Six killed in Puri Rath Yatra stampede The Times Of India | 4 Jul 2008, 1432 hrs IST,TIMESOFINDIA.COM BHUBANESHWAR: At least six people were on Friday killed and ten others injured in a stampede outside Jagannath temple during Rath Yatra festival in Puri. | The incident occurred as hundreds of devotees tried to get...
Belimela: Patnaik, Reddy urge media not to tarnish issue The Statesman | BHUBANESWAR, July 3: Evidently perturbed over the media reports on differing versions a “blame game” between Andhra and Orissa police over the deadly Naxal ambush at Belimela, chief minister Mr Naveen Patnaik, in a letter to his Andhra Pradesh counterpart hailed the valiant policemen the state and...
Naval divers fish out bodies of eight jawans The Statesman | MALKANGIRI, July 3: Four days after the ghastly ambush on Balimela reservoir by left wing extremists, naval divers managed to reach the capsized vessel 43 meters under water today and fish out bodies of as many as eight trapped jawans and the drive...
Boy pushed off train, loses one leg, arm The Statesman | ROURKELA, July 3: In a gruesome and inhuman incident, a 10 year old lost a leg and an arm as he was pushed off a running train by a ticket collector. | The incident took place yesterday when Sankar, a 10 year old urchin who was used to board trains...
Faulty medical report deems pregnant lady HIV positive The Statesman KENDRAPARA, July 3: In an incident, life of a 22-year-old expectant woman from a remote village of the district took a turn for the worse after an erroneous medical report found her carrying HIV/AIDS virus. | The victim Sabita (name changed), native ...
Belimela: Patnaik, Reddy urge media not to tarnish issue The Statesman | BHUBANESWAR, July 3: Evidently perturbed over the media reports on differing versions a “blame game” between Andhra and Orissa police over the deadly Naxal ambush at Belimela, chief minister Mr Naveen Patnaik, in a letter to his Andhra Pradesh coun...
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Compassionate act leads to jail, zoo, boarding school The News Tribune NEW DELHI - It was supposed to be a heartwarming tale of a man who brought an orphaned bear cub home from the forests of India to console his 6-year-old daughter, who had just lost...
Floods, phase I The Statesman The response to chronic neglect | The floods have struck unusually early and West Midnapore along with parts of Kolkata have had a foretaste of what to expect over the next three m...
Not keen to pull out: Bardhan The Statesman | BHUBANESWAR, June 24: "I do not foresee the fall of the UPA government," remarked CPI leader Mr AB Bardhan while continuing to insist that the government should not go ahead with...
Restoration of train services delayed The Statesman | BHUBANESWAR, July 2: The normal schedule of train services, which was expected to resume from tomorrow, will be restored from 10 July. | Many trains were cancelled, diverted and short-terminated following rains, floods and submerging of railway tra...
New committee formed to agitate against JSPL The Statesman | ANGUL, June 2: Besides the existing Jindal Khyatigrastha Praja Samity, a new body called Jindal Khyatighrastha and Pariparshik Ganasangram Committee has been floated to launch an agitation against Jindal Steel and Power Limited, the steel major, fo...
Jagannath on Reliance Mobile World The Statesman | BHUBANESWAR, July 2: Mobile service provider Reliance Communications has launched an exclusive content on Lord Jagannath and the world famous Rath Yatra on Reliance Mobile World. | A special menu ‘Jagannath Rath Yatra’ has been created in the ‘Hot ...
Emirates spreads its wings in India Independent Online Set against a backdrop of booming trade ties and escalating travel between Dubai and India, Emirates, one of the world’s fastest-growing carriers has announced plans to advance its Indian operation with 18 additional flights per week, effective from 1 July. | The Dubai-based airline is stepping up its frequencies to the country’s capital city, New ...
Coffee prices up on tight supply, global cues The Times Of India | MUMBAI: Prices at the Indian Coffee Trade Association auction on Thursday rose on a tight supply situation and tracking firm global cues, traders said on Friday. "Arrivals have come down as almost 80-90 per cent harvesting is completed," said a Bangalore-based trader, who did not wish t...
