STALEMATE ON NINTH DAY! OPPN MEMBER RENDERED SENSELESS

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
Congress member Tara Pr. Bahinipati fell down senseless when he was trying to climb on the Speakers podium even as business of the House remain halted for the ninth consecutive day on March 30, 2006. Opposition alleges that he was rendered senseless by the security personnel trained recently in martial art.
The Speaker does [...]

ORISSA GETS THE SIXTH ULTRA MEGA POWER PROJECT: SITE SHORT LISTED

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
The High Level Team from Ministry of Power, Central Electricity Aauthority (CEA) and Power Finance Commission (PFC) that visited Orissa from 21st March to 24th March, 2006, has short listed three sites Hirma, Derabahal and Bhashma for an Ultra Mega Power Project of 4000 MW capacity to be [...]

MEDIACRACY IN ACTION

NAVEEN VERSUS BUDDHIA SINGH IN ETV TRICKS: CREDIBILITY IS AT STAKE
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
Electronic media major ETV is busy in playing a trick in Orissa, which, if everything goes clockwise, may help Naveen Patnaik repair his credibility.
Patnaiks credibility as Chief Minister has suffered a set back in a media forum that was earlier showing him in [...]

ORISSA FINDS PLACE IN ULTRA MEGA PROJECT MAP

Ministry of Power, Govt. of Indias ambitious Ultra Mega Power Projects have found an address in Orissa as Power Finance Corporation (PFC) the Nodal Agency for setting up of Ultra Mega Power Projects in the Country has decided to set up Sixth Ultra Mega Power Project of the Country in Orissa at an expenditure [...]

HOOCH HORROR

IS EXCISE MINISTER TRYING TO FRIGHTEN OPPOSITION INTO SILENCE?
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
After Rabinarayan Nanda failed to purchase silence of the Opposition, is Kalandi Behera trying to frighten the Opposition into silence? It is a question that has started shaking every conscious mind in Orissa.
The crux of the issue raised by the Opposition in its attempt to [...]

OLA IN TOIL: OPPOSITION ADAMANT ON EXCISE MINISTERS REMOVAL

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
Excise Minister Kalandi Behera is responsible for the latest hooch tragedy that has extinguished at least 31 human lives in Ganjam, feels the Opposition. It is adamant on his removal. The House toiled hard but failed on March 24 to proceed as the Opposition refused to soften its stance.
As I had exposed in [...]

DEMOCRACY IN DILEMMA:

MAJORITY DIDNT OPPOSE CUT MOTION: STILL OLA OKAYED ENERGY DEMAND!
(Subhas Chandra Pattanayak)
Forget the unattached members. The members of the ruling coalition are 93 in number; BJD 61 and BJP 32. Out of them, only 39 members opposed the cut motion moved by the Opposition on the Energy department demand for grants. This means 54 out [...]

OPPOSITION WINS: TAINTED MINISTER RESIGNS

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
Naveen Patnaik failed to shield his minister any longer. Mr. Rabi Narayan Nanda, Minister of State for Water Resources resigned after the Opposition refused to relent on its demand for his resignation.
Nanda was named by the Judicial Commission that enquired into the 2001 hooch tragedy that had concussed Puri reminding people of a [...]

ORISSAS CLAIM FOR AN ULTRA MEGA THERMAL PROJECT

We have earlier discussed in these pages the power scenario of Orissa and voiced our concern over possible power famine that may engulf our province if the present government continues its lackadaisical approach to power generation. We are happy to note that Government of India has started expressing interest in facilitating establishment of Mega [...]

OLA GRANTS R.D. DEMAND; STANDING COMMITTEE VIEWS SLOUGHED OVER!

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
Orissa Legislative Assembly granted Rs.641, 43, 51000.00 worth demand of Rural Development (RD) Department on March 16 notwithstanding stiff strictures from members of both the sides on maladministration and misuses of funds that result in blocking of benefits to the vast majority of population in the State. In the process, the recommendations of [...]