20th ff edition fab 2011 mnc-1.pmd

Friday, 28 Jan to 3 February 2011
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ODISHA DIARY
POSCO Plant in Odisha gets Green Clearance
Rituals stalled in Jagannath temple
BHUBANESWAR: Priests of Jagannath Temple in Puri stalled the daily rituals when the police attempted to arrest a servitor for allegedly harassing a pilgrim. A woman devotee, Rashmi Rekha Mishra (35), a relative of a top police officer in Jharkhand, had lodged an FIR against priest Ranjan Pratihari. Pratihari also lodged a complaint against her for allegedly misbehaving with him. However, some priests protested when police tried to arrest Pratihari. “Protesting our attempt to attempt Pratihari, the priests threw a spanner in the rituals. They demanded withdrawal of the case against him,” IIC of Singhadwar police station, M K Senapati, said. The shrine rituals wereaffected for nearly six hours.
MYSTERY SHROUDS DEATH OF OLD WOMAN Seven killed as jeep collides Bhang seized from train toilets
B H U B A N E S W A R :
with gas loaded truck in Orissa
About five kg of bhang was seized from two coaches Balangir (Orissa) : Seven
of an express train at Bhubaneswar railway station.
Nobody was arrested. “Acting on a tip-off, we checked the compartments and found seven sacks of bhang hidden in toilets of two coaches. But we could not find anybody carrying the substance,” a government railway police vehicle was carrying elderlypatients to hospital for cataract Accident triggers mob fury in Puri
Two persons were injured when their motorcycle was hit by a town bus in Puri. Locals set the bus ablaze and blocked the road near the government-run ITI in Penthakota for nearly one hour. “Accidents have become rampant in the area. There should be proper traffic regulation,” a local resident said.
LOK ADALAT IN ODISHA
Orissa Ex- deputy speaker
to kick off ‘Jalajaatra’
fighter dead
SOLVES 454 CASES
In a significant
Berhampur ( Orissa ): In an attempt to ignite the
Eminent educationist and
movement in support of the river linking projects, former deputy speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly Ram Chandra Panda would start a Jalajaatra and to put pressure on the government to facilitate the process that would be helpful in solving the water crisis of Berhampur city as well as water scarcity for irrigation in southern Odisha. Several organizations including the Rushikulya Banchao Mancha, Mahendragiri Surakshya Mancha, Berhampur Citizens Forum, Ganjam Zilla Vikash Mancha and other such organizations would join the movement; Jalajaatra that would start from the Mahendragiri Mountain taking the water of Bansadhara River on March 05 that would conclude at Mahanadi near Dhauli where a symbolic river linking event would be held with pouring of water on March 13, in demand of the river linking system.
18th Ekalabya Award was given to Odisha’s first Woman Grand
Master in Chess, Kiran Manisha Mohanty in Bhubaneswar
Odisha’s First Woman Grand Master in Chess, Kiran SITAKANT MAHAPATRA MAKES ODISHA PROUD WITH PADMA VIBHUSHAN
Manisha Mohanty was awarded with the 18th EkalabyaAward at a function in Bhubaneswar. The prestigious The joys of Odia people
annual award (Ekalabya Award) for the year 2010, was given by Rural Development Minister of Odisha to Kiran Manisha Mohanty. A cash prize of Rs 1.5 lakh has been given to Kiran Manisha Mohanty. On this occasion, Chess International Master Debasis Das and International Woman Rower Pratima Puhan were also felicitated.
Sports and Youth Services Minister of Odisha handed over citations and cash prizes of 25,000 each to Das and Puhan on this occasion. Trustee of Indian Metals Public and Charitable Trust (IMPaCT) and Kendrapada MP.
Couple killed in road accident, 5 injured
Balasore: A couple from West Bengal were killed
and five injured when the bus in which they were traveling overturned on NH-60 in Balasore district.According to police, a tourist bus carrying about 50 passengers from West Midnapore district of West Bengal was on its way to Puri in Orissa when the mishap occurred near Nalabahar. Preliminary reports suggested that the bus driver apparently lost control over the vehicle due to dense fog and poor visibility in the wee hours leading to

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