Orissa heat wave toll rises to 31 May 11, 2009
BHUBANESWAR: The death toll in the heat wave sweeping across Orissa has risen to 31 on Monday, an official said ... Bhubaneswar recorded a high of 40. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Karat warms up to Patnaik May 9, 2009
BHUBANESWAR: With only the last phase of elections left on May 13, CPM general secretary Prakash Karat on Friday flew down to Bhubaneswar for talks with Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik on the chances of the Third Front forming a non-Congress, non-BJP government at the Centre, amid rumours that the BJD wouldnt hesitate to rejoin NDA if BJP emerges as the single largest party ... Prakash Karat flew down to Bhubaneswar for talks with Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik on the chances of the Third Front forming a... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Paramount set to recruit pilots May 5, 2009
It plans to add Shillong, Silchar, Imphal, Bhubaneswar, Ranchi and Cooch Behar to its network over the next year. Indian carriers have suffered a combined loss of Rs 10,000 crore last fiscal. (India Times)
Realtors making flats according to customer needs May 2, 2009
People are on buying spree in places like Gwalior, Mathura, Bhubaneswar, Meerut, and Bhopal. Rajeev Rai, vice-president of Assotech Group, says that their project in Bhubaneswar has seen excellent response in the last couple of months. (India Times)
Cyclone Bijli approaches Orissa Apr 16, 2009
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa government on Thursday alerted collectors of all coastal districts to remain alert as a severe storm formed in the Bay of Bengal may intensify and hit the state, officials said. "We have alerted the collectors of all coastal districts," Additional Special Relief Commissioner B Baral told IANS.. (India Times, India)
Sporadic attacks and steady turnout, plus all the news and comment as the vote unfolds Apr 16, 2009
1052 The BBC's Sanjaya Jena in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, says: Police have started taking refugees housed in government relief camps to polling booths. Christians were forced to flee from their villages after a spate of ethnic and communal violence last year. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Maoists shut down mine in eastern India, 14 dead Apr 13, 2009
Mon, 07:10 13 Apr 2009 GMT. Police said at least 100 rebels attacked a NALCO bauxite mine guarded by police in the mineral-rich state of Orissa late on Sunday. (AlertNet)
BJP nominee in hate speech row Apr 11, 2009
BHUBANESWAR: Ashok Sahu, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for Orrissa's Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency, was booked for delivering an inflammatory speech at a public meeting in the region where 38 people, most of them Christians, were killed during communal violence last year, police said on Saturday. "We have registered a case against Sahu. The matter is under investigation," S. Praveen Kumar, district superintendent of police, said. (India Times, India)
Orissa man ends life after losing job Apr 11, 2009
BHUBANESWAR: A 25-year-old man from Orissa, who had lost his job with a Mumbai software firm last year, committed suicide by consuming pesticide, police said here on Saturday. Prasanta Jena, a resident of Nian Gorada village of Puri district, lost his job last December due to the global recession. (India Times, India -- Community News)
COMMENT: One Cook Too Many Apr 10, 2009
Not much should therefore be read into his claims made soon after a joint NCP, BJD and CPM rally in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday that this tie-up was only Orissa-specific. Pawar stated in a press conference that, "as of now i am with the UPA, but i cannot comment on any alliance after polls.". (India Times, India)
Staines killer files nomination for Orissa assembly polls Apr 10, 2009
BHUBANESWAR: Rabindra Kumar Pal alias Dara Singh, convicted in the killing of an Australian missionary and his minor sons, filed his nomination for Ghasipura assembly constituency in Orissa, a top official said. Dara Singh, presently lodged in a Keonjhar jail, submitted his papers to the sub-collector of Anandapur through an agent identified as Netrananda Mahanta. (India Times, India)
Green group uses Nano to hit Tata on Orissa turtles Apr 8, 2009
According to Siddhanta Das, conservator of forests, Bhubaneswar circle, the mass nesting at Gahirmatha started on March 21 and continued till March 24. In these four days, around 1. (India Times, India)
French firm to redesign Mumbai CST Apr 5, 2009
Besides the Mumbai CST station, New Delhi, Howrah, Agra, Chennai Central, Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Pune, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mathura, Patna, Secunderabad and Thiruvananthapuram railway stations will also be developed as world class stations. Text. (India Times, India)
Staines killer files nomination Apr 5, 2009
Bhubaneswar: Dara Singh, serving a life term for killing Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two small sons in 1999, on Saturday filed by proxy his nomination papers as an independent candidate from Orissa's Ghasipura assembly constituency but these are likely to be rejected, an official said. "A man named Nityananda Mohanta filed the nomination paper on behalf of Singh," returning officer Surath Chandra Mallick said. (Sify.com, India)
'I am not part of a Third Front' Apr 3, 2009
Bhubaneswar: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar Friday said he was not part of the Left or any Third Front but did have an association with Orissa's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), which is Friday organising a rally he will now address over the phone ... "He cancelled his trip to Bhubaneswar because of some technical snag in the aircraft. He will address the gathering through telephone," BJD general secretary Damodar Rout said. (Sify.com, India)
If I ruled India Apr 1, 2009
CHANDRA MISHRA, 26, SOFTWARE ENGINEER, BHUBANESWAR, ORISSA. As prime minister my attention would be focused on education and infrastructure. (BBC News)
Red rampage in Orissa tiger reserve Mar 30, 2009
BHUBANESWAR/ BARIPADA: In their first major offensive inside a tiger reserve, Maoists damaged three forest range offices, set ablaze at least two motorcycles and beat up tourists and forest staff inside the Similipal Wildlife Sanctuary in Mayurbhanj district on Saturday evening. The Red rebels burnt down forest department establishments at Chahala, Dhudruchampa and Upper Barahkamuda, which boast of good animal presence and are located in the core area of the 2750 sq km reserve forest. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Helicopters attract voters in Assam Mar 29, 2009
Assam Congress party president Bhubaneswar Kalita and former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Mukut Mithi were excited seeing the crowd response and waved at them, little knowing that a vast majority of these people were there to have a look at the chopper carrying them. "Of course we came to the rally to have a look at the helicopter... the feeling is really great," Dhiren Ingti, an elderly peasant said as his face gleamed with joy even as his grey hair was ruffled with the choppers rotors... (Sify.com, India)
Three killed in Orissa cracker blast Mar 29, 2009
Bhubaneswar: At least three people were killed when a large number of crackers went off accidentally in a fireworks manufacturing unit in Orissa on Sunday, an official said. The explosion in Nuapalli village of Ganjam district, about 200 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, was so powerful that the house where the crackers were being manufactured collapsed. (Sify.com, India)
BJD, NCP talks on seat-sharing fail Mar 26, 2009
Bhubaneswar: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday said it would field candidates from one Lok Sabha and 10 assembly constituencies in Orissa after seat-sharing talks with the state's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) apparently failed. NCP state president Prasanta Nanda, however, said their list of candidates had the BJD's consent, even as party denied the claim. (Sify.com, India)
Judicial probe ordered into Orissa police firing Mar 23, 2009
BHUBANESWAR: A police officer has been suspended and a judicial probe ordered into an incident of police firing that left one person dead and several injured in Orissa's Dhenkanal district, authorities said on Monday. The officer in charge of the local police station has been suspended and Rs 100,000 ex-gratia payment has been announced for the family of the victim, an official statement said. (India Times, India -- Community News)
BJD cut 11-year-old tie in 11 minutes Mar 19, 2009
Bhubaneswar: Stepping up the attack on Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, BJP on Wednesday accused the BJD supremo of breaking the 11-year-old alliance between the two parties "unilaterally" in eleven minutes. Refuting Patnaik's allegation that BJP had broken the alliance, the saffron party's Orissa unit President Suresh Pujari said, "It took barely one minute for Naveen Patnaik to cut ties with us. It is ridiculous on the part of Patnaik to claim that BJP broke the alliance of 11 years in 11... (Sify.com, India)
Hindu leader shot dead in Kandhamal Mar 19, 2009
Bhubaneswar: Armed Maoists have gunned down a Hindu leader in Orissa's Kandhamal district, which witnessed communal violence last year after the killing of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, police said on Thursday. About 15 to 20 Maoists killed Prabhat Panigrahi in Rudiguma village on Wednesday night, District Superintendent of Police S Praveen Kumar said. (Sify.com, India)
Delimitation affects finalization of candidates in Orissa Mar 17, 2009
BHUBANESWAR: Finalization of candidates for the upcoming elections has become an uphill task for parties in Orissa as dozens of poll warriors find their traditional battlefields missing after delimitation of constituencies. Hit hard by delimitation exercise, which has not only abolished some seats but changed the nomenclature of several others by converting general seats into reserved ones and vice versa, many sitting Lok Sabha members as well as MLAs are hunting for new seats and alignments. (India Times, India -- Community News)
'Third front' in Orissa poll fray Mar 16, 2009
BHUBANESWAR: India's eunuchs have for long been fighting for recognition as the 'third sex ... There are over 15,000 eunuchs in the state, of whom about 2000 stay in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar ... A ray of hope came their way during the recent municipal polls in Bhubaneswar in December when around 30 transgenders staying at a city slum were included in the voters' list as female. (India Times, India -- Community News)
BJD not to support UPA or NDA: Naveen Patnaik Mar 14, 2009
BHUBANESWAR: Hinting that it was open to aligning with the Third Front after the Lok Sabha polls, the BJD has said that it will not support either a Congress-led or a BJP-led government at the Centre. ( ). (India Times, India -- Community News)
Mayawati to meet Third Front leaders Mar 14, 2009
But CPI general secretary A B Bardhan told reporters in Bhubaneswar that the Front will decide who would be the prime minister only after the elections. Speculation that Mayawati is insisting that the Front declare her prime ministerial candidate stems from her representative Satish Mishra's remarks at Thursday's public rally near Tumkur, around 60 km from here, at the launch of the Third Front. (Sify.com, India)
Orissa: Patnaik wins trust vote Mar 12, 2009
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday won the trust motion by voice vote in the assembly amid controversy as the opposition Congress and the BJP accused him of manipulating the victory. Governor M C Bhandare has sought the video recordings of the one-day special session. (India Times, India)
BJP-BJD split: Meet the man behind the math Mar 11, 2009
BHUBANESWAR: When an 11-year-old relationship breaks up, there is bound to be blame flying back and forth. But ask Orissa BJP workers what went wrong between the BJP and the BJD and they credit the split to one man: Pyari Mohan Mohapatra. (India Times, India -- Community News)
No decision on joining Third Front: BJD Mar 11, 2009
"I heard Gowda-ji on TV. But as of now, we are not committed to joining any front or alliance," BJD spokesperson Damodar Rout said over telephone from Orissa capital Bhubaneswar. "We have not taken up the issue at all. As chief spokesperson of the BJD, I am saying we are not committed to any front at this time," he asserted. (Sify.com, India)
BJP withdraws support to BJD Govt Mar 8, 2009
Bhubaneswar: The BJP late Saturday announced it was withdrawing support to the Orissa government headed by Naveen Patnaik of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) after their seat-sharing talks failed, ending their decade-old alliance. "Chief Minister Patnaik should immediately resign since the BJP and the BJD had fought the last assembly elections together," BJP Rajya Sabha MP Chandan Mitra told reporters here. (Sify.com, India)
Seat-sharing with BJD within 48 hours: BJP Mar 7, 2009
BHUBANESWAR: Optimistic about continuing the decade-old BJP-BJD alliance, BJP's special emissary to the state MP Chandan Mitra has said the seat sharing formula with the regional party for the coming Assembly and Lok Sabha polls would be finalised within 48 hours. Soon after his arrival on Friday night, the Rajya Sabha member held brief discussions with party leaders followed by preliminary talks with Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Maoists blow up a railway station Feb 28, 2009
Bhubaneswar: Maoist guerrillas on Saturday attacked a railway station and blew up its building in Orissa's Sundergarh district, police said. Nearly 100 rebels attacked the Bhalulata railway station, asked three employees to vacate the building and blew it up with explosives, Inspector General of Police Pranabindu Acharya said. (Sify.com, India)
India wedding party hit by train Feb 23, 2009
The accident, which involved a passenger train, happened at about 1600 local time (1130 GMT), some 300km (186 miles) west of Orissa's capital of Bhubaneswar, railway spokesperson GP Mishra said. "As the vehicle rammed into the Bolangir-Puri Intercity Express it caught fire, leaving very little chance for the travellers to survive," local police official BK Das told the BBC.. (BBC News)
Man found murdered in Kandhamal district Feb 21, 2009
BHUBANESWAR: A 40-year-old Christian man has been found murdered in Orissa's Kandhamal district, police said on Saturday. At least 38 people, mostly Christians, were killed in the district in communal riots last year. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Indian boy marries dog to ward off tigers Feb 19, 2009
BHUBANESWAR, India - An infant boy was married off to his neighbors' dog in eastern India by villagers who said it will stop the groom from being killed by wild animals, officials and witnesses said Wednesday. Around 150 tribespeople performed the ritual recently in a hamlet in the state of Orissa's Jajpur district after the boy, who is under two years old, grew a tooth on his upper gum. (MSNBC -- International)
12 hurt in Orissa landmine blast Feb 16, 2009
BHUBANESWAR: At least 12 security personnel were hurt Monday when their vehicle was blown up by a landmine blast triggered by Maoist rebels in Orissa's Gajapati district, police said. The landmine went off when the vehicle carrying the personnel of the Special Operations Group (SOG) was passing next to a hill near Andheri village in Gajapati, some 470 km from here. (India Times, India)
Probe ordered into Orissa rail accident Feb 14, 2009
Bhubaneswar: A high-level probe has been ordered into the train accident in Orissa's Jajpur district that claimed at least 15 lives and injured over 150, an official said on Saturday. "A high-level probe has been ordered to ascertain the reasons behind Friday's accident," JP Mishra, chief public relations officer of East Coast Railway, said. (Sify.com, India)
Fifteen die in India train crash Feb 14, 2009
Some 12 carriages of the Cormandel Express came off the rails soon after the train left Jajpur Road station near the city of Bhubaneswar, they say ... The accident happened near the town of Jajpur, some 100km (62 miles) north of the city of Bhubaneswar, officials say ... Rescue and medical teams from the Bhubaneswar headquarters of East Coast Railway were rushed to the accident site, officials said. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Nun rape: One more arrested in Orissa Feb 8, 2009
Bhubaneswar: One more person has been arrested in Orissa for his alleged involvement in the rape of a nun during the communal violence last year in the state's Kandhamal district, police said on Sunday. "Jayaban Digal, a resident of Sainpada village, was arrested on Saturday night. With the latest arrest, the number of people arrested in the case has gone up to 11," investigating officer DK Mohanty said. (Sify.com, India)
Local Weather Feb 8, 2009
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 02/08/09 07:15:32 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 89% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
India to get two more premier referral medical institutes Feb 7, 2009
In 2005, the government has five similar institutes at Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Bhubaneswar (Orissa), Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Patna (Bihar), Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Rishikesh (Uttarakhand). The five government medical colleges being upgraded are located at Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), Amritsar (Punjab), Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Nagpur (Maharashtra) and Tanda (Himachal Pradesh). (Hindustan Times)
Koraput hospital to offer ART services Feb 7, 2009
BHUBANESWAR: The district headquarters hospital at Koraput is all set to become the fourth health institution in the State to offer Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART) services to the HIV infected persons ... Work is on to open four more ART centres at the district headquarter hospitals of Angul, Balasore, Bolangir and Capital Hospital Bhubaneswar, Project Director of Orissa State AIDS Control Society (OSACS) Parameshwar Swain said. (Express Buzz)
Rebranded, Trident Hotels eyes W Asia Apr 1, 2008
Currently, the Oberoi group has seven properties to be rebranded as Trident Hotels in Gurgaon, Agra, Jaipur, Udaipur, Kochi, Bhubaneswar and Chennai. The new properties to come up under the same brand name are 436-room Trident Hotel at Bandra-Kurla in Mumbai, a 100 per cent EIH property, to be ready by the year-end. (Business Standard)
Orissa speaker quits over sex slur Apr 1, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Almost a week after an assistant woman marshal in the assembly accused him of sexually harassing her, Orissa speaker Maheswar Mohanty quit office on Monday ... Meanwhile, police managed to track down the assistant marshal, Gayatri Panda, to her village, about 50 km from Bhubaneswar ... "A long story cannot end in one go," said Bhubaneswar DCP Amitabh Thakur immediately after his men managed to trace Gayatri Panda, the assistant woman marshal of the assembly who has accused Speaker... (Times of India)
India sex claim speaker resigns Apr 1, 2008
By Sandeep Sahu BBC News, Bhubaneswar ... Police in the state capital Bhubaneswar have filed a criminal case against Maheswar Mohanty on the basis of a written complaint. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Genpact India's Orissa SEZ proposal rejected Mar 27, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: The much-awaited SEZ proposal by the IT giant Genpact India for setting up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) here was rejected by the Centre recently ... 7 acre in Bhubaneswar ... Sources said that the SEZ notifications had already been made for Jindal Stainless Limited at Kalinga Nagar for stainless steel and ancillary industries, DLF Universal's IT and Info Park at Chandaka Industrial Estate in Bhubaneswar and another IT SEZ at Chandaka Industrial Estate by the state-run Industrial... (India Times)
Centre acting unilaterally on mineral policy: Naveen Mar 26, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday came down heavily on the Central government for going ahead with the National Mineral Policy, 2008 without addressing the concerns raised by his government and the governments of other mineral-bearing States. Making a statement in the Assembly, Mr. Patnaik said the Union Cabinet had approved the draft mineral policy by ignoring the demands of the mineral-bearing States the same be shared with them before it went to the Cabinet. (Hindu)
What ails TB control in State Mar 26, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Every three minutes, two persons die of tuberculosis (TB) in India. More than a lakh women are driven out of their marital homes because of the stigma attached to the disease, while more than 3 lakh children have to drop out of schools unable to pay for their cost of education after losing their earning parents to TB.. (Newindpress)
Procedural delays hit Posco Mar 25, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: One step forward and two steps backward. This apparently is how Posco's proposed mega Rs 51,000-crore steel plant in Orissa has progressed for last three years. (Times of India)
5,000 turtles killed in 2007 Mar 21, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Despite a ban on fishing along Orissa coast, a large number of rare Olive Ridley Turtles were killed and their carcasses found scattered on the beaches from Chilika lake to Paradip port, official sources said. While conservation groups claimed that at least 12,000 turtles were killed from November 2007 till date, the state government put the figure at 5,000. (India Times, India)
Orissa seeks Centre aid to fight disasters Mar 19, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa government on Tuesday sought financial assistance of Rs 609 cr from the Centre to save the state from natural calamities caused by global warming. "Since it is a global phenomenon, Orissa alone cannot fight it out," Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Manmohan Samal said while replying to a debate on global warming in the state assembly. (India Times, India)
India Tribe Sacrifices Animals To Stop Mine Mar 18, 2008
BHUBANESWAR, India - An ancient Indian tribe opposed to an alumina refinery by Britain's Vedanta Resources has sacrificed dozens of chickens and goats in the hope their gods will prevent the firm's mining plans. Vedanta wants to dig open-cast mines in the Niyamgiri hills in Orissa state to feed an alumina refinery it has already built in the area. (Planet Ark, United States)
Sun TVs SFM to launch in Allahabad, Jabalpur Mar 18, 2008
SFM already operates in Chennai, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Visakhapatnam, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar, Tirupati, Madurai, Tuticorin, Lucknow, Bhopal, Pondicherry, Kozhilkode, Indore, Vijayawada, Varanasi, Tiruchy, Rajahmundry, Kanpur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Mangalore and Kannur. Sun will launch 18 more stations as it holds licence for 45 stations in India. (Indiantelevision.com)
Cholera-hit Indians 'face hunger' Mar 16, 2008
The cholera epidemic started in Kashipur, in Rayagada district, nearly 500km (310 miles) from the state capital, Bhubaneswar. Bookmark with. (Yahoo News -- India)
Now, foreign tourists heckled in Orissa Mar 16, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: In yet another case of harassment of foreign tourists in the country, miscreants abused and heckled an elderly Swiss woman and her brother recently ... They, however, lodged complaints with the Swiss Embassy, the Centre, the governor, the chief minister and the commissioner of police (Bhubaneswar). (India Times, India)
Tribals rally for tigers Mar 16, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Thousands of tribals in Orissa held a rally in Mayurbhanj district on Saturday to create awareness about the importance of protecting tigers, whose numbers are fast dwindling. The tribals, including women and children, marched through the streets of Baripada town in Mayurbhanj, some 250 km from here, raising slogans like "Save Tigers, Protect Environment". (India Times, India)
Rourkela steel plant to set record production Mar 16, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), a unit of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), is all set to establish new records in its performance during 2007-08. Official sources said here that the steel plant completed a sterling performance during February 2008 and also set up all-time best performance for the period April 2007 to February 2008 as compared to any corresponding period since its inception. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Recession in US economy to hit Indian budget projection: CPM Mar 16, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Warning that recession in the US economy would hit India and shatter its budget projections, CPM on Saturday demanded immediate halt to futures trading in all essential commodities to contain inflation and corrective measures for the stability of the Rupee. "In order to check speculation and inflation, futures trading must be stopped in all essential commodities though the government has removed pulses, wheat and rice from the purview of forward market due to our pressure," CPM... (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Critical care: Tech, drugs not enough Mar 10, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Do you think only setting up of state-of-the art critical care units across the State can solve the problem of trauma care delivery. Perhaps not. (Newindpress)
Rahul for more role for youth in politics Mar 9, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Youth should be given adequate representation in politics, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday, second day of his Discovery of India journey in Orissa. At a meeting at Gunupur in Rayagada district to pay tributes to his father and former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, Mr. Gandhi lamented that no party, including the Congress, had ensured sufficient share for youth in its ranks. (Hindu)
Turtles begin mass nesting Mar 6, 2008
The Rushikulya river mouth is around 175 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar. For more than a decade, the beach at the Rushikulya river mouth has been witnessing mass arrival of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles. (India Times, India)
WHOs report on tobacco epidemic concerns state Mar 6, 2008
Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, March 5: As many as 5. 4 million people per annum die due to tobacco, globally and the epidemic is getting worse, with more than 80 per cent tobacco-caused deaths especially in the developing countries will occur in the coming decades, observes World Health Organisation in its report WHO Report on Global Tobacco Epidemic", 2008. The report presents a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the state of tobacco use and control efforts across the world.... (The Statesman)
Cong keeps Rahul's 'Discovery of India' a big secret Mar 5, 2008
Bhubaneswar: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will be in Bhubaneswar after kicking off his ambitious Discovery of India tour from the most backward, naxal-affected KBK (Kalahandi-Bolangir-Koraput) belt on Friday. And with the indications of an early election after UPA's aam-admi Budget, Rahuls tour has got the election talk going in the party carders. (CNN-IBN)
Rahul to begin 'Discovery of India' Journey from Orissa Mar 1, 2008
Bhubaneswar, Sat, 1 Mar 2008 NI Wire. The path to become All India Congress Committee general-secretary for Youth and to further travel on it has not been so easy for young leader Rahul Gandhi. (Newstrack India)
