labour reforms will send positive signals
The NDA Government’s proposal to introduce new labour laws will attract foreign investments. If passed, it will boost foreign investor interest for manufacturing in India, one way to deliver on the millions of jobs needed Consolidation in the Bharatiya Janata Party reforms strategy is indicated by a new assertiveness. This, alongside...
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Uttarakhand suspense
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BJP demands Rs 10l to D’nal deceased farmer’s kin Dhenkanal: The BJP Dhenkanal district unit has demanded at least Rs 10 lakh as support to the family of deceased farmer Sadasiva Sahu of Dhenkanal district who had committed suicide due to huge crop loss and debt burden. The BJP said Sahu...
Farmers' suicide: B'pur body seeks impartial probe
Demanding an impartial probe into the farmers’ suicide cases in the State, the Manav Adhikar Suraksha Manch (MASM) gave a memorandum to the Ganjam district Collector at a public hearing meeting held near the Brahmapur Sub-Collector office on Tuesday. The rights activists complained that though Ganjam is an agro-based district, the...
Self-Help Cooperative Act repealed for illegal banking
Cooperation Minister Dr Damodar Rout on Wednesday said the State Government has repealed the Orissa Self-Help Cooperative Society Act 2001 after it got to know that several inter-State cooperative societies resorted to chit fund business in the name banking business after enactment of the Act. The Minister said this in reply...
3 held for K'handi coop bank bungling
Former Branch Manager, Bhawanipatna Central Cooperative Bank, Sadar Branch Dolagovinda Behera, former Supervisor, Bhawanipatna Central Cooperative Bank, Sadar Branch and at present Branch Manager, Bhawanipatna Central Cooperative Bank, Kesinga, Kalahandi Pradeep Kumar Mohanty and former Community Organiser and at present Executive Officer, NAC, Kesinga Motilal Sahu were arrested and forwarded...
Rail Roko in K'banji: Wagon factory demanded
Civil society organisation Right to Fight on Wednesday staged a Rail Roko at the Kantabanji station demanding setting up of a rail wagon factory in the district. The activists, supported by many other associations including the local traders’ body, sat on the tracks disrupting train services on the route. The Puri-Ahemadbad...
Thousands throng Tara Tarini for Chaitra Mela
Thousands of devotees from far-off places of Odisha and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh thronged the Tara Tarini Temple, a famous Shakti shrine, here located on the bank of the Rushikulya river on the occasion of the Chaitra Mela which began from the first Tuesday of the month of Chaitra. Braving the scorching...
Chakratirtha Int'l fest held in Puri
The Chakratirtha Bikash Parisada organised the third edition of the Chakratirtha Beach Trans Festival at the sea beach here last week. Art and culture lovers of the city got an opportunity to witness the performances of international level artists from Japan and Russia. Mahari dancer Rupashree Mohapatra performed on the occasion. Artists...
