-PTI Balasore, (odisha): Though the Crime Branch of odisha Police have launched state-wide raids on chit fund companies, other non-banking financial institutions and have arrested about 100 people, it was not sure about return of money to investors. "It is a complex issue. No specific commitment can be made on this matter as it involves many legal complications," additional director general of police (Crime Branch), B K Sharma told reporters here. Mr. Sharma...
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PM, Sonia may launch mobile tower project in Naxal-affected States-Sandeep Joshi
-The Hindu With general elections just a year away, the Union government is keen to project the proposed installation of around 3,000 mobile towers in nine Naxal-affected States as one of the major achievements of the the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government. For the Rs.3,000-crore project that would give mobile coverage to India's most backward districts and remote villages covering over 80 Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected districts, the DoT wants Prime Minister...
More »Tribals were paraded nude: odisha police
-New Indian Express The SP of Sundergarh district of odisha has admitted before the NHRC that a tribal senior citizen and three women were forced to walk nude in a procession to all the nearby hamlets of Kiralaga, a village under Talsara police station.The SP submitted his report after the NHRC issued notice to the DGP on a petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer and rights activist Radhakanta Tripathy in this...
More »Frontiers without doctors-D Thamma Rao
-The Hindu The south leads in the number of medical and nursing seats, with for-profit private colleges dominating the scene. It will take major capacity expansion in the government sector to meet WHO norms on access to health professionals. India has achieved major organisational and technological successes but the health system's performance is abysmal. This cannot be attributed to poverty. It is poor health that places India 134th in the Human Development...
More »Posco welcomes Supreme Court order
-The Hindu Bhubaneswar: Posco India on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's order in the Khandadhar iron ore mine case and hoped the verdict would expedite its proposed project in odisha. "We welcome the judgment by the Supreme Court on the Khandadhar mining case. Once we receive the copy of the full judgment, we will be in a better position to comment upon. However, we believe that this will significantly help to expedite...
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