Government, Naxals reach pact; Alex to be released
Raipur: The
10-day-old hostage crisis involving IAS officer Alex Paul Menon,
collector Sukma, is all set to end in the next 48 hours as the
Chhattisgarh government and the interlocutors from the Maoist side
arrived at a consensus and signing an agreement in state capital Raipur
on Monday night.
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Chidambaram bats for NCTC ahead of CMs meet
NEW DELHI: Ahead
of the May 5 meeting of chief ministers, home minister P Chidambaram on
Monday raised the pitch for setting up of the National Counter Terrorism
Centre (NCTC), arguing that such a body would help deal with hostage
situations in a better way.
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Parliamentary panel slams govt for ammunition
shortage
After Gen V K
Singh pointed out critical shortage of tank ammunition in a letter to
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [ Images ], a parliamentary panel on
Monday pulled up the government
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Odisha CM asks Hikaka to relax, questions
Maoists's demand
Odisha Chief
Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday asked his party MLA Jhina Hikaka to
'relax' and questioned why the legislator should quit, as demanded by
the Maoists before his releaese on April 26.
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Odisha forests burning bright
BHUBANESWAR:
Forests in Odisha are burning in the scorching summer heat, literally.
Around 2,700 cases of jungle fires were reported in the state in the
past two months.
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Lawyers to observe western Odisha bandh on May 8
SAMBALPUR: The
central action committee (CAC) of the western Odisha bar associations on
Sunday condemned the recent arrest of lawyers and decided to observe a
western Odisha bandh on May 8.
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Odisha asks Posco to start welfare work
Bhubaneswar, May
01: A couple of months after Posco-India complained about the state
developing cold feet towards acquisition of land for the companys
proposed 12 billion dollar
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Measles kills four kids, affects over 80 in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: An
outbreak of measles has killed four children and affected over 80 people
- mostly young ones aged below five - in Odisha`s Rayagada district in
the past week, officials said Monday.
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Naveen rules out ministry reshuffle: Naveen
Bhubaneswar:
Ending all speculations over possible reshuffle in the three-year-old
BJD ministry, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday ruled out
any such move in this direction.
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Protest against honorary degrees by Berhampur
University
BERHAMPUR:
Several former student leaders, senior advocates and political leaders
strongly protested on Monday honorary degrees proposed to be conferred
on some persons by Berhampur University in the convocation to be held on
Wednesday.
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Nalco staff oppose alumina sale to Vedanta
ANGUL: Employees
of Nalco here have threatened to launch protests against the reported
move of the company to sell alumina to Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL).
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Anti-tobacco campaign during IPL
BHUBANESWAR: A
court in Jaipur recently summoned team Kolkata boss Shahrukh Khan for
smoking in public during an IPL match on April 8.
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Private hospitals to be governed by new norms
BHUBANESWAR: The
Odisha State Treatment Fund (OSTF) is set to be expanded to bring
private hospitals under its fold. The process of evaluation of the
private hospitals will soon go underway.
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Naidu panel interim report in a week
CUTTACK: The
Justice Naidu Commission of Inquiry into the spurious drugs/liquor
tragedy in Cuttack and Khurda districts in February is expected to
submit its interim report within a week.
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Telecom Commission to seek clarity from Trai on
key recommendations
NEW DELHI:
Offering a glimmer of hope to telecom operators, the sector's highest
decision-making body has refused to endorse regulator Trai's
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Govt bows to pressure, allows fresh cotton exports
NEW DELHI: Bowing
to pressure from the Congress party and some of its allies, the
government on Monday allowed fresh cotton exports and a panel of
ministers
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Swiss agree to provide tax info on liberal terms
New Delhi:
Switzerland has agreed to provide banking and tax-related information to
India even if the address of the concerned person is not provided by the
country.
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Govt can plug revenue leakage by banning carriage
fees, says broadcasting industry
NEW DELHI:
Industry sources have said that banning carriage fees in the new
digitisation of cable distribution regime wef July 1 is necessary to
ensure that government
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WHO calls for early treatment to stop HIV from
spreading
Any HIV infected
person should be given immediate treatment to reduce the risk of
transmission of the virus to his/her partner, suggests World Health
Organization.
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Pregnancy stress can affect baby's iron status:
Study
Newborns, whose
mothers experience stress during the first trimester of pregnancy, may
end up with a low iron content and poor health later, says a new study.
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Music therapy soon in govt hospitals
SHIMOGA: The
state government in association with the National institute of Mental
Health Sciences, Bangalore, has decided to revive music therapy in
healing in select government hospitals.
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TB institute confirms 8 patients resistant to all
known TB drugs
The National
Tuberculosis Institute (NTI) at Bangalore has confirmed that all eight
patients whose sputum samples for a re-test have show resistance to all
the known TB drugs (first and second line).
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