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1) The worst-ever power crisis in Odisha continue unabated for the third consecutive day. The Gridco has attributed it to failure of three units of NTPC and TTPS to generate power. Most areas in Bhubaneswar and other parts of the state are…

1) The BJP made an issue of Rahul Gandhi taking a nap during the most important price rise debate in Lok Sabha today. The Congress went on a defensive to defend Rahul and said he was not sleeping, but listening to debate very carefully…

A day before presenting the Union Budget 2014-15, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has tabled the Economic Survey in Lok Sabha. According to the survey, the GDP growth is seen at 5.4 to 5.9% for the FY 2015. It said that domestic and…

Narendra Modi's key aide and the man behind BJP's spectacular success in Uttar Pradesh in 2014 polls, Amit Shah has been appointed as the BJP President. He will replace Rajnath Singh, who has now become the Union Home Minister. It was Amit…

Hosts Brzail suffered their worst-ever defeat in FIFA World Cup history without star players Thiago Silva (Skipper) and Neymar (who was injured in quarterfinals), as they lost to Germany 7-1 in the semifinals. The entire country plunged…

1) Odisha had sought Rs 3,160 crore in the Railway Budget, but received Rs 1424.98 crore. The allocation is much higher as compared to 2013-14, when Odisha had received just Rs 868.83 crore against the demand of Rs 3,050 crore. 2) Odisha…

1) The BSE Sensex shed 518 points - biggest single-day fall since September 2013, to close at 25,582.11 and the Nifty closed 164 points lower at 7,623. The fall in the Sensex was attributed to the Union Railway Budget 2014-15, although it…

The Odisha Minority Forum held an emergent meeting this morning at its office in Bhubaneswar and appointed Dr. Sasmit Patra as the Odisha Minority Forum’s President. The post of the President had fallen vacant after the sad demise of its…

As expected, the Union Railway Budget 2014-15 ignored the demands of Odisha. The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the state, failed to impress upon the Narendra Modi government to get the state's dues although it has 20 MPs in Lok Sabha and…

Union Railway Minister DV Sadananda Gowda presented Narendra Modi government's first Railway Budget, which talks about hopes, aspirations and development to make the Railways at par with that of other countries in the world. The budget also…