APARTMENTS ARE UNSAFE AS GOVT. SLEEPS OVER ITS OWN LAW

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Two days ago in the evening I had been to Prabha Apartments in Unit IV, Bhubaneswar to meet my friend. Rajesh, my assistant, was with me. My friend lives in the fourth floor. There is a GEC brand elevator there that I used. But while returning, it did not stop at the [...]

Corporate Culture Cripples Media Credibility, Says Prasanta Patnaik

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Eminent Journalist Prasanta Patnaik participating in ETv’s popular program, Sidha Katha (Straight Conversation) telecasted last night and repeated today noon, told interviewer Deba Prasad Das that corporate culture has taken the toll of media credibility as the thirst for advertisements has been forcing major mass media organizations to vet straight reports to [...]

Athgarh Offers an Opportunity to Save Democracy from Bureaucratic Outrage

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Whether nullification of an election when valid voters have exercised their franchise for valid candidates notwithstanding the list of the said candidates being improper, is a point of law that fortunately is going to be answered by the Supreme Court of India in Athgarh context. But there should be no doubt that [...]

Orissa Assembly in Anarchy:Governor Should Rise From Slumber

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak The Orissa Governor should be ashamed of how the Assembly he constitutionally heads and summons has been running in blatant disregard to dignity of democracy when the recognized Opposition that has, on reasons convincingly justified by it, stayed away from the Hall for the ninth consecutive legislative day. It is a matter [...]

Instant Bail to Kamala Das: Should Judiciary Help Proven Culprits Play the Tricks?

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Dr. Kamala Das was found guilty of corruption in supply of substandard and spurious salt to socio-economically disadvantaged students reading in Anganwadi institutes in rural Orissa and on July 24, the Special Vigilance Judge Sri Santos Kumar Mohanty at Bhubaneswar punished her with rigorous imprisonment for two years, one each on two [...]

Agents of Imperialism in India Continue Killing Gandhiji

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Imperialism is international. But nations also get engulfed by indigenous imperialism when political economy of communism doesn’t become or remain the creed of a Country. India is an instance. Imperialism’s only obstacle is communism. Gandhiji did not support communism. But his ideology, prioritizing autonomous social forces and village self-rule, was uniquely opposed [...]

St. John Ambulance, Despite the State Governor Being Its President, Is Plagued By Corruption

The Governor of Orissa Sri Muralidhar Chandrakant Bhandare is President of the Orissa unit of St. John Ambulance. But he is allegedly sleeping over charges of corruption in its management despite the charges having repeatedly been brought to his notice during discussions with its life members. A group of life members have jointly expressed shock [...]

Orissa Is In a Climate of Crime against Press: MUFP Stresses on Arrest of the Latest Culprits at Nirakarpur

Whom to blame, if not the Government? Crime against Press is alarmingly increasing in Orissa. Penal law implementation authorities are not taking any action against involved criminals. When on July 13 a female reporter had to test how nasty could become the personnel under uniform at Bhubaneswar, a rural reporter at Nirakarpur has tested on [...]

Rain Deficit:A Monsoon-friendly La Nina May Last for a Year from Now

Eminent power engineer Nagendranath Mohapatra informs that India has witnessed 14% deficit in monsoon rainfall till mid-July. The water reservoirs are all at Minimum Draw Down Level (MDDL) that has caused concern about water availability for both irrigation and hydel power production at present. The total water storage in the country’s 81 major reservoirs was [...]

It Would Be Wrong For the Speaker to Run the House sans Opposition

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak The purpose of the budget session of Orissa Assembly is already impaired by adopting demands of a few departments for grants sans participation of the Opposition. Boycott of Orissa Assembly by the Opposition could have not occurred had the Chief Minister heeded to its demands for dropping of the two ministers supposedly [...]

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