Saturday November 3 2007 10:01 IST
Express News Service
BHUBANEWWAR: The State Government has decided to give a special allowance to employees working in the Naxalite affected areas of the State.
A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Home Secretary [...]
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Special package for kin of Naxal victims in Orissa
Posted in Orissa on November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Amid strong protest, Posco hints it may shift Orissa project
Posted in Orissa, Posco on October 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Bhubaneswar:: South Korean steel major POSCO on Sunday said that it would prefer to relocate its proposed 12 MTPA greenfield plant near Paradip rather than see a ‘bloodbath’. Quoting the decision of the Board of Directors of the world’s fourth largest steel-maker, which reviewed the progress of its India project here on Saturday, its [...]
Orissa: Maoist couple held
Posted in Orissa on October 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Monday October 8 2007 11:52 IST
Express News Service
ROURKELA: In a major catch, Sundargarh police nabbed a hardcore CPI (Maoist) operative along with his wife from Sarlanga jungle under K Balang police limits of Bonai sub-division.
The arrest was formalised after a team of Jharkhand police on [...]
Orissa: In a state of fear
Posted in Orissa on September 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Orissa:The Fist on Dissent
Posted in Orissa on September 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Orissa government continues to crack down on voices against exploitation of the state’s natural resources, reports Nilanjana Biswas
No matter whatever be the place be it [...]
Five-day bandh by Maoists in Malkangiri
Posted in Orissa on August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Malkangiri (Orissa), Aug. 28 (PTI): A day after exploding a landmine at Kalimela, Maoist outfits today called a five-day shut down in the district to protest alleged excesses by security forces in Andhra Pradesh during anti-naxal operations.
The Maoists put up posters and banners at several places in the district to garner support [...]
Top Naxalite leader held in Malkangiri
Posted in Orissa on August 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesday August 22 2007 10:49 IST
MALKANGIRI: In a major breakthrough, the Special Operation Group (SOG) on Tuesday arrested Naxal Motu Dalam ‘deputy commander’ Nabeen from Tandabai village under MV-79 police limits.
Malkangiri SP S K [...]
Maoists spreading network, police worried
Posted in Orissa on August 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Maoists spreading network, police worried
Statesman News Service
SAMBALPUR, Aug 13: If the news doing the rounds in Bargarh, a part of the old Sambalpur district is true, then there is every reason to believe that Maoists are spreading their network in this district also. There were rumours earlier that Maoists had launched an effort to [...]
Orissa is better place than neighbouring states: Naveen
Posted in NEWS, Orissa on June 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Bhubaneswar, Jun 5: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today claimed the extremist violence in Orissa was much less compared to other neighbouring states.
Replying to a motion moved by the Opposition on the law and order situation in the state, Mr Patnaik said there has been a substantial improvement in the [...]
Maoists sneak into South Orissa
Posted in NEWS, Orissa on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
JEYPORE: The reported sneaking in of over 100 hardcore Maoists from neighbouring Chhattisgarh to Malkangiri and Koraput districts has put the cops on their toes.
A red alert has been sounded in the tribal pockets of these districts. Four days back, police received an intelligence input from Bastar district of Chhattisgarh that armed Maoists are [...]
