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Following is from a report in Odisha.in.

1st Day – 23.11.2007 (Friday)
Ø       Lighting the lamp at the lotus feet of “Sri Sri Jagannath Mahaprabhu” & declare the festival open – 5.30 p.m.

Ø       Veda Patha – by Students of Veda Karmakanda Vidyalaya,Puri

Ø       Sankh Dhwani – Subhashree Sankha Dhwani Kalakendra, Ganjam

Ø       Odissi Group Dance by Guru Naba Kishore Mishra & Troupe, Abartta, Bhubaneswar

Ø       Chadeiya Folk Dance – Subhashree Sankha Dhwani Kalakendra, Ganjam

Ø       Sambalpuri Dance – by Kala Vikas Kendra, Cuttack

Ø       Ranappa Folk Dance – Subhashree Sankha Dhwani Kalakendra, Ganjam

Ø       Chhow Dance by Mayur Art Centre, BBSR

Ø       Tribal Dance by Dist. Council , Boudh

Ø       Creative Dance Ballet by – Shri Krishna Cultural Academy, Puri

Ø       Inauguration by Shri Muralidhar Chandrakant Bhandare, His Excellency Governor of Orissa

Ø       Shri Maheswar Mohanty, Hon’ble Speaker OLA (Chief Guest)

Ø       Shri Deviprasad Mishra, Hon’ble Minister – Excise & Tourism (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Shri Debasis Nayak, Hon’ble Minister – I&PR & Sports & Y.S (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Shri Asit Tripathy, IAS, Commissioner-cum-Secy. Tourism (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Shri Gourahari Pradhan, Chairman Puri Municipality (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Dr. Mrs. Vaijanitmala Bali, Noted Actress (Guest of Honour)

2nd Day – 24.11.2007 (Saturday)
Dignitaries & Guests for the Evening
Ø       Odissi Dance Ballet – Kabita Dwibedi & Troupe, New Delhi

Ø       Kathak Dance Ballet – Keya Chand & Troupe, Kolkata

Ø       Folk & Creative Dances by Song & Drama Division, Kolkata

Ø       Sambalpuri Dance – Sanskrutika, Padmapur, Bargarh

Ø       Gotipua Dance by Konark Natya Manda

Ø       Danda Dance by Khedu Sahu & Troupe, Athamallik sponsored by Sankarcharya Pradhan, Angul

Ø       Creative Dances by Keya Chand & Group, Kolkata

Ø       Creative Dance Ballet – Swagatika Sanskrutika Sansad, BBSR
Ø       Sports Activities sponsored by Dept. of Sports & Youth Services, Govt. of Orissa

Ø       Country Boat Race among local Nolias(3.30pm), Flag off by Sri Pyari Mohan Mohapatra, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) & Sri Debashish Nayak, Minister, Sports & I&PR, Govt. of Orissa

Ø       Beach Volley ball -(Women) – 4pm & Beach Cricket (Girl) – 3.45pm

Special Attraction Para-Sailing (11.00 am to 5.00 pm).

MEGA NITE:
(Mrs. Hema Malini with Daughters Eesha & Ahana Deol)

Ø       Shri Pyari Mohan Mohapatra, Hon’ble Member Rajayasabha (Chief Guest)

Ø       Shri Prafulla Chandra Ghadei, Hon’ble Minister Finance (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Dr. Prasanna Patsani, Hon’ble MP- Loksabha (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Shri Tathagat Satpathy Hon’ble MP Loksabha (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Shri C R Pradhan, Chairman (NALCO) (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Shri Srimay Kar, Chief of Bureau – Indian Express (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Shri S C Patnaik, Secy, Sports – 3.30 pm & 6.00 pm (Guest of Honour)

3rd Day – 25.11.2007 (Sunday)

Ø       Odissi Dance Ballet  &  Braja Leela by Kunja Lata & Troupe, Venunad Kalakendra,Brundaban (U.P.)

Ø       Bharat Natyam group dance by – Kashmira Samanta & Group, Kolkata

Ø       Purulia Chhow, of West Bengal by EZCC, Kolkata,

Ø       Siddi Dhamal of Gujrat by WZCC, Udaipur

Ø       Bhangra Dance of Punjab by NZCC, Patiala

Ø       Folk & Creative Dances by – Song & Drama Division, Kolkata

Ø       Contemporary Dances by Kashmira Samanta & Group, Kolkata

Ø       Creative Dances by – Ritz & Amit Dance Academy, Angul

Ø       Sports Activities sponsored by Dept. of Sports & Youth Services, Govt. of Orissa

Ø       Women Beach Kabadi – 4pm. , Banati (Hoola) – 6pm.

Special Attraction Para-Sailing (11.00 am to 5.00 pm).
Ø       Shri Chandrasekhar Sahu, Hon’ble Union Minister of State – RD (Chief Guest)

Ø       Shri Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, Hon’ble Minister UD&PE (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Shri Baijant Panda, Hon’ble MP – Rajyasabha (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Shri Gopal Chandra Nanda, IPS, DG Police (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Shri Padmanabha Behera, Hon’ble Minister, Steel & Mines (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Shri Ravi Narayan Nanda, Director, Tourism (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Shri L N Pattnaik, Chairman Pollution Control Board (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Head of ETV – Oriya, (Guest of Honour)

4th Day – 26.11.2007 (Monday)

Dignitaries & Guests for the Evening

Ø       Orissa Dance Ballet  – by Guru Gajendra Panda & Troupe, Tridhara, Bhubaneswar

Ø       “Breath of life” in Odissi Style by Guru Chita Ranjan Acharya & Troupe, Bhubaneswar

Ø       Purulia Chhow of West Bengal by EZCC, Kolkata,

Ø       Siddi Dhamal of Gujarat by WZCC, Udaipur

Ø       Bhangra Dance of Punjab by NZCC, Patiala
Ø       Sports Activities sponsored by Dept. of Sports & Youth Services, Govt. of Orissa

Ø       Wrestling – 4pm., Body Building – 6pm.

Special Attraction Para-Sailing (11.00 am to 5.00 pm).

MEGA MUMBAI NITE
Amit Paul & Ankita Mishra – Indian Idol (3)

Ø       Shri Surya Narayan Patra, Hon’ble Minister, Energy, IT & Culture (Chief Guest)

Ø       Shri Manmohan Samal, Hon’ble Minister, Revenue (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Shri Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, IAS, RDC Central Zone (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Shri Sanjay Pattnaik, Chief Resident Executive, TISCO (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Director – Door Darshan, Orissa (Guest of Honour)

CLOSING CEREMONY
5th Day – 27.11.2007 (Tuesday) Dignitaries & Guests for the Evening

Ø       Odissi Dance Ballet “Sarad Rasa” by – Leena Mohanty & Group, Banshi Bilasha , Bhubaneswar

Ø       Purulia Chhow, West Bengal by EZCC, Kolkata,

Ø       Siddi Dhamal of Gujarat by WZCC, Udaipur

Ø       Bhangra Dance of Punjab by NZCC, Patiala

Ø       Nritya Vahar – A Dhiman Sankar Ballet Presentation, Kolkata

Ø       Creative Dances – by Habiba Dance Group, BBSR, Direction by Sarat Malia

Ø       Sports Activities sponsored by Dept. of Sports & Youth Services, Govt. of Orissa

Ø       Mal Khamb – 5pm., Rugby (KIITS – 4pm.

Special Attraction Para-Sailing (11.00 am to 5.00 pm).

Ø       Shri Maheswar Mohanty, Hon’ble Speaker OLA (Chief Guest)

Ø       Shri Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, Hon’ble Minister RD, Law, Industries (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Shri Ajit Tripathy, IAS, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Orissa

Ø       Shri Rashmi Ranjan Pattnaik, Collector, Puri (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Shri Asit Panigrahi, SP, Puri (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Shri S R Upadhya, Chairman-cum-MD, MCL (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Shri Indrajeet Mohanty, Hon’ble Justice-Orissa High Court (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Smt. Jagi Mangat Panda, MD- Ortel Communication (Guest of Honour)

Ø       Shri Sanak Mishra, Chief of Mittal Steel India Chaptger, New Delhi (Guest of Honour)

N. B.

||  Exhibition timing from 11.00 am to 10.00 pm  ||

||  Cultural Programmes daily starts at 6.00 pm  ||

||  Sports items as per timing mentioned each day  ||

Following are excerpts from an Odisha.in report on this.

• Existing channels: OTV and ETV
• Manoj Dash group had issued notice in the newspapers announcing that they have purchased all the stakes of MD TV.
  According to sources, Dash would soon go ahead with completing the necessary formalities with different ministries to launch his channel.

  It is likely to be a news-cum-entertainment channel in Oriya. However the promoters have so far not finalized the shape of channel. However, it would have its studio and office at Alaka Buildings in Unit-II of Bhubaneswar, from where the programmes would be up linked to the satellite from the tele-port already installed over the building.

• Pravat Kumar Mallick, promoter of Bhubaneswar College of Engineering, and Kaustav group of technical institutes has also made some progress towards launching an Oriya satelite channel named as Naxatra TV.

  According to sources close to the promoter, the channel will be basically a news channel and would also promote awareness about technical education. As a prelude to launching of the channel, the group have already launched  English and Oriya news portal Naxatranews.com, with eminent scribe Ashok Mohapatra as its editor.

• …, the only media house which has made some progress in planning for launching an Oriya news channel is Soumya Ranjan Patnaik’s ” Sambad ” group.
  

  After unexpected success of  ” Radio Chocolate ” FM Channel,  dreamer Patnaik seems to  be determined to  launch ” Sambad TV ” an Oriya satellite news channel.

  Since Sambad group is a professional group in production of newspapers , the news regarding preparations for launching of Sambad TV is likely to inspire many young journalists in the State.

Following is an excerpt from a report in Pioneer.

Eleven writers will be conferred with the Rajdhani Book Fair Award-2007 at the eighth edition of the fair to begin at the Exhibition Ground here on December 1. The award will be presented to Oriya litterateurs in the field of novel, poetry, essay, short story, translation, play, religion, science, travelogue, satire and children’s literature, said organisers of the fair on Thursday. The book fair committee will also publish a 700-page catalogue on Oriya publications from 1804 to 2007, titled Oriya Pustak Prakashan Soochi, which will be sold at Rs 50. Like previous years, all informative books on Lord Jagannath will be available at the entrance. A host of publishers, distributors and booksellers from the State and outside are expected to participate in the 12-day event.

Following is an excerpt from a report in Pioneer.

The modernisation works of the Biju Patnaik Airport at Bhubaneswar will soon be completed. A new terminal will be set up to accommodate the rising air traffic. At one time, eight A-320 Airbuses can be parked in the airstrips. The terminal building is in the planning stage and will be given a formal shape soon, sources said. Rs 20 crore has been invested to give a new look to the airport.

Meanwhile, the runway of the Airport has been increased from 7,500 feet to 9,000 feet. The parking system of the airport will be increased two times of the existing capacity. It may be noted that the inflow of air passengers have been increased a number of times.

Following is an excerpt from a  report in Tradingmarkets.com.

Tata Steel is likely to start the construction work of its greenfield steel project in Orissa within two months.

“We have got necessary clearances. Work to rehabilitate more than 1,200 families have been completed and now we are going to start the construction by the end of this year,” Tata Steel Kalinganagar project General Manager N A Ansari told PTI.

Tata Steel is seeking to increase the production of steel from 27 MT to 45 MT by 2015 and it will be achieved through greenfield projects, he said and pointed out, “Kalinganagar is the first such greenfield project undertaken by the company outside Jamshedpur.” Tata Steel is setting up a greenfield steel project in Kalinganagar, Orissa, to produce 6 MT of steel per annum and is investing Rs 18,000 crore in the project. The project is scheduled to be commissioned by mid-2009.

When asked whether there has been any delay in the project, he said, “We intend to go little faster, but there has been not much delay and these are usual things happens in any big project.

“We have already placed the order for more than Rs 5,800 crore worth of equipment and materials and all other things related to planning layout and estimates have already been done,” he said.

Speaking about the company’s investments in Orissa, he said, Orissa is one state where it has planned to invest more Rs 35,000 crore in various projects.

Following is an excerpt from a report in Hindu.

According to official sources, the Union Forest and Environment Ministry on Monday issued forest clearance certificate for setting up a Doppler radar at Paradip.

“We expect operation of the Doppler radar before the next cyclone season,” said Orissa’s Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) N K Sundaray. He said that the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) would set up the radar centre at a cost of Rs 20 crores.

“We have already placed order for the radar which would cost Rs 15 crores. The department would soon start construction of the building required for the purpose,” said S C Sahu, Director of the IMD, Bhubaneswar.

… While participating at a seminar here organized on the occasion of the national day for disaster reduction, Sahu said while analogue radar, now used for forecasting cyclone, roughly indicates the possible places where cyclone would hit, Doppler radar would pinpoint the exact location.

Describing Doppler radar as a boon for the people of cyclone prone Orissa, Sahu said the people could easily be evacuated from the possible place as it could be easily identified before 12 hours.

He said had there been a Doppler radar before 1999 in Orissa, the life of nearly 10,000 people could have been saved.

Sahu also pointed out that Doppler radar could also forecast hail storm and volume of rainfall to occur at a particular place.   

Following is an excerpt from a report on this in Asian Age. Economic Times also reports on this.

India is set to become a potential goldmine as investment announcements surged to Rs 1,75,629 crores for the months of August and September 2007. The bulk of this will go to the petroleum sector, especially in states of Orissa and West Bengal, says the Assocham Eco Pulse Study.

The study on ‘Investment Announcements’ for August and September 2007 found that of the total investments announced, the petroleum sector attracted the maximum number of investment announcements, totaling to Rs 53,300 crores with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and the Reliance Group, planning to mop up Rs 43,500 crores and Rs 8,000 crores, respectively.

Orissa attracted investment plans of Rs 55,800 crores, especially in steel and oil refinery capacity reflecting the high investment spree by the companies in the core infrastructure sector.

… The AEP tracked investment announcements made by 70 companies in the Indian private sector during August-September 2007 with investments plans ranging between two to ten years across various sectors like petroleum, steel, hospitality, real estate.

With major public private partnership projects in line, West Bengal is ranked second by AEP as the Indian companies made investment announcements worth Rs 31,200 crores in last two months. The major investors in the state would be Jai Balaji Industries, a Kolkata based steel company that announced capital expenditure of Rs 16,000 crores followed by IOC with Rs 14,500 crores and DLF Rs 700 crores.

Mumbai continues to remain the most favoured location by the services-based companies, which announced Rs 8,500 crore capex plans in areas of hospitality, entertainment and IT. Pune attracted Rs 1,334 crores investments making Maharashtra rank third with Rs 9,834 crores after Orissa and West Bengal.

Following is an excerpt from New Indian Express on this.

… Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has demanded that the royalty be fixed on ad valorem basis.

In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Chief Minister said that the manner in which the Centre is going to revise the royalty, the State will be a loser. The State has already sustained a huge loss because of two-year delay in the revision.

He urged the Prime Minister to compensate the revenue loss of the State and delete the provision of adjusting the cess collected by the State during payment of royalty. As per the Supreme Court ruling, the collection of cess by the State for the development of the people in the mining areas is justified, he argued.

Under the new ‘hybrid formula,’ the State will get Rs 10 more per tonne of coal which is nothing given the delay in the revision of royalty, he said.

As per the Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, the Centre is bound to revise royalty on coal and other minerals every three years. The Act provides that the State should be compensated accordingly for the delay in revision of royalty.

The latest revision was made on August 1 after five years, the Chief Minister reminded and urged the Prime Minister to compensate the State for the last two years.

I wonder if Naveen is referring to the supreme court judgment regarding Vedanta where the supreme court asks Vedanta to give 5% of its profits for spending towards tribal development and environmental safe guards.