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30.07.22 | A masterplan for a site near Infovalley
26.02.13 | Odisha in the 2013-14 Indian Railways Budget.
11.07.12 | With one of its best officers at the helm several hospital and medical college projects are making progress
03.06.12 | Jairam Ramesh began the process of taking down the Indian economy and turned Ministry of Environment into a secret instrument for a new licence raj: Tavleen Singh
30.05.12 | With Congress and BJP down and out in Odisha splitting of BJD to two strong regional parties could be good for Odisha
29.04.12 | Several sites in the Bhubaneswar-Puri heritage corridor to be developed; I did not know some of them
15.04.12 | Vote for Rajasmita to win the Dance India Danace 3 competition; voting open until April 21st 2012 (saturday) 7 PM. [Update: She wins it.]
11.04.12 | Rajasmita Kar of Rourkela on the verge of making to the finals of Dance India Dance 3; update: She makes it to the finals with number 1 ranking. [Update 2: She wins it.]
10.04.12 | The second UMPP in Odisha is finalized to be in Bhadrak
07.04.12 | Eighteen Odisha districts will get two Prime Ministerâ€™s Rural Development Fellows (PMRDFs) each to help the district administration
06.04.12 | Odisha reduces the perecentage of people below poverty lines from 57.2% (in 2004-05) to 37% (in 2009-10)
29.03.12 | How to register to vote in Odisha (For people living in Odisha)
14.03.12 | 2012-13 Railway budget: new lines, doubling, etc. (initial cut-n-paste)
14.03.12 | 2012-13 Railway budget: trains related to Odisha
09.03.12 | Union Civil Aviation Minister to seek cabinet approval for making Bhubaneswar an international airport
03.03.12 | BMC has a draft budget of 452 crores
03.03.12 | Current and planned eco-toursim centers in Odisha
27.02.12 | Charampa to have an inland container depot; one of the many upcoming economic impact of Dhamara port
26.02.12 | Excellent plans to expand the visitor center of the Chandaka national forest at the Godibari gate; once done one can bike two kms inside the forest
25.02.12 | Some highlights from the Odisha government budget for 2012-13
25.02.12 | Odisha Expenditure budget for 2012-2013 at 37302.3 crores; 17.5% of it to go to mass education
24.02.12 | Feasibility study begins for coastal highway connecting upcoming ports: Business Standard
22.02.12 | Odisha benefits from several trains that connect Howrah to the west or the south
15.02.12 | Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik vents against UPA and NDA; Beginning of a sustainable third front?
13.02.12 | Odisha has attracted investments worth Rs 12.08 lakh crore across sectors till the end of 2011: ASSOCHAM
12.02.12 | Indigo brings new connectivity between Bhubaneswar and Coimbatore/Vizag
10.02.12 | Food for thought: India may have 50 states in 2040
06.02.12 | Puri – Bansapani Express extended to Barbil from 8th February 2012; Slowly but steadily rail connectivity is increasing in the interior areas of Odisha
04.02.12 | Initial Steps towards a CDP for Puri: From Dharitri
04.02.12 | Some dimensional information about the Bhubneswar airport
30.01.12 | I am a successful professional; I want to get into electoral politics and help people. What should I do?
30.01.12 | The proposed expansion of Bhubaneswar station to 10 platforms should be implemented asap
28.01.12 | Kalahandi – a pot of art ( a nice op-ed piece from Dharitri)
28.01.12 | Bhubaneswar railway station desperately needs additional platforms
25.01.12 | IT job growth in the Bhubaneswar area is back in the horizon: additional 10,000 software professional positions by 2013
20.01.12 | The music, dance and craft festivals in and around Bhubaneswar during Nov 2011 – Feb 2012
15.01.12 | Odia literary writing should use more local “kathita” words to enrich Odia
08.01.12 | Odisha agrees to 40 more acres for the Jharsuguda airport; this airport is very important for the developement of that part of Odisha; the progress is too slow
18.12.11 | T. N. Ninan: “… non-agricultural incomes are typically five times agricultural incomes. The way to even out the imbalance is to get people off the land, and into non-agricultural occupations.”
14.12.11 | Odisha’s bicycle scheme for girls and the upcoming bicycle factory near Khurda
06.12.11 | Increase in plan allocation over the years from 2007-08 to 2011-12: Odisha second after Haryana
06.12.11 | Bhubaneswar sends much more direct tax than much more populous cities such as Jaipur, Patna, Nagpur, Lucknow and Kanpur and has had the highest growth in direct taxes from 2010 to 2011
04.12.11 | Odisha’s growth will be steady; albeit slower than what some desire
26.11.11 | Odisha to have a national investment and manufacturing zone (NIMZ)
25.11.11 | List of museums in and around Bhubaneswar
25.11.11 | A new gallery on primitive tribal groups (PTGs) to be added to the tribal museum in Bhubaneswar
23.11.11 | Odisha is among the top 4 vegetable producers of India (from a 2005 document)
22.11.11 | Investment status of four new ports in Odisha: Dhamara, Gopalpur, Subarnarekha river mouth (Choumukha-Kirtania), Astaranga
20.11.11 | SER needs to have a division HQ in Odisha (possibly in Rourkela) as more than 22% (and growing) of its route kms lie in Odisha; and without a proper voice from Odisha SER has been neglecting and making blunders in Odisha (work in progress)
19.11.11 | Work starts on Paradeep-Choudwar-Rourkela Industrial Corridor
18.11.11 | The Lalitgiri-Ratnagiri-Udaygiri ancient Buddhist knowledge center in Odisha; has been compared with Nalanda in the art history and archaeology literature
18.11.11 | Odisha initiates plans for a Capital Area Development Region
18.11.11 | Newspaper reports and pictures on the 2011 Gotipua festival
15.11.11 | Some tourism infrastructure involving Lingaraj temple and vicinity in Bhubaneswar
15.11.11 | JSPL signs MOU with Odisha government on the proposed industrial park at Parjang, Angul
09.11.11 | Jammu Tawi-Hatia Express to be extended till Rourkela from November 12
05.11.11 | Paradeep PCPIR gets legal sanction via a signed memorandom of agreement between Odisha and the center
28.10.11 | Shekhar Gupta on the Jan Lokpal bill (April 23, 2011)
25.10.11 | Four/two laning of Birmitrapur-Barkote section on NH 23 in Odisha under National Highways Development Project (NHDP) phase IV-A approved
25.10.11 | Odisha districts under the IAP, SRE and KBK BRGF plans (Update: SADP plans)
24.10.11 | Special programs for naxal hit districts
24.10.11 | IMMT scientists are now planning to set up a demonstration plant at Orissa Sands Complex of IREL at Chhatrapur for processing ilmenite
22.10.11 | Naveen makes demand on new NH designations and more mine royalty; points out super-normal profit by miners and Australia’s steps to levy higher taxes on iron ore
19.10.11 | Odia movies in the Internet: work in progress.
18.10.11 | New radar inaugurated at Jharsuguda airport; Airport expected to be functional in two years (in 2013)
12.10.11 | A park to be built in Bhubaneswar especially for differently-abled kids
11.10.11 | Odisha to expand areas under coffee cultivation to 22,700 hectare by 2021-22 with an investment of Rs 400 crore
03.10.11 | Air India introduces Delhi-Portblair flight with stopover in Bhubaneswar;
27.09.11 | Multiple funding sources to help further develop various tourist attractions and infrastructure in the coastal areas
24.09.11 | Plans for a port-based cluster of wood-based industries in Paradip
19.09.11 | Infrastructure hurdles getting noticed; Some Odisha projects in focus
13.09.11 | Nine of the 23 players of the Indian national women’s soccer team are from Odisha: Dharitri; Update: 5 of them are from Aali in Kendrapada district
13.09.11 | Mayfair group buys Oberoi palm resort in Gopalpur: Samaja
11.09.11 | Sasmita Mallick, captain of the national Women’s soccer team, is the seventh Odia player to lead a national team: Sambada
10.09.11 | Odisha single window committee (SWC) approves investment of Rs 1,286.61 crore
08.09.11 | India plans new major ports in each of its 9 coastal states. Why? Why not let the private sector, which is very much interested in setting up ports, take care of it?
03.09.11 | What is corruption? Is not fulfilling (in spirit) the bond you sign corruption or not?
02.09.11 | The Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Puri city bus routes
30.08.11 | Some excerpts from the draft approach paper to the Twelfth plan
28.08.11 | Proposed Electoral reforms for India and its states
27.08.11 | Tata Steel to establish a Hockey Academy in Odisha: Dharitri
26.08.11 | ECOR updates on various project in Odisha and the land-acqusition related stumbling blocks
25.08.11 | Team Odisha steps in the last months on airports and air services
25.08.11 | DTDS to start scheduled air-taxi service between Kolkata and Rourkela from September 1, 2011
22.08.11 | Comparing the three Lokpal bills (work in progress); Update: Hindustan Times’ take
22.08.11 | Videos on Aruna Roy’s and NCPRI’s viewpoints on the Lokpal Bill
22.08.11 | Getting educated on the Lokpal issue: Pointers to the Government’s Lokpal bill, the Jan Lokpal bill and the Lokpal – NCPRI approach
21.08.11 | Comments on Arvind Kejriwal’s statement “Beware of the Government Lokpal Bill”
21.08.11 | Understanding the Jan Lokpal movement and its implications: two videos
20.08.11 | 58417/58418 Puri – Parlakhemundi passenger extended till Gunupur
20.08.11 | Barnali Hota in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2011 Lil Champs
19.08.11 | NALCO and IDCO join hands and float an invitation for EOI for downstream aluminum park in Angul : Deadline is September 20, 2011
17.08.11 | Bhubaneswar gets its first sister city in Cupertino (California), USA
17.08.11 | Status update on Tata Steel SEZ at Gopalpur
16.08.11 | With daily trains to Bhubaneswar/Cuttack/Puri and Jamshedpur/Howrah Joda – Barbil get better connected
14.08.11 | GSI talks about its find of PGE (Platinum group elements) in Keonjhar district of Odisha
13.08.11 | Odisha government’s plan for Buddhist tourism in Jajpur
09.08.11 | IIT Kharagpur presents detailed CDP of Cuttack to the Chief Minister
06.08.11 | Bhubaneswar Warhawks: One of the eight teams that are part of the new American Football league (called Elight Football League of India) to play in India starting 2012
05.08.11 | Bhubaneswar1 – a PPP venture by BDA and UNITECH; will be an Integrated Commercial Complex
05.08.11 | Foundation stone laid for TCS phase II expansion in Bhubaneswar which will add 3500 more seats; Odisha preparing industry-friendly ICT Policy-2011, IT Roadmap, Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Policy and IT Hardware Policy
03.08.11 | Odisha Rural-Urban population distribution – CENSUS 2011
02.08.11 | Current status of the proposed port locations in Odisha
01.08.11 | New infrastructure projects in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Orissa are set to get a major push in the 12th five year plan starting 2012: Financial Express
01.08.11 | Petronet considering Odisha port locations for an LNG terminal; this logic extends to many other situations
30.07.11 | Special plans for six most backward districts of Odisha
30.07.11 | Road widening plans in and around Bhubaneswar
25.07.11 | A DNA columnist’s short impression of Bhubaneswar
23.07.11 | Odisha retaliates to DRDO insensitivity to Odisha’s development
22.07.11 | The districts of Odisha that are behind and need special attention
21.07.11 | NHDP (National Highways Development Project) and Odisha
21.07.11 | NHAI projects to be awarded in 2011-12 involving Odisha and NH6 (Kolkata-Mumbai)
19.07.11 | Tatas will be half forgiven by Odisha if they really set up an auto-unit in the Gopalpur SEZ as reported below.
19.07.11 | Bhubaneswar Development Authority adds 351 more villages to its jurisdiction
14.07.11 | Update on Paradeep PCPIR
14.07.11 | More details from Dharitri on the proposed PPP based bus terminals; Following Baramunda the next 4 are Master Canteen, Badambadi, Dhenkanal and Angul; Second phase includes Sambalpur, Balasore, Baragarh, Bhadrak, Baripada and Jajpur Rd
13.07.11 | Odisha’s first operational solar powerplant commissioned in Balangir district
13.07.11 | Four laning of Sambalpur-Angul
05.07.11 | Update on Gopalpur port
05.07.11 | Designs of proposed PPP based modrn bus terminals at Baramunda (Bhubaneswar), Badambadi (Cuttack), Angul and Dhenkanal
05.07.11 | IVF facilities in Bhubaneswar in the news
04.07.11 | JSPL interested in setting up a captive port in Bahuda Muhana
29.06.11 | Environment ministry clears 6 coal mining proposals in Odisha: PTI
25.06.11 | CSE’s strong support to set aside 26 percent of net profits from mining to be shared with local communities
25.06.11 | Videocon plans to manufacture mobile sets in Odisha; L & T plans to increase its investment in Odisha to 85,000 crores: Sambada
24.06.11 | Recent steps on improving air-connectivity and airport infrastructure in Odisha
24.06.11 | Odisha district-wise population and other 2011 census statistics
24.06.11 | GDP of Odisha in comparison to other states
23.06.11 | Odisha has attracted a total of 574 live investment projects worth Rs. 11.3 lakh crore as of December 2010; the count is 681 live projects as of today
20.06.11 | CMIE is a good source to find out about investement projects in Odisha and other states
19.06.11 | Early steps for a new airport in Bhubaneswar
19.06.11 | IDCO hands over 972 acres to OTDC for the Shamuka beach project
16.06.11 | Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project (ICZMP) to cover renovation of heritage sites in Odisha; this includes upgradation of the state museum in Bhubaneswar
13.06.11 | Conclave Odisha: Unfolding Investment Opportunities
09.06.11 | Life and times of Nandini Satpathy: From Dharitri
09.06.11 | ASSOCHAM proposes 16 new PPP based clusters in Odisha
09.06.11 | Odisha government plans to turn its three medical college hospitals to super-speciality hospitals
07.06.11 | Shimla, Jamnagar and Bhubaneswar have been selected to participate in the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network â€“ Dissemination & Replication (ACCCRN-D&R) project
01.06.11 | MOEF to develop a bio-culture park in Bhubaneswar; MOEF to get a digital copy of the early 18th century book Jardin de Lorixa by a Frenchman about plants of Odisha
30.05.11 | Full Text of Speech of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Regional Consultations for Finalizing Approach to the Twelfth Five Year Plan at Patna on, 30th May, 2011
27.05.11 | Odisha should cancel the lease of the mine owners who are giving wrong data to Indian Bureau of Mines causing great loss to Odisha; it should aslo sue them to recover the lost revenue
26.05.11 | Sambada picture of Bhubaneswar sky with dark clouds
26.05.11 | Jindal groups plan for Odisha; seeks iron ore mines; dangles medical college
22.05.11 | Baragarh, Kalahandi and Sambalpur districts are the top districts with respect to rice procurement: Samaja
22.05.11 | Daya West Canal would soon be converted into a two-way road network with a water body at the centre: Telegraph
22.05.11 | Odisha women win the National Football Championship; earlier this year they were also the national games champion in football
21.05.11 | NHAI plans in and around Bhubaneswar; lots of new flyovers
18.05.11 | Tata’s power plant plan in Naraj-Marthapur marches ahead
16.05.11 | 1400 crore plan to connect six new ports to the National Highways
14.05.11 | Lessons that Odisha can learn from Punjab
11.05.11 | Odisha’s plan outlay almost triples in four years; second best in the country after Haryana
10.05.11 | Road between Khandagiri and Udaygiri to be diverted; many improvements planned for this 2nd century BC site
08.05.11 | Ethnologue report for Odia
08.05.11 | POSCO land acquisition compensation package; my concerns and suggestions
08.05.11 | Srikant Jena’s letter to Naveen Patnaik asking the state to take over the mines instead of leasing them; Is Jena sincere or is it just a political ploy
08.05.11 | Land acquisition status for various railway projects; first goods train run on the Bhadrak-Dhamara line; passenger services demanded
04.05.11 | High level clearance authority approves investment of 136,000 crores in its 14th meeting
03.05.11 | Sambalpuri vs Koshali: an op-ed from Dharitri
02.05.11 | SLSWCA approval for two power projects in Nayagarh and Boudh
02.05.11 | Odisha state department heads to be held responsible for delay in pension; if delayed, interest of 18 % will be paid and recovered from their salary
30.04.11 | Maoist-affected States to have full flexibility to clear public infrastructure projects to be built inside forests for up to five hectares
29.04.11 | Many young Odias shine nationally in dance, music, literature, fashion designing and glamor areas
28.04.11 | Lingaraj Haat in Bhubaneswar revived; early versions reported to have existed as far back as 7th century AD
26.04.11 | Status of corruption cases in Odisha and India; Odisha number 3 in the volume of corruption cases, has 33% conviction rate, leads the country in value of property recovered
25.04.11 | ASI plans a new museum at Lalitgiri; one exists at Ratnagiri
23.04.11 | Some focus sectors of the upcoming 12th five year plan
21.04.11 | Update on the progress with respect to the National Waterway 4 and 5
21.04.11 | Odisha revenue sources and revenue collection in 2009-10 and 2010-11
16.04.11 | Bhubaneswar leads Tier II cities with 42.2% job growth; Pune next at 19.7% job growth
15.04.11 | Agitation in Rourkela wakes up Indian Railways (especially, SER) to Rourkela’s problems
12.04.11 | Oisha government pushing ECOR on making progress on the world-class station in Bhubaneswar
12.04.11 | Global Avianautics Limited (GAL) to fly 6-seater between Bhubaneswar and Rangeilunda (Berhampur/Gopalpur)
11.04.11 | Everest Engineering’s plan for Balasore
09.04.11 | Census highlights of Indian states from the 2011 preliminary census book of Odisha
09.04.11 | Odisha 2011 census highlights in maps
09.04.11 | Census highlights of Odisha districts from the 2011 preliminary census book
07.04.11 | Finally a direct road from Bhubaneswar airport to Khurda Rd/Jatani; will serve the IIT and NISER locations well
05.04.11 | One more step towards Bhubaneswar-Cuttack integration: city bus service encompassing both to be introduced soon
05.04.11 | Unless the BJD government takes quick steps to offer land in Kalahandi for a wagon factory, the stir in Kalahandi could become the rallying cry that causes BJD’s downfall
04.04.11 | Upcoming Forum malls in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela
01.04.11 | The new police commissionerate building in Bhubaneswar
31.03.11 | Sambad’s 1st April take on Odisha’s formation
31.03.11 | Odisha’s top three Odia papers (Dharitri, Samaja and Sambada) have free epaper editions
31.03.11 | MOEF gives approval to Gopalpur port extension
26.03.11 | Things that Bhubaneswar needs (TOI)
25.03.11 | Odisha single window clearance committee approves projects involving Rs 1,215 crores
24.03.11 | No suitable land for Railway wagon factory in Kalahandi!! This is ridiculous.
22.03.11 | Taiwan interested in investing in Odisha in non-metal and job-rich sectors such as food processing, electronics, textiles, agri-business, IT hardware, tourism and education
22.03.11 | Q to Ramesh: What actions are you taking against the officials who hoodwinked you? If not much then one should conclude that you were very much a part of it.
21.03.11 | Niyamgiri vs Chiria: Financial Express
19.03.11 | Ramesh comes clean on Polavaram
19.03.11 | Centre to take over the Subarnarekha Multi-purpose Project (SMP) under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP)
17.03.11 | What is MOEF up to?
17.03.11 | 1300 crores to be spent in building the Baramunda bus-terminal in Bhubaneswar
13.03.11 | Dhamara port all set to start operations in April 2011; builds sister port relationship with Seattle port
12.03.11 | Odisha ruling party BJD’s Railway related demands to the center
10.03.11 | MOEF continues to harass Odisha; wants it to serve India but remain poor
10.03.11 | Kolkata Port squeezes Odisha: Yet another attempt by Congress and its partners to harass Odisha
09.03.11 | Inconsistent Ramesh – approves Chiria mines
05.03.11 | Status of doubling based on the 2011-12 railway budget
05.03.11 | Mamta is ready for a second wagon factory in Kalahandi; Odisha must take immediate action
02.03.11 | Job creation by new Steel, Aluminum, Cement and Power Companies in Odisha
28.02.11 | Hindalco to make beverage can sheets in Hirakud
26.02.11 | Odisha related ECOR and SER new lines allocations for 2011-12 and spending during 2010-11
26.02.11 | Status of Khurda-Balangir Project; misinormation on last year’s spending may have harmed this year’s allocation
25.02.11 | 2011 Updating of the Status of new railway line projects in Odisha; a projection to the future
25.02.11 | Odisha in the 2011-12 Rail budget
24.02.11 | Odisha adiministration did a great job (done very professionally) in dealing with the maoist abduction
24.02.11 | TIE Bhubaneswar chapter approved; Cupertino mayor visits Bhubaneswar to explore sister city relationship
23.02.11 | Status of proposed and recent steel sector investments in Odisha
22.02.11 | Planning Commission asks Odisha for input for the 12th plan
17.02.11 | Jet Airways adds more flights to/from Bhubaneswar; new direct flights to Bangalore, Hyderabad, Delhi and Raipur (update: and to Mumbai)
15.02.11 | The fiefdom of Jairam Ramesh? Does whatever he likes, accepts whatever explanation that suits him, ignores whatever does not suit him or his prince
13.02.11 | Powerfly air charter to operate from 8 cities in India including Bhubaneswar
12.02.11 | Bridge on Kathjodi near Trisulia would decrease the distance between Bhubaneswar and Cuttack by 10 km
12.02.11 | Media Unity for Freedom of Press in Odisha; Should highlight Press Council of India as an outlet to vent grievance against media (if any)
11.02.11 | Odisha going ahead with the Ong river irrigation project; Baragarh and Balangir to benefit; Chhatisgarh seems co-operative
08.02.11 | First phase of the 75 km ring road around Bhubaneswar to start
06.02.11 | Major four laning and infrastructure building initiative in Puri for 2015 Nabakalebar
05.02.11 | Land acquisition for various NH broadening to be speeded up: Dharitri
05.02.11 | Trishulia-Gundicha Mandir (CDA) bridge contract about to be awarded; will drastically improve Cuttack and Bhubaneswar connectivity
05.02.11 | State Level Single Window Clearance Committee (SLSWCC) approves 3,400 crore investment proposals including a re-bar mill and a hi-carbon ferrochrome unit by Tata Steel in Gopalpur
04.02.11 | Mahanadi basin is a surplus water basin; Only 30 per cent is used for irrigation purposes and 10 per used for industry: Water resources secretary Suresh Mohapatra to Telegraph
31.01.11 | POSCO non-approval approval; Odisha government should do the right thing
29.01.11 | BJD structure allows whistle blowers in Odisha
27.01.11 | ECOR earnings up; IR’s earnings down
27.01.11 | Konark in youtube
26.01.11 | The proposed Kra canal and Odisha
25.01.11 | Odisha’s request for the 2011-12 Railways Budget
22.01.11 | Work on five NH projects in Odisha – Bhubaneswar-Puri, Bhubaneswar-Sambalpur, Bhubaneswar-Chandikhole, Sambalpur-Bargarh and Remudi-Rajamunda (NH-215) to begin in February 2011
20.01.11 | Chilika Dhaba near Barkul Pantha Nivas rated as the best dhaba by NDTV Goodtimes Food award 2010
18.01.11 | AMG India signs Sniti Mishra on its Artiste Roster for Exclusive management.
15.01.11 | Demand for an ECOR rail division in Rourkela grows
08.01.11 | Tavleen Singh on irresponsible activism of N C Saxena that greatly harms Odisha
08.01.11 | Swapan Dasgupta on Jairam Ramesh’s arbitariness and malevolent political calculations; Odisha is the worst affected
03.01.11 | Cuttack Development Plan links – draft proposal 2030
02.01.11 | Bhubaneswar development plan area expands to 1000 sq km.
02.01.11 | Update on the Bhubaneswar ITIR
02.01.11 | Biju Patnaik Children’s park in Bhanjanagar on 2011 new year day (Samaja).
31.12.10 | Sambalpur – Jharsuguda to have two malls with multiplexes; IBM business development process center proposed for Jharsuguda and a Nikon Collection center proposed for Sambalpur
29.12.10 | Odisha port connectivity plans
28.12.10 | POSCO gets green signal from EAC of MOEF with many conditions: DNA
27.12.10 | NTPC operations and plans for Odisha; includes a medical and engineering college
22.12.10 | Swosti group plans resorts in Puri and Satapada and around Chilika lake
21.12.10 | Global Hospital’s 300 bed unit in Bhubaneswar to be ready by April 2011
20.12.10 | Taiwan-based NuLight Corporation plans to invest $200 million on setting up a light emitting diode (LED) manufacturing unit in Odisha
19.12.10 | Fiscal deficits of various states in India in 2009-2010
19.12.10 | Rushab Ship Consultant plans to run Puri-Kolakta passenger-cum-cargo cruise and establish a ship breaking place
18.12.10 | Odisha third during April-September (H1) 2010 in planned investments with a total of Rs. 1,134,716 crore
15.12.10 | City bus service in Bhubaneswar starts in three more routes
14.12.10 | Paralakhemundi to have broad gauge passenger train service from the 18th December 2010; Hirakhand Express extended to Jagdalpur (via Jeypore) from the same day
12.12.10 | Who will pay for the lost 10 crore/year developmental work in the Lanjigarh area
11.12.10 | Sohala Ana Odia restaurants in Bhubaneswar: Ad from Dharitri
10.12.10 | 13th Finance Commission projects Odisha to be number 2 in the country in its growth between 2010-11 and 2014-15
07.12.10 | Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approves PCPIR proposal in Paradeep
06.12.10 | Hearing from the Horse’s mouth: Excerpts from an interview with Anil Agarwal
05.12.10 | Update on various PPP projects in Odisha
03.12.10 | Sambalpur-Howrah via Angul weekly express to commence from Dec 11th 2010
02.12.10 | Status of Bhubaneswar airport upgradation: Civil aviation minister’s answer to a Rajya Sabha question
26.11.10 | 11km bypass from Bhuasuni temple to Daya bridge to make it faster to travel between Cuttack and Puri
26.11.10 | Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for Selected Tribal and Backward Districts; 25 and 30 crores per year per selected district; KBK districts to get this in addition to 130 crores under BRGF
22.11.10 | Odisha Single Window Clearance Committee cleared five proposals worth Rs 1,340 crore
22.11.10 | Rourkela-Kolkata flight from January 2011: Dharitri
22.11.10 | Navayuga signs agreement with Odisha government for Astaranga port
20.11.10 | Harihar Dash in the new Airtel ad
19.11.10 | Progress in Creative Port Development’s all-weather port at Subarnarekha Muhan
19.11.10 | Kalahandi news: Wagon factory and branch of Sri Sri University
15.11.10 | High level delegation from Odisha makes pitch to auto makers
14.11.10 | Balasore poised to take advantage of its location between two PCPIRs in Haldia and Paradip; Foundation stone laid for an Advanced Plastic Processing Technology Centre (APPTC)
09.11.10 | Odisha continues to attract investors in Steel, Energy and Cement during July-September 2010
08.11.10 | Khurda-Balangir line: State pushes to get approval for kms 36-112 (From Samaja)
07.11.10 | Update on Shamuka beach project
04.11.10 | Sniti Mishra from Balangir impresses in Saregamapa Singing Superstar Contest in ZeeTV
04.11.10 | Survey to link Mahanadi with Rushikulya initiated: Samaja
04.11.10 | ECOR to make an indoor stadium in Bhubaneswar: Samaja
03.11.10 | Milk Mantra to come to Odisha; Will pose a big challenge to OMFED
03.11.10 | Indian Air force wants to develop the Charbatia base near Cuttack into a full-fledged base station
31.10.10 | Additional land for NIT Rourkela and operationalizing Rourkela airport discussed by the Chief Secretary: Samaja
30.10.10 | Recent Odisha Tourism Department plans and initiatives
29.10.10 | Modernization of seven bus stands: Samaja
29.10.10 | The positives of BPUT operations happening in Rourkela
29.10.10 | Toyota Tsusho to set up rare earths refining plant in Odisha
29.10.10 | Low cost heart hospital to come up in Bhubaneswar, Mysore and Siliguri
28.10.10 | BRM Group plans several boutique hotels in Odisha
27.10.10 | Bhubaneswar bus route 306 from KIIT to Uttara Chhacka via Apollo Hospital, Acharya Vihar, Regional College, Secretariate, AG Chhacka, Raj Mahal Chhacka, BJB College and Dhauli to run by November 10th: Dharitri
27.10.10 | Naval base to come up in Paradip
27.10.10 | â€œAdvanced Plastic Processing Technology Centreâ€ to be Set up at Balasore in Orissa: PIB
26.10.10 | Deveopment plans related to Dhauligiri: Dharitri
26.10.10 | City bus planned for Rourkela, Berhampur, Sambalpur and Cuttack: Dharitri
22.10.10 | Preliminary exploration for gold in Sundergarh district: Samaja
22.10.10 | Update on the 4-laning of Puri-Bhubaneswar road (NH 203); aim to finish it by 2013 (From Samaja)
22.10.10 | An alternate view on Vedanta and Niyamgiri : Samaja Op-ed
22.10.10 | Update on Khurda-Balangir and Haridaspur-Paradip; Railway board urged to make additional ex-gratia payment to land losers (From Samaja)
19.10.10 | IOC aims to start Paradip refinery by March 2012: Economic Times
19.10.10 | Update on Tata Steel projects in Kalinganagar and Gopalpur
18.10.10 | Dr. Prasanna Mishra (retired IAS and ex-Chairman Paradip Port) on why he would prefer a captive port for POSCO project
18.10.10 | Tourism and Airport of International Standards in Bhubaneswar
17.10.10 | Debabrata Mohanty pays tribute to Guru Gangadahara Pradhan in Indian Express
17.10.10 | Rajsunakhala people unhappy that its station in the Khurda Balangir line has been eliminated: Pragativadi
15.10.10 | Durga Puja in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar: From Dharitri
13.10.10 | Update on the bio-tech park near Bhubaneswar
13.10.10 | Bhubaneswar airport aircraft movement, passenger and freight numbers
09.10.10 | First phase of the Bhubaneswar City bus to start on October 10 2010: Ad in Samaja
05.10.10 | Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI) approves remaining 600 Kms of State roads in Odisha that are part of the Ranchi-Vijaywada highway
05.10.10 | Location for Tata power in Naraj is more apt for a Knowledge Park
03.10.10 | Guru Gangadhar Pradhan and Konark Natya Mandap
03.10.10 | Ramachandra Guha: The Congress will have to get rid of family rule; I agree with it.
03.10.10 | State governments are often biased AGAINST local companies; policies needed to promote start-ups and home grown entrepreneurs
02.10.10 | Odisha Single Window Clearance Committee approves new investment of 6500 crores
01.10.10 | Odisha legislators getting ready early on their request to the Rail ministry
30.09.10 | Civil Aviation Ministry responds negatively to Odisha’s request to make Bhubaneswar airport an international airport and is in deadlock with respect to the Jharsuguda airport: article from Sambada
25.09.10 | World class Locking and Popping makes Berhampur’s Harihar Dash the second finalist from Odisha in India’s Got Talent Khoj (Season 2)
22.09.10 | New investments and investment projects under implementation
20.09.10 | Camping on the riverbed in Satkosia: a Telegraph travel report
20.09.10 | Progress on Subarnarekha port (earlier referred to as port at Kirtania)
18.09.10 | Odisha plans to revive the lower Suktel project
18.09.10 | Status of Essar Steel projects in Odisha
18.09.10 | Indian Express article on Polavaram dam
18.09.10 | Odisha plans for a state-specific SEZ policy
18.09.10 | Investment pouring in to Paradip: Nageshwar Patnaik in Economic Times
18.09.10 | Peerless plans a 4 star hotel in Bhubaneswar
17.09.10 | Paradip port trust plans an airstrip
17.09.10 | More franchises coming to Odisha; Dalma from Odisha spreads its wing
16.09.10 | Odisha has medicinal parks at Kamakhyanagar, Gandhamardan and Similpal
16.09.10 | SEZ board approves IT/ITES SEZ of Suryo Infra. in Bhubaneswar
15.09.10 | Tourist interpretation centre under construction near Khandagiri-Udayagiri
15.09.10 | JSPL plans a 5500 crore industrial park at Parang, 10 kms from Angul on the Angul-Chhendipada Road
14.09.10 | Update on Hindalco’s plan for Odisha
13.09.10 | Nestle and other food processing units show interest in Odisha
12.09.10 | Similipal national park: a Telegraph article
12.09.10 | History of Jayadev Vatika in Bhubaneswar: a Telegraph report
12.09.10 | Lanco Infratech ties up funding for its power plant in Babandh in Dhenkanal
11.09.10 | Ganesh puja pictures from Odisha (from Dharitri)
11.09.10 | Vision Kalinganagar : To be developed for a population of 10 lakhs by 2025
07.09.10 | Team Odisha presentations during their June-July visit to USA
05.09.10 | Brittania wants 10-12 acres for a 45 crores new factory
01.09.10 | New public transport in Bhubaneswar-Puri-Konark; Connection to Cuttack overlooked
29.08.10 | Professor Sumit Ganguly on the Vedanta decision by Ramesh
29.08.10 | Varied coverage on Vedanta and Jairam Ramesh’s high-handedness
28.08.10 | Saubhik Chakrabarti gives a nuanced picture of Lanjigarh in Indian Express
27.08.10 | Politics behind Lanjigarh becoming clearer?
26.08.10 | Plans to develop Sishupalgarh as an Archaeological park
26.08.10 | Rs 716 crore of central fund for PCPIR to go towards 6-laning of NH 5A, new Bhubaneswar-Paradeep Road and a greenfield coastal road
26.08.10 | AILPL announces opening of two new integrated Logistics Parks in Haldia and Kalinganagar
25.08.10 | How Ramesh went about rejecting the environment clearance to Vedanta Resources? What are the violations he claims that occured?
23.08.10 | Backwardness of Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj: op-ed from Samaja
23.08.10 | Fabulous sand animation by a group from Puri in Indiaâ€™s Got Talent Khoj 2 (Season 2)
22.08.10 | After Cairn Energy acquisition Anil Agarwal could become the richest Indian
21.08.10 | CM inaugurates the Vedanta/Sterlite power plant in Jharsuguda: Dharitri
21.08.10 | Mamata assures that the first phase of Khurda Rd-Balangir rail will be finished in March 2011: Dharitri
20.08.10 | OTV report on efforts and progress with respect to Rangeilunda airport near Berhampur
18.08.10 | How to go about having commercial flights into Rourkela
18.08.10 | Tata’s Gopalpur plan taking shape; Berhampur on its way to prime time
18.08.10 | Bringing up KBK by building its infrastructure: plans for what to realistically push with the central government for the next 7 years
18.08.10 | MP Kalikesh Singh Deo’s interview: his plans for Bolangir
17.08.10 | Odisha government responds to the Saxena Committee report on Vedanta’s operations in Kalahandi
17.08.10 | Jairam Ramesh, environment, Vedanta and Odisha
16.08.10 | Five new flyovers will allow people to zip past the busy parts of Bhubaneswar
16.08.10 | RBI study on corporate investment puts Odisha as the most preferred investment destination in FY 2010
13.08.10 | Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) approves Paradeep PCPIR: Region spread over 284.15 sq Km to attract investment of Rs 2.74 lakh crore
11.08.10 | What’s Rahul Gandhi up to in Odisha?
10.08.10 | International airport at Bhubaneswar and functioning airports at Jharsuguda and Jeypore
10.08.10 | State High-level Clearance Authority (SHLCA) clears project of 1,00,780 crores
09.08.10 | Ginning and bale processing unit of cotton to be established in Digapahandi Ganjam at a cost of Rs 1.2 crore
07.08.10 | Jharsuguda to be the country’s largest power producer city: Samaja
07.08.10 | Just outside Bhubaneswar, around 2,000 years ago, stood one of old India’s biggest cities: Sandeep Mishra in TOI
06.08.10 | Status of Tata’s Gopalpur SEZ
05.08.10 | Oisha BJD MPs meet Mamata Banerjee on Khurda-Balangir line: Dharitri
05.08.10 | Planning commission has given in principle approval for an ITIR in Odisha
05.08.10 | Jain Steel, an obstacle to Jharsuguda airport: Dharitri
04.08.10 | Bhubaneswar airport issue raised in the Odisha assembly: From Dharitri
04.08.10 | Two Gas pipelines planned through Odisha: Surat-Paradeep, Kakinada-Howrah
02.08.10 | Progress on food processing park and mega food park in Khurda
02.08.10 | Jharsuguda airport status as per Odisha CM: from Odishadiary
02.08.10 | National Waterways and Inland ports of India; Developmental work on NW 5 – that involves Odisha – yet to commence
29.07.10 | CM Naveen Patnaik promises to pursue wagon factory in Kalahandi
29.07.10 | Orissa Bhawan ready in Mumbai
28.07.10 | Initial plans for a Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Khurda metro rail
27.07.10 | Greenko group proposes an Energy and Oil city at Sonepur of Ganjam
27.07.10 | Arcelor-Mittal expresses interest on Barunei Muhana port in Kendrapada; Odisha to go the tender route
27.07.10 | Update on proposed Paradeep PCPIR; land acquisition in full swing
27.07.10 | Dabbawalla operation in Bhubaneswar; albeit in a very small scale
27.07.10 | BDA (Bhubaneswar Development Authority) plans a satellite city
27.07.10 | Update on IT plans for Bhubaneswar
27.07.10 | Sahara plans 8000 crore 1320 mw power project in Titlagarh
26.07.10 | Orissa Museum of Tribal Art and Artefacts in Bhubaneswar
24.07.10 | Campaign for International Airport in Bhubaneswar and completion of Jharsuguda airport
23.07.10 | The educated tribal view of Niyamgiri and its mining?
22.07.10 | Handloom Export Promotion Council to set up 3 new design centers; one to be in Bhubaneswar
20.07.10 | NHPC plans 300 MW hydro-power joint venture projects at Sindol (Sindol I,II,III) near Dhenkanal
19.07.10 | Icore groups 5000 crore plan of a 1.8 MTPA steel plant and a cement crushing plan needs only 80 acres
15.07.10 | Tata Steel’s progress at Kalinga Nagar: from its facebook page
14.07.10 | Dhanya se Bada danda: From Samaja
13.07.10 | Important Telephone Numbers of Lord Jagannath Temple & Puri: Samaja
12.07.10 | JSPL has plans for 1 lakh crore investment in Odisha including an engineering college and a power training institute
12.07.10 | Solution directions to the Maoist problem – Development lessons learned from J&K and Northeast should be used
11.07.10 | Balancing industrialization related land acquisition with people’s livelihood and their rights
07.07.10 | Gokul Agrawal of CTC Education Pvt Ltd intends to invest Rs 6000 crore over five years in developing a 1000-acre knowledge city
06.07.10 | Line drawing of the Puri Rath Yatra in 1818 conserved at the British Library: Dharitri
30.06.10 | Livemint writes about Balangir MP Kalikesh Singh Deo in its article on legislative assistants
29.06.10 | Status update on water transport and waterways in Odisha: Dharitri
29.06.10 | STPI Berhampur picture
27.06.10 | Telegraph to publish a daily edition from Odisha?
26.06.10 | Bollywood playback singer Krishna Beura; well known for singing “sufi” songs
25.06.10 | Odisha Climate Change Action Plan: Draft available to receive more inputs
25.06.10 | Data Centers to provide BC (Business Continuity) and DR (Disaster Recovery) to come up in Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad and Bhubaneswar
24.06.10 | Vedanta making a multi-speciality hospital in Jharsuguda; Apollo and Fortis may jointly run it
23.06.10 | Nine industrial proposals get single window clearance: Samaja
22.06.10 | Kendrapada pursues industry and may taste its first success
22.06.10 | State Single Window Clearance Authority approves expansion of Vedanta plants in Lanjigarh and Jharsuguda
22.06.10 | Development locations in the three regions of Odisha – in maps
22.06.10 | The Central & Southwestern Outposts of Odisha
20.06.10 | The Rourkela-Jharsuguda-Sambalpur industrial corridor of Odisha
20.06.10 | Approach for the 12th five year plan: Safeguarding Odisha’s interest
19.06.10 | Investment in cement sector in Odisha
17.06.10 | Envisioning the 150 km radius around Bhubaneswar in 20 years
17.06.10 | Kalinganagar sees light and allows Tatas to build its infrastructure; Paradeep/Kujanga/Dhinikia in the right path with POSCO; Puri and Kalahandi still have their head buried in the sand
17.06.10 | Apeejay plans an industrial logistic park in Kalinagnagar by year-end
17.06.10 | Eastern zonal Cultural center has all its infrastructure in West Bengal
16.06.10 | Dharitri picture of a major street and rain clouds in Bhubaneswar
16.06.10 | Update on the proposed mega food park project at Khurda; ILF&S may be roped in
16.06.10 | SLSWCA clears proposals for five cement units, 2 aluminum conductor units, a maize processing unit and a petroleum coke plant
11.06.10 | Global Hospital plans a 300 bed facility in Bhubaneswar
08.06.10 | JSW proposes a Rs 2238-crore captive deep sea port at Bichitrapur (Talsari) in Balsore district
05.06.10 | Cuttack city Helpline: Phone number of various agencies
04.06.10 | Bhubaneswar City Helpline: phone numbers of various agencies
04.06.10 | DPR of National Waterway 5 prepared
30.05.10 | Contract awarded for six laning of Bhubaneswar-Chandikhol: includes flyovers at CRP, Acharya Vihar, Vani Vihar and Rasulgarh squares in Bhubaneswar
24.05.10 | Lion Safari in Nandan Kanan: a youtube video (not by me)
22.05.10 | The international airports and custom airports of India
22.05.10 | Effort on to bring international connectivity to Bhubaneswar airport
18.05.10 | Panthanivas at Harishankar (Balangir) inaugurated
18.05.10 | Handloom and Handidraft museum to come up in Bhubaneswar
17.05.10 | NSL group interested in investing in food processing and textile sectors in Odisha
17.05.10 | Update on RSB Metaltech’s projects in Odisha
17.05.10 | Bhushan has become a death factory: Samaja
15.05.10 | Joint venture (51% Odisha govt. and 49% AES) 10,000 crore Ib valley Thermal Power Station expansion to start by March 2011
15.05.10 | Rapid Expansion of Health Care Facilities in Bhubaneswar
12.05.10 | Astha International of Gujarat has several plans for Odisha: Textile mill near Bhubaneswar, Astha city near Berhampur, Hotel in Puri, etc.
09.05.10 | More solar power projects coming up in Odisha
07.05.10 | Odisha signs MOU with JSL for a 1320 MW powerplant in Dhenkanal
07.05.10 | Bhubaneswar – Rameswaram express to start on May 2010; more than three years after it was announced in the 2007-08 Railway budget
06.05.10 | Four laning of Sambalpur-Orissa/Chhatisgarh section of NH-6 and Bhubaneshwar-Puri Section of NH-203 in the State of Orissa under NHDP Phase III approved: PIB
04.05.10 | Many openings at the Acharya Harihar Cancer Center, Cuttack, Odisha
03.05.10 | Short Biography of former Indian Hockey Captain Dilip Tirkey: Samaja
03.05.10 | SAIL proposes a port in Odisha
30.04.10 | Gopalpur port raises Rs. 1212 crores for a deep sea port
30.04.10 | Planned trauma care centers along the GQ passing through Odisha
30.04.10 | 55,000 crore NTPC plans for Odisha
29.04.10 | Kalinganagar shaping up: Jajpur Cluster Development Limited in operation; Tata Steel townships taking shape
28.04.10 | Central government on the right track to give tribals their fair share
26.04.10 | Brand Odisha: A restaurant named Orissa in New York
25.04.10 | As a tribute to Pathani Samanta, Khandapada in Nayagarh district to have an observatory
24.04.10 | Architectural concept design for Shamuka beach project near Puri
24.04.10 | Sister state relation between the state of Washington and Odisha is being pursued
23.04.10 | IFFCO to establish a Farmers training institute in Paradeep
23.04.10 | Dalma Odia restaurant in Bangalore
20.04.10 | Proposed Gopalpur SEZ in Odisha – progress and hurdles
20.04.10 | Push for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Odisha
17.04.10 | Odisha prudent in planning ahead and arranging for power banking: Samaja
17.04.10 | News round-up: 3 more terminal markets at Cuttack, Berhampur & Rourkela; MOU with IPPs; 595 crores for water body upgrade; Mega food park at Malipada
10.04.10 | The award winning e-despatch system of Odisha developed by OCAC
05.04.10 | Alleged stealing from Odisha!! No wonder the whole industry has such a bad name.
03.04.10 | Radio Namaskar FM 90.4 – the only community radio station of Odisha
01.04.10 | Manmohan Singh has been generous to Patnaikâ€™s demands of late?
31.03.10 | Khurda – Balangir Railway Construction status report
29.03.10 | List of 314 blocks of Odisha
28.03.10 | More details on the proposed Kalinga port by Adani; How Odisha can leverage it?
27.03.10 | The reason behind Orissa Electricity Regulatory Authority (OERC)’s plan to hike power tariff: Analysis based on information from Bimal Pandia’s blog
27.03.10 | National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) plans to set up three hydro power projects in Odisha: one in Sambalpur district and 2 in Sonepur distric
26.03.10 | Tourism initiatives: Developing Digha-Talsari, International Convention center in Bhubaneswar, and Hotel management institutes in Balangir and Rourkela
26.03.10 | Emami paper mills plans to invest 500 crores to increase its production capacity in Balasore, Odisha
26.03.10 | CIL, GAIL and RCF to come together to produce urea and ammonium nitrate at Tachler, Odisha reviving the FCI plant there
26.03.10 | NTPC plans 500MW wind and solar energy projects in Odisha
26.03.10 | PIB: CCEA NOD for Rs. 1156 crore Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project; 200+ crores for Odisha
25.03.10 | Three dieties including Lord Jagannath in 32 attractive dresses: Samaja
23.03.10 | Eight days remain for the deadline by which the new trains, extensions and frequency-increases announced in the 2009 Railway Budget are supposed be operational
23.03.10 | Jindal’s $10 billion plan for Odisha includes Coal to liquid plant and power plant
21.03.10 | Chandrahas Choudhury’s Arzee the Dwarf among the finalists for the Commonwealth prize
20.03.10 | Amtek Metal & Mining Ltd (AMML) to set up a mega auto park with an associated two million tonne per annum (mtpa) integrated steel plant and 500 Mw power plant at Tangi in Cuttack district with an investment of 15820 crores
16.03.10 | Odisha received 2% of the central funding since 2004: Is Bihar Times right?
15.03.10 | Odisha 2010 budget figures from Dharitri
15.03.10 | Cuttack people unhappy with trains bypassing Cuttack: An easy solution
13.03.10 | Samajaâ€™s Shilpayana Supplement on Odisha: Editorial and links
13.03.10 | Samajaâ€™s Shilpayana Supplement: Odisha industrial policy and OIEPO (Odisha Industry and Export Promotion Office)
13.03.10 | Samajaâ€™s Shilpayana Supplement: Odisha tourism
13.03.10 | Samajaâ€™s Shilpayana Supplement: Odisha’s geographical location and its bounties
13.03.10 | Samajaâ€™s Shilpayana Supplement: Fast progress of Information Technology in Odisha
13.03.10 | Samajaâ€™s Shilpayana Supplement: Power reform in Odisha
13.03.10 | Samajaâ€™s Shilpayana Supplement: Mineral resources of Odisha
12.03.10 | Samajaâ€™s Shilpayana Supplement: Cement and Sugar in Odisha
12.03.10 | Samajaâ€™s Shilpayana Supplement: Private investment encouraged in healthcare
12.03.10 | Samajaâ€™s Shilpayana Supplement: Industrialization of Odisha
12.03.10 | Samajaâ€™s Shilpayana Supplement: Steel and aluminum in Odisha
12.03.10 | Samajaâ€™s Shilpayana Supplement: Power situation in Odisha
12.03.10 | Samajaâ€™s Shilpayana Supplement: Getting approvals to set up industry in Odisha; SLSWC and HLC
12.03.10 | Samajaâ€™s Shilpayana Supplement: Odisha transportation system
12.03.10 | Samajaâ€™s Shilpayana Supplement: New ports to come up in Odisha
12.03.10 | Samaja’s Shilpayana Supplement: 146 proposals cleared by state level single window clearance (SLSWC)
09.03.10 | Zensar plans to make its proposed center in Bhubaneswar the second largest in the country; progress report on other IT companies coming to Bhubaneswar
08.03.10 | Ministry of Environment and Forests identifies seven sites in Odisha for planting of mangroves
04.03.10 | Jharsuguda airport to be developed via PPP?
04.03.10 | Indocopter plans its 4th maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) centre in Bhubaneswar
04.03.10 | Till September 2009, 32.6 per cent of investment proposals worth Rs 3.06 lakh crore have already been implemented in Odisha; this is better than other states: ASSOCHAM
04.03.10 | Apollo hospital opens in Bhubaneswsar; interested in a nursing college and eventually a medical college
04.03.10 | Public Sector Companies in Odisha
03.03.10 | Indigo doubles its flight operations at Bhubaneswar from March 18 2010: twice daily non-stop to Delhi and Hyderabad and once daily 1-stop to Bangalore and Mumbai
27.02.10 | Budgetary Provision for railway network in Odisha since 1992-1993
27.02.10 | Status of doubling projects in Odisha – budget allocations during the last five years; Update: a projection to the future
27.02.10 | Where Odisha lost out in the Railway budget?
25.02.10 | Status of new railway line projects in Odisha; a projection to the future
24.02.10 | Odisha in the 2010-2011 railway budget – with some comments in red
22.02.10 | Odisha plans 1500 75-seater microplexes to promote Odia movies: Samaja
20.02.10 | Balasore demands to be industrialized
19.02.10 | State needs to contribute infrastructure for the proposed PCPIR in Paradip
19.02.10 | On Vedanta, Lanjigarh, Dongria Kondh and the international NGOs
18.02.10 | Update on the Shamuka beach project near Puri in Odisha
18.02.10 | OMC’s increasing profit and its contribution to Odisha’s coffer
18.02.10 | Sanghamitra Jena, founder of Eastern Treasure India Tours, brings Orissa to the world
18.02.10 | A partial list of centrally sponsored programs
18.02.10 | Adani group’s port and industrial zone plan for Jagatsinghpur district
16.02.10 | Update on progress on the IT front in Bhubaneswar; Mindtree to start construction in June; ICICI asked to start in April
16.02.10 | Update on Aditya Birla group’s projects in Odisha
13.02.10 | Odisha signs MOUs for investment of 200846 Crores in 2009; Second behind Gujarat: Samaja
12.02.10 | Vedanta’s trauma center in Bhubaneswar to be located in Gangapada
11.02.10 | Long awaited Bhubaneswar-Rourkela Intercity to start from February 13th 2010; 2879/80 BBS-LTT to become biweekly
09.02.10 | Newly built Dhamara port gets its first ship: Samaja
07.02.10 | DLF to start work on 1000 crore InfoPark at Infocity Bhubaneswar in April 2010; would like more space devoted to mall and multi-plex
03.02.10 | JSL to establish a 704 Crore steel park in Kalinganagar
02.02.10 | First private STP comes up in Odisha; Nanadankanan to have a 5000 sq ft Orchid House
02.02.10 | NAREDCO eastern region office opens in Bhubaneswar
27.01.10 | Odisha HLC clears project worth 48,500 crores on Jan 27th 2010
27.01.10 | Toyota negotiating with Orissa Sands Complex (OSCOM) for setting up a rare earth chloride plant near Chhatrapur
27.01.10 | Vibrant Greater Rourkela Development Forum in the Web
25.01.10 | JK plans new pulp mill in Rayagada at a cost of 1500 crores
25.01.10 | ASSOCHAM Press Release: Gujarat, Orissa & Andhra top 3 Domestic Investment Destinations of 2009
25.01.10 | More details on Vedanta’s proposed burn and trauma-care unit in Bhubaneswar
25.01.10 | Update on Vedanta’s plan with respect to Odisha: steel plant in partnership with L & T; hostel for engineering college in Bhawanipatna; trauma unit in Bhubaneswar
19.01.10 | Tatas talk with Odisha CM about $10 billion coal-to-liquid project
18.01.10 | Army to establish military Hospital in Gopalpur, Ganjam; second Sainik school of the state in Sambalpur etc.
09.01.10 | Progress in KBK districts; various programs having impact (from Samaja)
09.01.10 | 5000 crore coal corridor connecting Angul, Talcher, Chhendipada and Meramundali planned
07.01.10 | Koraput MP says air service to Jeypore to start within 6 months: Orissadiary
05.01.10 | Steps towards electronic land registration in Odisha: Samaja
04.01.10 | Solar and Biomass power units in Odisha
01.01.10 | EOI for adding new and upgrading existing infrastructure at Ganeswarpur, Somnathpur and Balgopalpur industrial estates (Balasore, Odisha) under the IIUS scheme
01.01.10 | Modern bus terminal in Angul in 2 years; also in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Sambalpur and Dhenkanal
31.12.09 | OSRP – Orissa State Road Project
31.12.09 | Single Window Clearance Committee of Orissa approves several projects worth 30,000 crores
31.12.09 | POSCO gets clearance of 2900 acres from the environment ministry
30.12.09 | Progress on Infocity II in Bhubaneswar
30.12.09 | Infosys plans a 300 Crore second campus for 5000 in Bhubaneswar in Infocity II near Khurda on the NH 5
29.12.09 | Balasore-Baripada-Rasgovindpur-Jaleswar as a North Orissa hub: work in progress
28.12.09 | Orissa’s future airport plans
28.12.09 | 800 acres needed for airport in Jharsuguda; Work for a new 150 crore terminal in Bhubaneswar to start in April 2010
28.12.09 | Orissa may be among the top states in India in implementing the historic Forest Rights Act, 2006, which seeks to restore the land rights to the indigenous population
28.12.09 | Central Government Industrial Package for KBK could be the answer
27.12.09 | How does ASOCHAM classify cities to Tier I, II and III?
25.12.09 | Regional air carrier from Orissa expected to fly in six months
24.12.09 | My thoughts on proposed high speed rail corridors in India
24.12.09 | Orissa plans to set up a forest academy
23.12.09 | Orissa related excerpts from Indian Railways Vision 2020 document
23.12.09 | Orissa misses out a lot in the expressway masterplan; Orissa government mostly to blame
22.12.09 | Self Help Groups (SHGs), Mission Shakti and TRIPTI
22.12.09 | Minimun wage for domestic workers in Orissa
21.12.09 | New model of Puri Station: From Dharitri
20.12.09 | 558 Kms of single lane highways in Orissa to be two laned funded by a world bank loan
20.12.09 | Wall hanging with Konark in Sambalpuri design overwhelms the President of India: Samaja
20.12.09 | Samaja on Dhanu Jatra in Bargarh
19.12.09 | Hyderabad House opens in Xavier Square Bhubaneswar; take away outlets to come up in more locations in the city
18.12.09 | 290 bed Apollo Hospital to open in Bhubaneswar in February 2010: Dharitri
18.12.09 | MP Pyari Mohapatra bats for Khurda-Balangir line in Rajya Sabha
17.12.09 | Mural painting taken up on a high priority basis in Cuttack: Samaja
17.12.09 | Orissa MPs raise various issues in the parliament
16.12.09 | Three mini-clusters proposed: Granite custer in Berhampur; Sponge Iron cluster in Bonai Rourkela; Handicraft cluster in Khurda
15.12.09 | Roltas to prepare masterplan for Kalinganagar and 161 villages: Samaja
12.12.09 | International standard tennis academy to come up in Bhubaneswar: Dharitri
10.12.09 | Current flight connectivity ranking of various urban agglomerations of India
10.12.09 | Kamat Hotels India Ltd (KHIL) redeveloping properties in Puri, Konark and Chilika
09.12.09 | Modern Terminal Market Coming up in Sambalpur; MP Amarnath Pradhan claims credit
07.12.09 | A short history of Oriya printing: op-ed from Dharitri
07.12.09 | Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT), a sub-component of JNNURM covers all towns and cities as per Census 2001 excepting 63 cities covered under JNNURM
06.12.09 | RVNL seems to be taking up Buramara-Chakulia new line with upgradation of Rupsa-Buramara
06.12.09 | Berhampur CDP to comprise of 317 sq. km. – to be ready in six months / Tender for Rourkela CDP
06.12.09 | Orissa RTI website is http://rtiorissa.gov.in/
06.12.09 | Kudos to MP Srikant Jena for getting 51 crores for the Balasore plastic cluster
05.12.09 | Kudos to MP Bhakta Das for getting 188 crores allocated for Kalahandi and Nuapada highways: Samaja
05.12.09 | Orissa needs to better spent its NREGS and Indira Awas allocation
05.12.09 | Sahitya Academy fellows from Orissa: Poet Ramakanta Rath is the latest
04.12.09 | Orissa should pursue health institutes in rural areas through NRHM
03.12.09 | Indrani Patnaik Mines and Triveni Earth Movers charged by Orissa government for illegal mining
02.12.09 | Some good Orissa related web sites and blogs; please suggest others
02.12.09 | Bargarh and Sonepur among the 20 pilot Handloom Clusters of India
02.12.09 | NALCO plans an aluminum smelter and a captive power plant in Jharsuguda with investment of 16,435 crores
29.11.09 | About 10 km of new lines will create a much shorter rail connection between Rourkela and Barbil
27.11.09 | Satus of application for Bauxite mining by the Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) through Vedanta in Kalahandi and Rayagada districts
27.11.09 | Five interested for making port in Barunei Muhana, Kendrapada
27.11.09 | Trains to Parlakhemundi and Gunupur one step closer: Samaja
25.11.09 | Assotech to bring Radisson hotel to Bhubaneswar; Maize processing complex proposed for Nabarangpur
25.11.09 | Bande Utkala Janani rendering by OTV
25.11.09 | Pragyan Ojha is the third Odia to play test match for India and first Odia to play all three forms (test, one-day and 20-20): Samaja
24.11.09 | Sangh parivar activists involved in Kandhamal riot: Zeenews.com
22.11.09 | Oriya cuisine in Bangalore and Pune
21.11.09 | J B (Janaki Bhallav) Patnaik appointed as Governor of Assam
18.11.09 | HLCA approves 4-laning of Sambalpur-Rourkela via PPP: Dharitri
17.11.09 | Orissa’s peeve with the center
16.11.09 | 51-49 joint venture Hydro-power projects in Orissa by NHPC and OHPC
16.11.09 | Ikat Handloom Park to be established at Baragarh: Dharitri
15.11.09 | Will Indian Railways listen to the planning commission?
06.11.09 | Existing, Under Construction and planned ports of Orissa
05.11.09 | Getting to the Gandhamardan Hills
05.11.09 | CM’s speech on “IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF SCHEDULED TRIBES AND OTHER TRADITIONAL FOREST DWELLERS (Recognition of Forest Rights) ACT 2006”
04.11.09 | Nrusinghanatha and Harishankar Temples in Gandhamardana Hills
04.11.09 | The Gandhamardan Hill range (of Baragarh and Balangir districts) of Orissa is a treasure house of medicinal plants
03.11.09 | Staus of Jharsuguda airport; Other airstrips in Orissa
03.11.09 | ECOR contact details for complaints regarding misconduct or bribery demand
01.11.09 | The Indian Railways Map from the new November 2009 TAG (Train at a Glance)
01.11.09 | Samaja reports that an RTI response allegedly shows that Essel Mining has mined much more than it was granted permission and in the process has looted Rs 2550 crores
01.11.09 | South Eastern Railway Timing changes in the new Time table: Ad in Samaja
30.10.09 | Intercity Trains from Bhubaneswar/Puri
30.10.09 | Villupuram â€“ Mayiladuthurai gauge conversion holds up the starting of Bhubaneswar – Rameshwaram train announed in 2007 budget; should be opened in Jan 2010
30.10.09 | PTI quotes an official: ESSEL company has allegedly left its leased mining areas untouched and has been illegally raising the iron-ore beyond its surface rights.
29.10.09 | ECOR Release on the new Railway Time Table effective Nov 1 2009
28.10.09 | US government 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom talks about Kandhamal violence of 2008 and its aftermath
27.10.09 | Samaja report on their meeting with IOC’s Sarthak Behuria about the progress in Paradeep
25.10.09 | Samaja feature on a project it suggests will have a great positive impact on Gajapati and Ganjam districts
25.10.09 | Foundation stone laid for Konark Knowledge (Bio-Tech, Pharma, IT) park in Andharua Bhubaneswar
23.10.09 | Aditya Birla group signs MOU to build a port in Chudamani, Bhadrak
21.10.09 | Orissa growth and development related headlines from our sister site in Twitter (August 20 – October 20 2009)
20.10.09 | Population calculation of the greater Berhampur area: By Abhisek
17.10.09 | Some thoughts on Aska-Kabisuryanagar and Bhanjanagar-Belaguntha area of Ganjam district: Ajay Sahu
16.10.09 | The greater Sambalpur-Jharsuguda area
16.10.09 | In Orissa, Ganjam district has the most number of urban centers
11.10.09 | Monuments of Orissa
11.10.09 | Tata Steel plans a 200 bed hospital in Kalinganagar
08.10.09 | Vedanta plans parks for downstream industries at Lanjigarh as well as Jharsuguda
04.10.09 | Top six metro areas of various states in India
04.10.09 | Milestones in Orissa history, 1800-2000: Samaja
04.10.09 | Utkalmani Gopabandhu’s Satyabadi magazine, the precursor of Samaja
30.09.09 | Samaja pictures of amazing Durga Puja pandals in Cuttack, Orissa
27.09.09 | Subernarekha Multipurpose Project (SMP) to be partly functional by the middle of 2010
27.09.09 | Status of JSPL Angul
25.09.09 | Orissa considering some Bio-mass and solar power projects
22.09.09 | Investment proposals in Orissa that are waiting for final approval
19.09.09 | NALCO in the spotlight: MOU with IDCO for a downstream aluminum park; gets mines in Andhra; plans abroad wrt Indonesia and Iran
18.09.09 | Land acquisition status of Talcher-Bimlagarh, Haridaspur-Paradip and Angul-Sukinda lines: Dharitri
16.09.09 | Sampalpur-Angul-Howrah Special: Should it be made a regular train?
16.09.09 | Various road development plans across Orissa: Dharitri
13.09.09 | Rural self employment training institutes planned in each district; Districts in Orissa among the 32 that have been approved
11.09.09 | Further steps towards a plastic park and plastic cluster in Balasore
09.09.09 | Dharitri: Trains on Naupada-Parlakhemundi from next month and upto Gunupur next year
07.09.09 | Beautiful blog with many postings on Orissa jungles and wild-life habitats
07.09.09 | Update on Infocity 2 in Bhubaneswar
07.09.09 | IOCL plans for Orissa; wind mills in Paradeep, new depot at Jharsuguda
07.09.09 | Update on new BPO and IT operations planned in Bhubaneswar
07.09.09 | Orissa cabinet approves proposed expansion of unit 3 and unit 4 of the Ib Thermal Power Station of OPGC
06.09.09 | Bhubaneswar among the top 6 mega destinations being developed in co-ordination with multiple ministries
06.09.09 | Roads, Bridges and other construction plans in Orissa
02.09.09 | Memberships of Orissa MPs in various parliamentary committees: From Dharitri
01.09.09 | Many interested in making a port at Barunei Muhana, Kendrapada
31.08.09 | Dhamara and Astaranga close to be chosen as the sites for the 2nd and 3rd UMPP in Orissa
27.08.09 | Rs 2037 crore projects cleared by state-level single-window clearance committee and investment of Rs 14,275 crore forwarded to the high-level clearance authority
22.08.09 | Prince Dance group from Berhampur wins the India’s Got Talent competition: links to their performances
20.08.09 | Orissa growth related twits from our sister site in Twitter
20.08.09 | News on some industry clusters that are in the works in Orissa: Plastic product cluster in Balasore, Engineering cluster in Mancheswar, Metallurgical cluster in Kalinganagar, Aluminum park in Angul
16.08.09 | SER to start Rourkela – Bhubaneswar Express soon; its expected impact
12.08.09 | Center to approve Ad Valorem royalty on non-coal minerals: Wall Street Journal
11.08.09 | Proposed Solar SEZ by Lanco Solar gets in principle approval
01.08.09 | Food park to come up in Malipada and Digapahandi: Samaja
31.07.09 | Rs 31,450 Crores needed to implement the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) of the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack region
28.07.09 | Proposed IT Investment region around Bhubaneswar
22.07.09 | Greater Berhampur urban area specified with area of 317 sq km and population of 513,760
20.07.09 | Economic Times on Jharkhand and Orissa
19.07.09 | MP Baijayant Panda’s speech when initiating his Underdeveloped and Backward areas and regions Bill 2009
19.07.09 | MP Baijayant Panda has introduced several private bills in the parliament; a great step
19.07.09 | Haka and Mainland China restaurants in Bhubaneswar; Group plans an entertainment and food park near Infocity
11.07.09 | New trains, frequency increases and extensions for Orissa in the 2009-2010 Railway budgets; unimplemented past announcements
09.07.09 | Vedanta a role model for other industries in Orissa; hope Jindal and others learn from it
09.07.09 | 2009-2010 Railway budget details – pointers to where to find them
04.07.09 | Dharitri’s facts and figures on Orissa in the Railway Budget
03.07.09 | Orissa in the 2009-2010 Railway budget – direct mention in the budget speech
01.07.09 | Jindal’s progress in Kalinganagar; should consider establishing educational institutions in Orissa
30.06.09 | Bhubaneswar at number 3 (among 17 cities in India) in ease of doing Business: World Bank
28.06.09 | 8 Bio mass power projects approved by Orissa government
26.06.09 | Army base to come up in Amarda, Mayurbhanj
24.06.09 | Vipul plans to invest 80-100 crores for a 4-star hotel in Bhubaneswar
23.06.09 | Will center institute Ad Valorem royalty soon?
21.06.09 | Tata shortlists Singapore based Jurong for developing the masterplan for its SEZ in Gopalpur
17.06.09 | Orissa has 98% of India’s chromite deposit; only 3.27% explored
16.06.09 | Srikant Jena: Overcoming obstacles at various stages (A Samaja portrait)
15.06.09 | Cosmopolis in Bhubaneswar: Ad in samaja
14.06.09 | India needs an inclusive national alternative to Congress; BJP can reinvent to be that, but it needs to drastically change its track
13.06.09 | Talcher FCI revival; a good first step for Srikant Jena but he needs to get the Paradeep PCPIR approved and establish a NIPER in Orissa
13.06.09 | Orissa’s debt burden is at 50,000 crores now: Samaja
13.06.09 | Budget details and its analysis in a Samaja Editorial
12.06.09 | Using National Waterways 1 and 5 one can go from Talcher to Allahabad
09.06.09 | Governor’s address to OLA: Where Orissa stands and what was achieved during the last five years (Samaja)
06.06.09 | Updates on Vedanta operations in Orissa
04.06.09 | Excerpts from the Presidents’ speech to the new parliament on 4th June 2009
04.06.09 | Bhavna Pani is Bharati in “Bharati: the wonder that is India”
03.06.09 | BHEL second unit to open in Trichy
02.06.09 | Road broadening plans for Bhubaneswar – Samaja
01.06.09 | An afternoon-evening trip to Chandaka-Dampada Sanctuary
01.06.09 | Rourkela MLA and minister of state is in the right track; time for a CDP and a greater Rourkela
31.05.09 | State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) clears many projects
28.05.09 | Orissa (outside of Kandhamal) voters not fooled by hatemongers; unfortunately that is not the case in Mumbai and Bangalore
28.05.09 | Manmohan’s 2nd innings also starts with humiliating Orissa
28.05.09 | History of Parlakhemundi light railway: Indian Express
27.05.09 | List of central ministers and their portfolio
26.05.09 | Similpal among 22 new biospheres named by UNESCO
25.05.09 | Ten different power plants are being established in Dhenkanal district: Samaja worries about the impact on the environment
23.05.09 | Dharitri group picture of BJD MPs
23.05.09 | Short biography of Orissa ministers: Samaja
22.05.09 | Jindal asked by the high court to give extra electricity to the state: Dharitri
22.05.09 | Portfolio of Orissa ministers: Dharitri
21.05.09 | Jay Panda writes about the secret behind Naveen’s success
21.05.09 | Cuttack Municipal Corporation Contact Information (hours and locations): ad in Samaja
21.05.09 | Which party received how many votes: list from Samaja
21.05.09 | List of 20 Orissa ministers: Dharitri
20.05.09 | Cleaning of polluting mines in Orissa
19.05.09 | Naveen seen as non-whimsical, a man of principle, a man who keeps his words and means what he says
18.05.09 | Orissa Lok Sabha results: Who got how many votes? (From Dharitri)
18.05.09 | Orissa assembly results: Who got how many votes? (From Dharitri)
17.05.09 | Upgrading the Wild Animal Conservation Center in Sambalpur to a Zoo
17.05.09 | Modi’s introduction to Orissa – a spectacular failure (Thank God)
17.05.09 | Opposition parties pursued the right approach in Kalahandi; almost.
17.05.09 | The pictures of the winners in Orissa assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies: Dharitri
17.05.09 | Winners of Orissa assembly seats (from Samaja)
16.05.09 | KBK Poll Graphics of various party positions
16.05.09 | The Six Congress MPs from Orissa; their potential to become central ministers
16.05.09 | Orissa shows to BJP that it does not buy its agenda
16.05.09 | Comparing 2009 and 2004 election results; Orissa’s position
16.05.09 | Early results look good for Orissa’s interest
13.05.09 | More exit polls; Dharitri says that BJD would be in a good bargaining position for Orissa
13.05.09 | Times Now Exit Poll Lok Sabha projections for Orissa: Congress 9, BJD 8, BJP 4
12.05.09 | IOC ties up funding for its Rs 29,777 crores refinery in Paradeep
11.05.09 | Rs 13,381 crore investment proposals for Orissa in January
11.05.09 | Center agrees in principle to set up an army base in Orissa and is considering an Air Force squadron or unit in Charbatia: Dharitri
09.05.09 | Greenroofing towns and cities in Orissa and India: collection in progress
09.05.09 | Large scale forestization planned in Orissa and planting of 10,000 Ashoka trees planned for Bhubaneswar: Samaja
09.05.09 | Orchid brand hotel coming up in Konark
09.05.09 | Status of Tata Steel in Kalinganagar: Samaja
09.05.09 | IED to establish three food processing centers in Orissa: Hospitality Biz
08.05.09 | The importance of the third front in getting rid of the communal party of India
08.05.09 | Some Oriya delicacies and their regional origins
06.05.09 | Dhinikia Gram Panchayat has spoken; POSCO should stay away from Dhinikia; Both pro and anti POSCO people should shun violence
05.05.09 | Orissa needs to avoid going the West Bengal way
04.05.09 | Paramount Airways plans to connect Bhubaneswar in 2009-10
04.05.09 | Orissa farmers buy tractors, power tillers and combine harvesters in record numbers
02.05.09 | Opposition parties of Orissa must change their stratgeies
29.04.09 | Post ballot predictions on the elections: collection in progress; make your own prediction
27.04.09 | Naupada-Parlakhemundi broad gauge trial run is successful: Samaja
26.04.09 | New poultry operation in South Orissa; Three Sub-ordinating offices of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Diarying are in Orissa
26.04.09 | Cold storage and distribution channel can make Orissa self-sufficient in fruits and vegetables: Samaja
26.04.09 | Village water and sanitation hotline 1-800-345-6770
25.04.09 | Naupada-Parlakhemundi broad gauge ready for trial run
22.04.09 | Rediff’s interview with Sam Pitroda: He would like Dr. Singh to come back as the PM
19.04.09 | OMC and Vedanta joint venture South-West Orissa Bauxite Mining Private Ltd. is in the process of being formed
19.04.09 | Karan Thapar interviews Naveen Patnaik
16.04.09 | Possible locations for two more UMPPs in Orissa
14.04.09 | Another NIT Rourkela graduate running from Saraskana (Mayurbhanj)
13.04.09 | Happy 61st Birthday Bhubaneswar (April 13) : Sambada
11.04.09 | BJD, BJP and Congress candidate list for assembly and parliament elections
08.04.09 | BJP candidate Ashok Sahu is reported to have said: â€œWhat happened in Kandhamal is no reason to be ashamed about, at least not for me. Today Kandhamal symbolizes Hindu culture.â€
08.04.09 | Baidya Sing’s election symbol is Baloon
07.04.09 | Naveen harps on central neglect with respect to mineral royalty and Railways; hope those will be his first priorities after the elections
07.04.09 | Is Jindal Steel of Kalinganagar trying to cheat Orissa? – Sambada
07.04.09 | Rohit Pujari’s methodical approach towards his Sambalpur constituency
06.04.09 | BJD speaks out on Narendra Modi and elaborates on how both NDA and UPA mistreated Orissa
06.04.09 | BJD’s not so convincing clarification on the Sura Nayak issue: Dharitri
06.04.09 | Samaja report on Congress manifesto
06.04.09 | Final Parliamentary Constituencies Candidates List for 1st Phase General Election, 2009
06.04.09 | How has Orissa done since the national reforms of 1991?
04.04.09 | BJD makes its case : Report from Dharitri
04.04.09 | Baidyanath Sing for the Karanjia Assembly seat
04.04.09 | Mega food parks proposed in Ganjam and Gajapati
02.04.09 | Kingfisher (re)starts flying Bhubaneswar-Hyderabad from March 29th
02.04.09 | New Air India uniform based on Konark sun temple motifs
01.04.09 | Performance in 2004 Lok Sabha elections in Orissa
01.04.09 | Congress leaders in Orissa humiliated by the bosses in Delhi
29.03.09 | Decision making style in current Orissa government – for Orissa to progress this must change
29.03.09 | How the parties fared in 2004
29.03.09 | Assembly constituencies of Orissa and links to their maps
29.03.09 | Krishna Beura slowly breaking into Bollywood as a singer
29.03.09 | KBK Poll graphics on past elections
28.03.09 | BJP in Orissa does not seem to have any real plans for Orissa; its only goal seems to be to teach a lesson to BJD
28.03.09 | The BJD-CPI-CPI(M)-NCP alliance may results in smart and compassionate Industrialization of Orissa
28.03.09 | Orissa Lok Sabha constituencies and their 2009 contestants
27.03.09 | Where is BJD vulnerable?
26.03.09 | Yashoda Cancer institute plans a hospital in Orissa
26.03.09 | In the Orissa context, What parties have done right? What have they done wrong?
26.03.09 | What outcome is good for Orissa in Elections 2009?
25.03.09 | My Initial Analysis of Elections 2009 in Orissa
22.03.09 | The outrage over voice vote
21.03.09 | Purabi Das writes on Cuttack
20.03.09 | Congress-BJD ad dwells: Does center means Congress?
20.03.09 | A UMPP at Bedabahal (Sundergarh district) Orissa
17.03.09 | Biweekly Sambalpur-Nizamabad express to commence March 23rd 2009
15.03.09 | Congress-BJD ad-wars on who deserves the credit for selling rice at Rs 2/kg to poor people
12.03.09 | Two coal-to-oil projects, costing $6-8 billion each, to come up in Orissa
12.03.09 | Pradeep IOC refinery contract awarded
10.03.09 | Water projects for Berhampur
09.03.09 | Global Hospital plans a 250-300 bed unit in Bhubaneswar: Sambada
07.03.09 | Two MPs from Orissa among the top 5 opposition MPs (TOI)
05.03.09 | High court asks center and state on loss to Orissa on faulty mine policies
03.03.09 | Naraj Station should be developed as an alternate access point for Cuttack
03.03.09 | Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) warns public to be careful when buying land and apartment: ad in Dharitri
02.03.09 | SMS to 9-77-33-00000 to get information such as PNR status using Google mobile
26.02.09 | How to complain to Press Council of India for unfair coverage?
26.02.09 | Ispat Express extended to Titlagarh
26.02.09 | Bilaspur Rajdhani experimentally extended to Howrah (for 3 months) with stoppages in Brajrajnagar and Rourkela
19.02.09 | Central ministers continue to treat central budget as their personal fief: When will they realize that they are ministers of India and not of their state or hometown?
17.02.09 | Tribute to Gyan Patnaik and Biju Patnaik: Pictures from Dharitri
16.02.09 | Odishabusservice.com: Site to book long distance bus tickets in Orissa
13.02.09 | Orissa in the 2009-10 interim Railway budget
09.02.09 | Orissa Cricket Academy established in Cuttack
08.02.09 | Youtube videos of the 13 Orissa sites in NDTV’s shortlist of 7 Wonders of India
08.02.09 | Beautiful Kalahandi: Samaja
08.02.09 | Promoting the neglected art forms of Orissa
08.02.09 | Vipul Gardens with 2, 3 and 4 bed room condos in Bhubaneswar
08.02.09 | More MOUs signed in the power sector
01.02.09 | Bhitarakanika, a Ramsar site of International importance, is proposed for a world heritage site
31.01.09 | GFT Technology to be used to arrest sea erosin
31.01.09 | World bank to give a loan of Rs 2200 crores to Orissa for roads and irrigation
31.01.09 | Mission Biofuels proposes to set up a Biodiesel refinery in Orissa
31.01.09 | Orissa plans to make its own thermal power plant
31.01.09 | Six laning of Chandikhol-Jagatpur-Bhubaneshwar approved
27.01.09 | Increase in tax revenue for Orissa
27.01.09 | Projects worth Rs 35,000 crores approved in power and steel sector
27.01.09 | Parks in the Bhubaneswar area
24.01.09 | A Spencer’s store comes up in Pal Heights mall Bhubaneswar
22.01.09 | Assembly constituencies and villages in the Orissa coast: from South to North
21.01.09 | Single window clearance for L&T’s power project in Dhamara and JSPL’s power project in Dhenkanal district
18.01.09 | Proposed road network in the Bhubaneswar development plan area
18.01.09 | Population of Bhubaneswar – Cuttack urban complex is 1.9 million in 2008
16.01.09 | Bamboo trade potential of Orissa
16.01.09 | State to propose for an army base in one of the backward and maoist affected districts: Samaja
16.01.09 | Unused DRDO land to be split between Dhamara port and Oceanic shipyard: Dharitri
08.01.09 | Progress on Jharsuguda airport
05.01.09 | Kalyan Jena mentions couple of new Railway proposals and approvals: Samaja
05.01.09 | Picnic spots in Orissa
05.01.09 | TCS opens Kalinga Park, a 1000 seat software development center in Bhubaneswar
05.01.09 | Mayfair Hotel group’s expansion plans
03.01.09 | Vedanta’s plan for Orissa
02.01.09 | Several four laning projects approved and their impact
02.01.09 | Deep Draught Coal Berth at Paradip Port on BOT basis approved
02.01.09 | Ad-valorem royalty rates for Uranium
01.01.09 | State funding to develop Puri as part of a mega tourist circuit
28.12.08 | Toursim potential of Cuttack: two articles and a picture from Samaja
28.12.08 | Nuclear medicine center comes up in Bhubaneswar
27.12.08 | Defense department objects to proposed port location(s) near Chandipur
26.12.08 | Natya Chetana impresses in National Theater Festival, Kolkata
26.12.08 | Two news on Gopalpur: port and SEZ
26.12.08 | Centre NOT to intervene in disposing of a companyâ€™s application for mineral concessions in case the State does not take a decision in the prescribed time limit
25.12.08 | Why so many want to establish ports in Orissa? Sambada asks
25.12.08 | Nine projects approved by the Single Window Committee
22.12.08 | MOU signed with Navayuga group for a port in Astaranga
21.12.08 | Orissa getting no tax from Bhushan Steel operations In Kantabania, Dhenkanal: Samaja
21.12.08 | Sanctuaries and national parks in Orissa
19.12.08 | Cruise boat inaugurated in Mahanadi Cuttack (picture from Dharitri)
19.12.08 | RSB Metaltech signs MOU with Orissa
19.12.08 | List of MLAs of Orissa in the 13th assembly
19.12.08 | TCS Software development center to be inaugurated on January 5
17.12.08 | Land requirement of various upcoming steel companies
16.12.08 | L & T receives order of 1372 crores for three plants in Orissa
14.12.08 | Samaja pictures of a boat house being built to ply on Mahanadi from Cutack
13.12.08 | JSW eyes making a port in Balasore district on the Orissa-W. Bengal border
12.12.08 | Port and cruise terminals proposed at Baliharchandi, Puri
11.12.08 | Ultratech USB outlets in Orissa (five already exist)
03.12.08 | Second Ayush group hospital with 200 crore investment planned for Bhubaneswar
02.12.08 | 30 crore Trauma care unit to be established in SCB: Samaja
01.12.08 | Bauxite deposits in Orissa: Samaja
30.11.08 | Factories will be required to hire 90% employees from Orissa: Samaja
27.11.08 | Inflocity II plans
27.11.08 | PPP projects in pipeline
26.11.08 | Kandhamal in perspective – my op-ed in livemint (The Business paper of Hindustan Times)
25.11.08 | HLCA clears more projects
23.11.08 | Chandragiri, Gajapati – an off beat destination
18.11.08 | Orissa seeks long term solution for Kandhamala problem: Hindu
17.11.08 | Airstrips in Orissa
15.11.08 | Oxford book shop in Jayadev Vihar Bhubaneswar
14.11.08 | Satkosia included as a tiger reserve as part of Project Tiger
13.11.08 | IMRS plans boutique hotel in Orissa
13.11.08 | Filigree hub in Cuttack
13.11.08 | Urbanizing Orissa and developing civil societies across Orissa – work in progress
13.11.08 | Dhamara port one third on its way
12.11.08 | Kanungo Institute of Diabetes Specialities (KIDS) coming up in Bhubaneswar
11.11.08 | Orissa govt. should not violate its own policies in granting mining leases to Arcelor Mittal (or any one for that matter) in advance
09.11.08 | Sambada and Samaja are top news papers in Orissa
09.11.08 | Mining exploration in Kandhamal to build infrastructure there?
07.11.08 | Dhamara shipyard promoters meet CM
02.11.08 | Sttel plants may trigger SME/MSE possibilities in Orissa
02.11.08 | Vedanta’s 300 crore township project near Jharsuguda to be comparable to RIL’s at Jamnagar
31.10.08 | 1000 crore upgrade to Paradip port
31.10.08 | Update on IOC’s Paradip project
31.10.08 | Latest news on Oceanic shipyard near Dhamara
29.10.08 | Bhubaneswar mentioned in “Best cities for Business”
29.10.08 | Bharat Biotech of Hyderabad selected to develop the Biotech-Pharma-IT Park in Bhubaneswar under PPP
28.10.08 | Prospecting of new iron ore mines
28.10.08 | MOUs for ports at Chudamani and Astaranga to be signed
25.10.08 | Vedanta has a good CSR advisory board
23.10.08 | Swosti Hotel group’s plan for Puri and Chilika
23.10.08 | National waterway Bill passed in Lok Sabha and Rajya sabha
22.10.08 | River Cruise planned in Mahanadi: Samaja
21.10.08 | Kharabela Swain, MP from Orissa, has the guts to point out Lalu Yadav’s partiality
16.10.08 | Thirteen projects cleared by Single Window Committee
16.10.08 | Integrated Titanium Complex in Chhatrapur
06.10.08 | Open letter to the Prime Minister
04.10.08 | Naupada-Gunpur railway line to be ready by March 2009: Dhartri
25.09.08 | Food park proposed in Malipada near Bhubaneswar
17.09.08 | 2008-09 Festivals and Fairs Calendar (organized by OTDC)
13.09.08 | Cactus park at RPRC Bhubaneswar
11.09.08 | Tangarpada auction: Combining financial and technical bids to determine the winner (Sambada)
10.09.08 | Auctioning of minerals is the way to go?
08.09.08 | Geetanjali gems and minerals proposes an SEZ in Orissa
07.09.08 | Orissa is the top investment destination state as per the CAPEX database
03.09.08 | Status of various Vedanta projects in Orissa
02.09.08 | Arcelor-Mittal aims for a captive port in Barunei Muhana, Kendrapada: Samaja
31.08.08 | Real Estate gets pricey in Bhubaneswar
22.08.08 | Travelcheck.in has a good collection of articles on Orissa spots
21.08.08 | Travel tales of Orissa: a beautiful blog of travels to various scenic places and temples in Orissa
15.08.08 | Orissa number three investment destination behind Gujarat and Maharastra
14.08.08 | Progress on Jindal Steel and power projects
13.08.08 | Orissa in Transition: From Fiscal Turnaround to Rapid and Inclusive Growth (Forthcoming World Bank Study)
09.08.08 | Supreme court allows bauxite mining by Vedanta/Sterlite
09.08.08 | Supreme court comes in favor of POSCO
09.08.08 | ADB grant for irrigation
06.08.08 | Hoteliers selected for the Shamuka beach project
05.08.08 | Fundraising for Jatin Das center of Arts In Bhubaneswar
05.08.08 | New lines under construction and under survey in ECOR
04.08.08 | Orissa government’s new policy regarding thermal power stations
03.08.08 | Calculating Indian Railways’ estimated profit from Orissa in 2008-09
03.08.08 | Indian Railways exploitation of backward and tribal areas of Orissa: confronting Railway Board Chair with the facts in Toronto
31.07.08 | Tata power and IOC join hands for a power plant in Paradeep
29.07.08 | Hop on – Hop off tourist bus to debut in Bhubaneswar from August first week: Samaja
28.07.08 | 3 Aluminum projects approved by SLSWCA
27.07.08 | Update on Chhatrapur Titanium-Dioxide project: Sambada
27.07.08 | Reliance to lease OSRTC land
27.07.08 | NGTech to invest 1200 crores in IT and BioTech in Bhubaneswar
27.07.08 | JSW to set up port in Orissa.
23.07.08 | Tatas, Reliance and ADAG after coal to diesel project in Orissa
23.07.08 | Nandankanan is one of the five selected for reviving threatened species: Samaja/tathya
23.07.08 | Hydroelectric proposal for Baitarani river: Sambada
23.07.08 | Various port proposals in the pipeline: Sambada
21.07.08 | World bank loan for several projects
19.07.08 | Oil rig and two cold rolling mills proposal cleared
17.07.08 | CM pursues various rail projects in Delhi
16.07.08 | Vedanta’s R & R package in Lanjigarh, Kalahandi
16.07.08 | Integrated Sewarage system in Bhubaneswar
16.07.08 | Status of thermal power plants
13.07.08 | Local industries to contribute in upgrading Angul-Chhendipada road
13.07.08 | New mineral deposits discovered: Pragativadi and Sambada
11.07.08 | Orissa plans to augment National Waterway 5 with additional river routes
11.07.08 | Beautifying Bhubaneswar — the murals of Bhubaneswar
10.07.08 | Bhubaneswar ITIR of 40 sq km : IL & FS to prepare DPR
09.07.08 | Orissa govt. action on the National Waterway 5
08.07.08 | Who has how much land at Infocity 1 of Bhubaneswar: Dharitri
08.07.08 | Land acqusition problems for the Sipasaruballi tourism project: Sambada
08.07.08 | Pursuing world bank loan for two-laning Jagatpur-Chandbali-Anandpur-Bhadrakh-Andapur and Berhampur-JK Pur: Sambada
03.07.08 | Orissa map showing tourist destinations
03.07.08 | National Highways and State Highways in Orissa: a map
03.07.08 | Orissa map: Urban areas and blocks of Orissa
03.07.08 | Venezuala interested in a stake in IOC’s Paradeep refinery
02.07.08 | Aluminum park (Angul), Food Park (Khurda) and Timber park (Paradeep): Sambada
02.07.08 | CM writes to planning commission about Textile Park: Sambada
29.06.08 | Update on World Class station in Bhubaneswar
29.06.08 | ECOR and SER Timetable changes relevant to Orissa
22.06.08 | Some progress in the Jharsuguda airport front: Samaja
21.06.08 | Proposed Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) for Bhubaneswar
19.06.08 | Tharoor interested in setting up India’s first ever welded stainless steel and duplex pipe manufacturing facility in Orissa
19.06.08 | … Build the first distribution park in the steel industry of Orissa …
15.06.08 | Natural beauty of Laxmipur in western Orissa: Telegraph
13.06.08 | Four roads on PPP basis
12.06.08 | Railway Budget 2008-09: Few highlights in Odisha context
12.06.08 | Bhubaneshwar-Puri-Chilka Tourist Circuit among the three circuits sanctioned for 84.74 crores
11.06.08 | Orissa district ranks second in NREGS implementation
10.06.08 | Uncetainty over construction of Talcher Bimalagarh Railway Line
08.06.08 | National Highway map in jpg: converted from the map in wikipedia
05.06.08 | Orissa attracts maximum investment in Q4
05.06.08 | NALCO’s 40,000 crore investment plan
05.06.08 | Proposed ports in Inchudi, Bahabalpur and Chandipur wait for DOD approval
04.06.08 | Eight steel and power projects approved by high level committee
04.06.08 | High level committee approves PCPIR and consents to state investment of 2700 crores
04.06.08 | Apeejay Shipyard proposal cleared by the high level clearance authority
31.05.08 | Three world class agricultural terminals to be built in Orissa: Samaja
31.05.08 | Universities and university level Institutes in the greater Bhubaneswar area: existing and upcoming
31.05.08 | CM writes to PM for Ad Valorem rates on minerals: Samaja
30.05.08 | Progress on Astaranga and Kirtania ports: Dharitri
29.05.08 | Infosys plans for a 500 crore investment in Bhubaneswar
29.05.08 | Tatas plan a rural BPO in Kalinganagar
29.05.08 | Inland water transport plan: Pioneer
29.05.08 | IIT Madras suggests alternatives to Orissa port hurdles: Dharitri
28.05.08 | Puri-Bhubaneswar-Konark-Chilika among the 20 select tourist sites
28.05.08 | IDCO and Raheja sign MOU for an Mindspace type IT park
26.05.08 | Narayani: Samaja
24.05.08 | Aman resorts scouting for land to set up a resort in Orissa
23.05.08 | Fiscal situation of Orissa
23.05.08 | Plans for the Kalinganagar area
23.05.08 | Tehelka interview with Finance minister: some relevant excerpts
23.05.08 | Tiger reserve in Sunabeda approved