Orissa

India test fires Shaurya missile

India test fires Shaurya missileBalasore (Orissa), Nov.

Arcelor-Mittal to submit its DPR for Orissa project

Arcelor-Mittal to submit its DPR for Orissa projectWorld's largest steel maker Arcelor-Mittal will submit its detailed project to Orissa government soon. And also the company would proceed in a phased manner to implement its Orissa project.

Company's Chief Executive Officer (India) Vijay Bhatnagar said that the detailed project report is ready and an expert panel is going to examine it.

"Once the study by the technical experts is over, the DPR will be submitted to the state government," Mr Bhatnagar informed.

Threat letter to father Chennath

Threat letter to father ChennathThe Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Archbishop, Raphael Cheenath, has said that he is facing a threat to his life after the killing of Swami Laxmananda Saraswati and violence that followed it.

"I received an anonymous letter from some Hindu youth organisation which threatened to eliminate me," Archbishop Cheenath said.

He met Chief Minister Naveen Pattanaik on Monday. He told that he had informed the CM about this threat.

The letter came to him in Last week of August.

Swami Laxamananda Saraswati's was brutally killed in Kandhamal district on August 23.

Court directive to Nun to appear for TIP on 19th

Court directive to Nun to appear for TIP on 19thBaliguda court in Orissa Monday directed the nun, who was allegedly raped in Kandhamal, to appear for test identification parade on 19 November.

“The nun had sought one month’s time through her lawyer from the court citing that the she was ill and could not come,” assistant public prosecutor B. Loknath Dorai said.

“However, the court of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate Dola Gobinda Barik at Baliguda re-fixed the date to Nov 19 rejecting her plea for one month’s time and directed the nun to attend the legal procedure on scheduled date,” Dorai said.

Christian leaders meet Orissa CM, discuss Kandhamal riots fallout

Orissa on the top in terms of Communal Violence in the countryBhubaneswar (Orissa), Nov. 10 : A team of Christian leaders, including the Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Raphael Cheenath, met Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar on Monday, and reportedly discussed the fallout from the anti-Christian attacks in the state''s Kandhamal District.

Urging Patnaik to take additional measures to restore normalcy in the riot-affected district, the Christian leaders said that they wanted those who have fled to be brought back to their homes.

Police arrest four Maoists in Orissa

OrissaMalkangiri (Orissa), Nov 8 : The Special Operation Group (SOG) personnel of Orissa on Friday nabbed four Maoists, including three women, from Malkangiri district for their alleged involvement in several criminal cases.

The four Maoists were arrested during a raid on a Maoists training camp in Jakalkunda forest area, about 700 kilometers from Bhubaneshwar.

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