Ranjan’s murder was political: Necessary is CBI inquiry

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Thus, Chief Minister’s attempt to kill the Bhasha Andolan by taming a couple of avaricious activists of the movement was foiled by Ranjan Kumar Das and his friends. This Ranjan Kumar Das was murdered when he finalized … Read more →

Agrilexicon in Oriya essential, says Natabar Khuntia

theNEWSsyndicate Eminent interpreter of agricultural economy Sri Natabar Khuntia has called for immediate compilation of an agricultural lexicon comprising all the colloquial Oriya words used in agriculture with correct synonyms carrying modern technological terms, so that there can be correct … Read more →

It was wrong to change Orissa to Odisha, says Prof. Panchanan Mohanty

theNEWSsyndicate President of the Linguistic Society of India, also Member of the Governing Council, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Government of India, Prof. Panchanan Mohanty has unambiguously stated that, it was absolutely wrong on part of the Government to … Read more →

The Interview that had forced the Govt. to amend Orissa Official Language Act

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak A government-insider gives me the real reason of why Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik promulgated an Ordinance on 21 May 2016 to insert Sec.5, as proposed in my draft legislation, by amending the Orissa Official Language Act, 1954, … Read more →