A day after the Bajrang Dal protested against the screening of the Shah Rukh Khan starer ‘My Name is Khan’, the film is drawing huge crowds in Orissa In Berhampur, 170 km from the state capital, where the film’s morning shows were stopped following protest by Bajrang Dal activists Friday, the tickets are selling rapidly despite hiked prices.
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Mobile phones with IMEl numbers turned defunct in Orissa
The Central Government has implemented policy that mobile numbers without IMEI numbers will turn defunct from Tuesday, but strangely the mobile with IMEl or International Mobile Equipment Identity has also turned defunct in Orissa.
Read more »Maoists abduct five railway employees in Orissa, blew up railway tracks
Maoist guerrillas blew up railway tracks and triggered blasts at several places in Sundergarh district of Orissa and also abducted five railway employees, police said on Thursday.
Read more »Essar Steel Hypermart opens First Outlet in Orissa
Essar Steel Hypermart, India’s largest chain of steel retail outlets, has opened its first outlet in Orissa in the steel city of Rourkela, in line with Essar Steel’s philosophy of making customised steel products available to end users in geographies that have high steel consumption.
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Mercury Rises in Orissa killing 23
The northern and eastern parts of India sweated it out on Sunday as mercury crossed the 40-degree mark in several places and Orissa reported 23 suspected sunstroke deaths so far this summer.
Read more »First phase campaigning ends in Orissa
Campaigning for the first phase of polls ended on Tuesday in 10 Lok Sabha and 70 Assembly constituencies in Orissa going to polls onApril 16. Even as candidates gave their last speeches and loudspeakers fell silent, police were still on the prowl for the second consecutive day in Koraput jungles to trace the over 200 Naxalites who on Sunday killed 10 CISF jawans at Nalco's bauxite mines atop Panchpatmalli hill before looting explosives and arms.
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