Inspiring! Newspaper Vendor To Teacher

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3 killed, 7 hurt as goods train derails at Odisha station; toll may go up

A goods train derailed at Korai railway station in Odisha's Jajpur district on Monday morning, with wagons ploughing into waiting passengers, killing at least three of them and injuring seven......

Cyclone over Bay of Bengal to impact Sunderbans, heavy rain forecast for WB

The cyclonic storm developing in the Bay of Bengal will primarily impact the Sunderbans spread over West Bengal and Bangladesh, as tidal waves are likely to reach a height of six metre owing to the......

Kurmi stir for ST status hits train services in Bengal, J'khand, Odisha

Kurmis on Tuesday blocked railway tracks in various parts of eastern India demanding Scheduled Tribe status and inclusion of Kurmali language in the eighth schedule of the Constitution, affecting......

Tata rural BPO to come up near Orissa steel site

In a concilatory move towards educated locals who are agitating against Tata Steel's proposed 6 million tonne steel plant in Kalinganagar, Orissa, the Tata group is setting up a business process......

Light at end of tunnel for steel majors?

On November 29, hundreds of armed villagers living in the Posco project area attacked anti-Posco protesters at Balitutha with bombs and burning down tents. More than 20 people were injured in the......

Four states to take over 100,000 acres

Over 1,00,000 acres will be taken over by the Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal governments or government agencies, as state administrations attempt to kick-start development by......

Villagers block roads to Posco site

Villagers protesting the location of South Korean steel major Posco's proposed 12 million tonne steel project near here blocked all major roads leading to the project site after Orissa government......