Orissa CinemaIf old friends have a get-together after a very long gap, what happens? It happens as happened in Hotel Keshari of Bhubaneswar on May 29 when the 1965 batch Post Graduate students of Ravenshaw College, Cuttack and Vani-Vihar, Bhubaneswar had their first meeting after 46 years. Was it celebration of emotion? Yes. But it was [...]
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Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Even as internecine strife has started shaking the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) that rules over Orissa, Daspalla – an Assembly constituency – has, on May 24, acted its crematory in advance, with its rank and file burning down its flag in a fierce free-for-all amongst themselves and its MLA Kashinath Mallik lodging [...]
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Subhas Chandra Pattanayak The ruling BJD in Orissa is taking a bizarre turn. If its supremo Naveen Patnaik does not dismiss Pyari Mohan Mohapatra from the party, then there is every possibility of the latter replacing him as the CM. Members of BJD are deeply disillusioned with Sri Patnaik. In his first two terms, they [...]
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Subhas Chandra Pattanayak School and Mass Education Secretary Ms. Aparajita Sarangi’s unconditional apology has invoked judicial magnanimity of Orissa High Court that has remitted the cash-or-jail-in-default punishment awarded to her for “willful disobedience” to its order in a school teacher salary case. A school teacher, Ms. Swarnalata Dei, appointed on January 2,1992 in a rural [...]
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Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Every dog serves its master. No wonder, Karnataka Governor H.R.Bhardwaj, who is in this post because of loyalty to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, has recommended for President’s rule in the State, which, if accepted, would unseat BJP Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa. He is the man, who as union law minister, had [...]
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Subhas Chandra Pattanayak West Bengal may soon feel the void Buddhadev Bhattacharya’s defeat has created; but it has also earned the distinction of being the State that has unambiguously pointed out that Party Banner will not help if any Communist accommodates Capitalism. Thank you, West Bengal; your mandate is good for communism. Communism needs that [...]
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Subhas Chandra Pattanayak It is sad that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could not understand that use of Indian National Flag as a drapery over the coffin of Sathya Sai baba in his presence was perhaps the ugliest offense not only against democracy of India, but also against the selfless freedom fighters and all the martyrs [...]
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Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patanaik, in his continuous tenure, has thrown away as many as 24 ministers from his cabinet. Every time he jettisons a minister, the general public is made to understand that, that was necessary for cleansing the administration. This time, the impression is also not different. As always, this [...]
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Three ministers of Orissa have been de facto dismissed. They are Damodar Raut, Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha and Pravin Chandra Bhanja Deo. On demand by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, they have tendered resignation. Raut was the minister in charge of Agriculture, Cooperation as well as Fisheries and Animal Resources Development. This is the third time, [...]
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“A verdict that does not stand with the spirit of the Constitution is more dangerous than the relief it offers. The verdict of the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Ayodhya, is one such verdict. It has divided a sensitive portion of the soil of secular India on communal line besides being careless about [...]
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