The bandh was called in response to the arrest of a Maoist last week.
Maytas Infra was entrusted with the task of constructing a township colony at Rs 233 crore (Rs 2.33 billion) in Jharsuguda following a contract in March 2008, a Vedanta official told PTI.
The school's academic record can be gauged from the fact that 90 per cent of its students clear Class 12 and one even topped last year's National Children's Science Congress.
The met office also predicted surface wind with a speed between 45 and 65 kmph along and off coastal region and advised fishermen not to venture into the sea.
Naveen Patnaik was injured when ruling and opposition members clashed over the government's agreement with a private mining company.
"We are hopeful of taking physical possession of the land by the end of the current year to start construction for the greenfield steel project. The pre-land acquisition process has already been successfully initiated," ArcelorMittal CEO, India, Vijay Bhatnagar told PTI in Bhubaneswar. The response from local residents during the first Gram Sabha, held on August 6 as part of the pre-land acquisition process, was positive toward the Rs 40,000-crore (Rs 400 billion) project.
The private STP is being set up by the JSS Group at Infocity in Chandaka, Bhubaneswar.
The petitioner, who identifies himself as a man, said the mother and the uncle of his partner forcibly took her home in Jajpur, and arranged her marriage with another person, prompting him to approach the court.
'This is becoming the new normal. Accountability of @AshwiniVaishnaw ji is zero. The GOI has no answers whatsoever'
The Orissa government has approved four projects in the steel and power sector involving investment worth Rs 7,225 crore.
Orissa is truly shining. Its new found status as an investment destination has seen a significant increase in the customer base for various luxury products.
Tata Steel has expanded its presence in Orissa following acquisition of 100 per cent of equity stake in Rawmet Industries Private Limited, a company having its registered office at Kolkata, at an enterprise value of Rs 101 crore (Rs 1.01 billion).
According to the Morcha, the demands which Delhi Chalo has been called include: MSP should be guaranteed as per C2+50 percent formula and, as promised, a law should be made to guarantee it; all the farmers should be made debt free, and all agricultural loan must be waived.
Posco ICT is the IT arm of South Korean steel giant Posco, which proposed to set up a 12 million-tonne steel plant near Paradip.
The 78-year-old Naveen is on the cusp of creating history. He must win the forthcoming Assembly polls to become India's longest-serving chief minister, a record held by Sikkim's Pawan Kumar Chamling.
TCS chief executive officer Natarajan Chandrasekaran gave this assurance to Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during a meeting in Bhubaneswar.
A rare leopard was beaten to death by angry villagers in Gandarpur area near Bhubaneswar on Thursday after it strayed into human habitation and injured two persons, officials said. "Angry over injuries caused to two youths by the leopard which had entered the human settlement, villagers of Gandarpur beat the animal to death using sticks and cricket bats," city Divisional Forest Officer J K Das said. The rare animal was first spotted in the morning by some youths in a bush.
One person was injured when Puri-New Delhi Neelachal Express hit a road roller and derailed near Bhadrak, about 120 km from Bhubaneswar on Sunday, railway sources said.
Passengers on board the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express had a miraculous escape when ten of its coaches and the engine derailed near Gaya station following an explosion triggered by the Maoists, police said.
The proposed investment will be made in aluminium, cement, telecom, retail, among other sectors, in the state over the next few years. Birla, who was in the city to discuss some project related issues with Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, said the company also intends to launch its retail business in the state as part of its national roll out plan in the next six months.
To position Bhubaneswar as a sought after IT destination, Orissa needs to build a world class workforce for IT and BPOs, ensure digital acceleration and focus on upgrading social infrastructure to attract global IT citizens. This was pointed out by Ganesh Natarajan, chairman, NASSCOM at an IT conclave on Destination Bhubaneswar.
The incident occurred around 5.15 am, they said, adding a relief train from Sambalpur station has been rushed to the spot.
A tribal girl was gangraped near the high-security Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar, barely a month after the gangrape of a local tourist near Konark Sun temple, the police said on Thursday.
Tata Steel signed agreements for supply of equipment worth Rs 1000 crore (Rs 10 billion) on Monday for its proposed six million tonne steel plant at Kalinga Nagar in Orissa.
The man was unhappy with Chappell because of non-inclusion of Orissa players in the Indian team.
The company said it has no plans to shift the $12 billion steel project from Orissa.
'When a criminal assumes a new identity he think everybody knows them by that name only.' 'Criminals forget that the police are always hunting for them to put them in jail.'
However, the details will be worked out after the Fitment committee submits its report to the government. It also seeks to continue the thrust of the original budget for the development of agriculture, education, infrastructure in the state. The first supplementary presented by the Orissa finance minister, Prafulla Chandra Ghadai in the state Assembly amid slogan shouting by the BJP members, proposes an outlay of Rs 7587.69 crore (Rs 75.87 billion) for 2008-09.
South Korean steel company Posco has started an Indian subsidiary, Posco India, which will be based in Bhubaneswar, Orissa.
The spiritual leader, who is arriving in Orissa on Monday on a four-day visit to the state, would consecrate and inaugurate the monastery, built at a cost of Rs 8 crore, religious chief of Tibetan settlement at Chandragiri, Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche told media persons in Bhubaneswar.
South Korean steel giant Posco said on Wednesday that it had signed the memorandum of understanding with the Orissa government for a $12 billion Indian steel project.\n\n
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group on Friday unveiled a grand spending plan of over Rs 60,000 crore (Rs 600 billion) in Orissa, which included an investment blueprint for the world's largest pithead thermal power plant.
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Pallavi Darua was crowned winner at Adi Rani 2018, a first-of-its-kind beauty contest held in Orissa.
