfit, Dharamanusthan Surakhya Samiti, came into existence on Saturday. The outfit said it would move the Supreme Court against the Orissa... ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Outfit-to-move-SC-against-demolition/articleshow/20128656.cms

Court stays State Institute of Educational Technology closure

The Orissa high court has stayed closure of State Institute of Educational Technology (SIET), an autonomous organization to promote technology in... ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Court-stays-State-Institute-of-Educational-Technology-closure/articleshow/20128466.cms

Ganjam museum wallows in neglect

is celebrated across the world on Saturday, a museum run by the state government here lies in utter neglect. In fact, very few people of the Silk... ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Ganjam-museum-wallows-in-neglect/articleshow/20128594.cms

In Mali, Indian-owned mine caught in land dispute

Syed Masoom Ali stood in a clearing on the outskirts of Bamako, the capital of Mali, gestured towards the low-slung hills around him, and thought... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/in-mali-indianowned-mine-caught-in-land-dispute/article4728237.ece

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