Necessary Illusions of the Indian Prime Minister

Originally published under Pattanayaks personal column My Undefined Track in www.saswat.com, this article carries observations that seems similar to what majority of Indians certainly feel. Patriotic conscience speaks through this article. Hence I call upon all, who, despite desire to say, could not coin appropriate words to say what should they have said, to [...]

REVENUE COLLECTION REVIEWED: TAX EVATION GOES ON

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak

Orissa revenue collection target may not be achieved if staff crunch is not removed. Ms. Rajalaxmi, Principal Secretary of Commerce & Transport Department apprised the Finance Minister of this when he took up a revenue of revenue collection in the State Secretariat last afternoon.
In the name of reform, the state Government has curtailed [...]

SERIOUS ALLEGATION AGAINST ORISSA CHIEF MINISTER

The NEWS Syndicate
Orissas highest circulated newspaper Sambad has raised a serious allegation in its July 27 edition against Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik that warrants urgent attention.
It brings Naveens role as Union minister of Steel and Mines into question.
When he was the central minister, he subjected the Public Sector NALCO to a 300 crore loss in [...]

HONDA SHOWROOM AT BHUBANESWAR EXPERIENCES PUBLIC WRATH

The NEWS Syndicate

Gurgaon is around 1800 KMs away from Bhubaneswar; but the oppression perpetrated by the Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) on its workforce through Haryana Police, reported in these pages, has stirred conscious people of Bhubaneswar to come out strongly in support of the victims of the Japanese Company.
Hundreds of general public instantly [...]

HONDA-HARYANA NEXUS BRUTALIZES WORKERS

OrissaMatters Bureau
New Delhi:
Police atrocity is so rampant in India that majority of human right cases come from custodial offences. But what the Haryana police did on July 25 has shown that the khaki clad hounds not only can brutalize human rights but also can thwart rights of the nation to have a fairly living [...]

ROCK OF MARS NAMED AFTER ORISSAS DANCE FORM

The NEWS Syndicate
Rocks discovered by Spirit Rover, currently engaged in exploration on Mars surface, are being given names that are held in high esteem in public perception.
Agencies reporting Dr Steve Squyres, Principal Investigator of the NASA’s Mars mission, have informed that NASA has named one such rock as Odissi, the world famous classical dance form [...]

PEOPLE PERISH UNDER PROJECT INDUCED POVERTY

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak

Orissa Government is busy in distributing mines to companies from outside States and even to foreign companies such as POSCO. But the people displaced in the process are perishing under utter negligence. The Revenue Secretary T.K.Mishra, admitted before the Assembly Committee that the mining dependent Companies are not adhering to Resettlement & Rehabilitation [...]

PEOPLE PERISH UNDER PROJECT INDUCED POVERTY

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak

Orissa Government is busy in distributing mines to companies from outside States and even to foreign companies such as POSCO. But the people displaced in the process are perishing under utter negligence. The Revenue Secretary T.K.Mishra, admitted before the Assembly Committee that the mining dependent Companies are not adhering to Resettlement & Rehabilitation [...]

IN WHAT SORT OF HANDS THE STATE HAS FALLEN?

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
Private practice in Government Hospitals!
Dont be astonished.
Government of Orissa has legalized it by enforcing Pay Clinic Scheme in Government Hospitals.
As is reported in these pages earlier, the Scheme was postponed in view of massive mass opposition. But, the Government has refused to respect public opinion and has lunched the scheme on July 15 [...]

DELIMITATION MUST BE DONE DEMOCRATICALLY: ORISSA

OrissaMatters Bureau
New Delhi:
The all-party Orissa committee has questioned the logic of abolishing 20 assembly constituencies and creating an equal number of new ones during its discussion with the Delimitation Commissioner, Justice Kuldeep Singh, on July 13 here and raised objections over the process and methodology followed for reorganising constituencies for State as well as [...]