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Orissa doctors strike!

by Mayank Chhaya December 18, 2009 Health

Doctors who are working under Orissa Medical Service Association (OMSA) in the government hospitals in Orissa have deferred the strike for cease work for two months which was scheduled to begin today, following talks with the Government.

About 2,500 doctors of government hospitals across Orissa have been demanding the implementation of a defined promotion structure (DPS).
MadhuSudan [...]

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Maoists blow up police station in Orissa

by Agencies June 8, 2009 India News

Maoists blew up a police station in Orissa’s Koraput district besides setting ablaze some vehicles in the naxal-infested area, about 530 km from Bhubaneswar, police said on Monday.
About 100 ultras, including women, attacked the police station at Baipariguda late on Sunday night and forced the five police personnel posted there to surrender at gun point [...]

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Counting of votes starts in Orissa

by ANI May 15, 2009 India News

The counting of votes cast for elections to the 147 assembly constituencies and 21 Lok Sabha seats in Orissa began Saturday morning, a poll official said.
The vote count began at 8 a.m. in 60 centres across the state amid tight security.
The official said special security arrangements have been made in the Maoist insurgency-affected Malkangiri district [...]

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Maoists kill village guard in Orissa

by Indo-Asian News Service January 23, 2009 India News

Maoist rebels shot dead a village guard Thursday in Orissa’s Malkangiri district suspecting him to be a police informer, the police said.
Two armed rebels dragged Mangala Khilla, 40, from home at Karkatpali village to the nearby forest where they shot him dead, a police official told IANS.
Khilla was on the Maoists’ hit list, the official [...]

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Orissa government doctors decide not to go on strike

by Indo-Asian News Service November 8, 2008 India News

Orissa government doctors Saturday night decided not to go on strike from Nov 9 after the state government assured of considering their demands within three months.
Around 3,000 government doctors had submitted their resignations Monday to protest the dismissal of three doctors and threatened not to join work from Sunday if the orders were not withdrawn.
The [...]

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Iron ore export through Orissa port drops

by Indo-Asian News Service November 4, 2008 Business

The export of iron ore from Orissa through Paradeep port has dropped to 50 percent in the past two months, port officials said Tuesday.
Every month, at least one million tonnes of iron ore were being exported through the port in Jagatsinghpur district before the economy was hit by a downturn.
“But the quantity of iron [...]

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Orissa seeks time to respond to national mining policy proposal

by Indo-Asian News Service October 30, 2008 Business

Orissa Thursday said it has sought two months to give its opinion on the new mining policy the central government plans to put in place, officials said.
The state government received the draft of the new mining policy in the third week of last month. The state has now sought two months from the central government [...]

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Firecracker blast kills three in Orissa

by Indo-Asian News Service October 27, 2008 India News

At least three people were killed in a firecracker explosion in Orissa, the police said Monday.
The victims were carrying firecrackers on a motorcycle late Sunday, when the explosion occurred. The three died on the spot.
Akhya Muduli, 34, Sudarsan Pradhan, 24, and Jayanta Pradhan, 32, were residents of Patapur village in Puri district.
The district [...]

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In Kandhamal, majority Christians are from Dalit families

by Indo-Asian News Service October 27, 2008 India News

There has been a 66 percent growth in Christian population in Orissa’s Kandhamal region, which has seen attacks on Christians and churches. Of the 42,353 who adopted Christianity between 1991 and 2001, only two followed law to change religion.
According to data available with the district collectorate, the Christian population in Kandhamal was 117,950 in the [...]

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