HOW LONG RESERVATION?

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak In Bhubaneswar Book Fair 2010, thousands of leaflets were distributed attacking an editorial of a rising daily by various leaders of pro-reservation activists’ groups. It was captioned “Khabara Sampadakanku Khola Chithi” (Open Letter to the Editor of Khabara). Every visitor to the Book Fair was being force-loaded with the leaflet. The newspaper [...]

Orissa Prepares for Earth Hour 2010

In the study of journalist Subhas Chandra Pattanayak the first preparatory meeting for Earth Hour 2010 at Bhubaneswar was held on February 27. It was unanimously decided to observe the event on March 27 from 8.30 to 9.30 PM by involving more persons than last year. Earth Hour is a global event organized by World [...]

Emphasis in Red Cross Meet on Modernization of Storage to Reduce Wastage of Blood Collected

Orissa Unit of Red Cross had its District Secretaries Meet for three days from 19th to 21st February 2010 at its headquarters at Bhuabneswar where the Secretaries from the Branches made brief presentation of district level activities. Inaugurating the Conference Sri.S.B.Mishra, former Chief Secretary and active member of the Orissa State Branch Red Cross Executive [...]

RTI ACTIVISTS UNITE AGAINST ORISSA INFORMATION COMMISSIONERS

Orissa Information Commission was scanned in a recent conference of RTI activists at Bhubaneswar, where a resolution was passed calling upon the Governor of the State to ensure a time-bound schedule for enquiry and action in respect of every complaint over acts of omission and commission of the Commissioners under Section 17 of RTI Act. [...]

MUFP DEMANDS CRIMINAL ACTION AGAINST BANK MANAGER FOR ASSAULT ON ORISSA TV REPORTER

The Media Unity for Freedom of Press, (MUFP) in a statement issued by its Presidium at Bhubaneswar, has strongly condemned the physical assault on Sri Abhay Pati, Reporter of OTV, by the Manager of Cuttack Urban Co-operative Bank, Jajpur, Sri Gour Prasad Das, when he was covering Vigilance raid on Banker’s house on 20th February, [...]

Western Syndicate Shrouds over Orissa Health Service Sector

Orissa doctors in peripheral health service cadre are in deep anguish as the Health Minister is suspected to have encouraged a syndicate of bureaucrats of his department hailing from his part of the State to act as deciders of their fate when transfer on promotion is set to hit the majority. Ad hocism in administration [...]

Gouranga Charan Das – Unforgettable Freedom Fighter in Times of Free Market Capitalism

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Gouranga Charan Das, eminent freedom fighter, was born in Bagalpur, the village of Karana aristocracy in the district of Cuttack in Orissa on 26 January 1899. He was physically handicapped by birth with his right hand critically crippled. But in early youth he joined the freedom movement and soon led the people [...]

Bhubaneswar Book Fair: Subhas Pattanayak’s Dura Adura a Bibliophile Hit

Dura Adura, the print version of the e-compilation of random reactions of Journalist Subhas Chandra Pattanayak, brought out by Pratisruti, displayed at left by Bidhubhusan Pattanaik, the original publisher thereof, has become an instant bibliophile hit. His unique tome, Sri Jaya Devanka Baisi Pahacha that convincingly tries to free Sri Jaya Dev from the labyrinth [...]

Associated Media Foundation Stirs The Soul With The Twin Gifts

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak The two new titles brought out by Associated Media Foundation stir the soul as one goes through Swara Maya of Prof. Chandraprava Pattanayak and Ravana Podi of her husband, Orissa’s eminent journalist, Prasanta Patnaik. Mrs. Pattanayak is, over and above her academic role, a social activist with left leaning and therefore, naturally, [...]

Prof. Prabhat Patnaik Inaugurates 26th Bhubaneswar Book Fair

World is unsafe because of beneficiaries of disunity in human society, said famous economist and Kerala Planning Board Vice-Chairman, Prof. Prabhat Patnaik while inaugurating the 26th Annual Bhubaneswar Book Fair at the city’s exhibition ground on 10the February. Rapid rise of a self-centered neo-rich sector has added to disadvantage of the majority, he observed. He [...]

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