MARTYRS DAY OBSERVED

Orissa observed Martyrs Day in a state level function in the premises of the Legislative Assembly with Governor Muralidhar Chandrakant Bhandare and Chief Minister Navin Patnaik recalling Gandhijis supreme sacrifice in the cause of freedom.
Organized by the Information & Public Relations department, the function was also addressed by the departmental minister and witnessed by members [...]

WHAT HAVE WE BECOME IN NAVINRAJ AND WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
It has always been a matter of happiness for me to watch in younger generation the eagerness for development of Mother Orissa, though some misguided ones amongst the youngsters are yet unable to accept that the present government run by Navin Patnaik is the most disgusting obstacle to development of the State post-independence.
In [...]

Naryanamurthy receives highest civilian title of France: makes a farce of Indian Constitution

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
In accepting the highest civilian honour of France, The Officer of the Legion of Honour, chief mentor of Infosys, N R Naryanamurthy, whose contribution to Indias excellence in IT world is unreservedly recognized by the motherland, has made a farce of Indian constitution by contravening it on the Republic Day.
The Legion of [...]

HOW CORRECT WAS NETAJI !

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak

India is now a plutocracy.
Our democracy is discarded under the carpet of the rich; it is now run by the agents of the rich, for the benefit of the rich.
Democracy is a system that belongs to the people, run by the people for the benefit of the people. When people have no role [...]

ENGLISH LANGUAGE: HER UNDISCUSSED CONTRIBUTION TO INDIA’S FREEDOM

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown�s hint to Knighthood for Sachin Tendulkar got a ready test of Indian taste in a debate on CNN-IBN show: Face the Nation, where desirability of English language in India also influenced the discussion.
A panel comprising historian Ramachandra Guha, former BBC correspondent Sam Miller and senior journalist Swapan Dasgupta [...]

NAVIN SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO FURTHER RUIN ORISSA

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
After Sachi Satpathy in ORISSA POLITICS exposed the massive corruption in execution of the Orissa Health Systems Development Project (OHSDP), as ascertained through Detailed Implementation Review (DIR) by the World Bank, the investor in this project, Secretary of Health, Government of Orissa, has admitted that a Minister of Navin Patnaik cabinet has been [...]

Orissa Chief Minister’s Indifference Fueled Religious Communal Riots, alleges OTN Chief

Chief of orissatoday.net, Sri Manoj Padhi has claimed that the Kandhamal communal riots could have been avoided had the Chief Minister of Orissa heed to progressive advice.
In a Press note issued from Plano,TX,United States of America, he has informed that in January 2006 he had attracted attention of the Chief Minister and law minister of [...]

BHARAT RATNA FOR BHARAT UDAYA FRAUD? WHAT NEXT!

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
The anti-people politicians have started venturing a new method to cover up the misdeeds of their masters when they had grabbed power so that voters may be again hoodwinked in the quickly approaching elections. Demand for award of Barat Ratna to Atal Behari Vajpayee as well as to Biju Patnaik by Advani [...]

Mrunal gets Sahakar Galpa Samman 2008

Cuttack, 16 Jan.: Noted literateur Mrunal (Dr. Mrinal Chatterjee) was awarded Sahakar Galpa Samman 2008. Lokpal Justice Sarat Chandra Mohapatra confered the award at a literary meet at Satabdi Bhaban, Cuttack on Tuesday evening.
Mrunal has published four novels and five short story collections. He is also well known as a columnist and a television anchor.
Presently [...]

AS POLITICAL NATIONALITY DWINDLES, KANDHAMAL RECAPITULATES TO COMMUNAL NATIONALITY: SHOULD WE NOT START FOR A REMEDY?

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
Political nationality has become so irrelevant for Orissa Government that when a Christian communalist leader, John Dayal, was allowed free passage into Kandhamal, a former Chief Minister of Orissa, Mr. Hemanand Biswal, though a Hindu Tribal, known for his spotlessly clear secular conduct and gentlemanly manners amongst politicians, was debarred from paying a [...]