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  Won't be affected by ArcelorMittal's withdrawal: Odisha

  India | July 18, 2013 19:11 IST

  Bhubaneswar, July 18: ArcelorMittal's decision to back out of its proposed mega steel project in Keonjhar district would have no impact on the ongoing industrialisation in the state, Odisha government said on Thursday.“ArcelorMittal's pull out

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  CAG raps Odisha govt for arbitrary land allotment

  Politics | April 08, 2013 8:06 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Apr 8: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has rapped the Odisha government headed by Naveen Patnaik for allotting valuable land here without any proper policy for the past 12 years.The latest CAG report

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  Maoists Refuse To Extend Deadline For Hikaka Release

  India | April 18, 2012 22:51 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Apr 18: Maoists holding BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka hostage on Wednesday refused to extend the deadline which expired at 5:00 pm for meeting their demands and said his fate would be decided at the

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  Maoists, Odisha Govt Reach Agreement Over Italian Hostage

  India | April 07, 2012 21:19 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Apr 7: Barring any last minute hitch, Italian hostage Paolo Basusco may be freed soon from his three-week capitivity by Maoists who reached an agreement with the Odisha government tonight.Another group, which had abducted

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  Mediators Reach Broad Agreement Over Abducted Italian With Odisha Maoists

  India | March 31, 2012 16:43 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Mar 31: The two Maoist mediators holding talks for release of Italian Paolo Bosusco have arrived at a “broad arrangement” on the rebels' demands while a Maoist-backed outfit was yet to respond to the

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  Naveen Invites Maoist-Backed Organisation For Talks

  India | March 30, 2012 20:11 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Mar 30: Seeking a way forward in the continuing hostage crisis, the Odisha government today invited the Maoist-backed Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) for talks stating that its demands were related to that of

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  Talks Resume, BJD MLA's Abductors Give Their List Of Demands

  India | March 26, 2012 17:56 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Mar 26: Talks resumed today between the Odisha government and Maoist-appointed mediators for the release of the second Italian even as another rebel group holding captive a ruling BJD MLA demanded immediate halt to

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  Paolo To Be Freed Only After Maoists Feel Govt Is Serious

  India | March 25, 2012 21:30 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Mar 25: A top Maoist leader today said they would release Paolo Bosusco, the other Italian national still held captive by them, only after they feel that the Odisha government was serious about their

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  Odisha Hooch Toll Mounts To 34, Two Excise Officers Suspended

  India | February 11, 2012 21:01 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Feb 11: The death toll in the hooch tragedy rose to 34 with death of one more person at a hospital in Cuttack today while Odisha government placed two excise department officers under suspension,