Security for political leaders to be beefed up in OrissaOctober 14th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Wednesday said the security of political leaders in the state would be increased in the wake of a Maoist attack on a former Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MP Tuesday. "Certain steps are being taken in that regard.
Probe ordered into attack on former Orissa MPOctober 14th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The Orissa government has ordered a police Crime Branch probe into the attack on former MP Sudam Marandi that killed three security personnel though the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader escaped unhurt. The three security men accompanying JMM Orissa unit president Sudam Marandi were killed when he was attacked Tuesday by suspected Maoist rebels near Bandam village, some 35 km from the district headquarters of Baripada.
35 Orissa basketballers have narrow escape as bus overturnsSeptember 27th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - As many as 35 basketball players of Orissa had a narrow escape when the bus in which they were travelling overturned while they were on their way to Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, police said Sunday. The bus overturned near Kathajodi Bridge Saturday when the driver lost control and hit the railing of the bridge.
Two Orissa women injured in acid attackJuly 27th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Two women in this Orissa capital were critically injured when a youth allegedly threw acid on them, police said. "Two girls, Rashmirekha Behera, 23, and Kainath Ali, 21, suffered serious burn injuries following the attack.
Andhra mulls tough law to tackle acid attacks on womenJune 19th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Alarmed over the increasing acid attacks on women, the Andhra Pradesh government is mulling special legislation to deal with such crimes and ensure stringent punishment to the guilty. A day after two women were injured in acid attacks, Home Minister P.Sabita Indra Reddy told reporters Friday that she would hold talks with the central home minister in this regard.
Woman injured in acid attack in DelhiJune 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 24-year-old woman lost her left eye and sustained 70 percent burns on her face when an unidentified assailant riding a motorcycle threw acid on her near her north Delhi home, police said Friday. The woman was strolling in the Prem Nagar area in north Delhi Thursday evening when the assailant threw acid on her, a police officer said.
Hong Kong police investigate recent acid attacks after dozens hurt in third caseJune 9th, 2009 Hong Kong police investigate acid attacksHONG KONG — Hong Kongers ventured out unafraid Tuesday, as police searched for suspects behind a third acid attack that injured 24 people in one of the city's most densely populated shopping districts. Nearly 100 people have been injured in the assaults so far.
Acid thrown in Hong Kong shopping district, injuring 24; 3rd attack in 6 monthsJune 9th, 2009 Acid thrown in Hong Kong, 24 injuredHONG KONG — An unidentified assailant hurled acid in a busy Hong Kong shopping district, injuring 24 pedestrians including a 4-year old girl, police said Tuesday. It was the third in a series of acid attacks that have hurt some 100 people.
Man held for acid attack on divorced wife, two othersJune 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A man was arrested here Thursday for throwing acid on his divorced wife and her younger sister and brother after barging into their home in central Delhi, police said. Nadeem, who works at a bakery shop, went to Zubeda's home in Ranjeet Nagar reportedly in an inebriated state around 4 a.m.
NCP tie-up with Left, BJD is Orissa-specific, says PawarApril 8th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The Nationalist Congress Party alliance with the Left parties and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Orissa is 'only Orissa-specific', NCP chief Sharad Pawar said here Wednesday. 'Our arrangement is only Orissa-specific,' Pawar told a press conference, addressed jointly with Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury and BJD chief Naveen Patnaik.
Tornado, hailstorm kill eight in OrissaMarch 31st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least eight people were killed and over 100 injured when an unseasonal violent tornado followed by hailstorm wreaked havoc in about a dozen Orissa villages Tuesday, an official said. The tornado and hailstorm hit about 11 villages in Kendrapada district around 4.30 p.m.
Villagers mourn death of ox in OrissaFebruary 25th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Hundreds of villagers took out a huge procession in Orissa to mourn the death of an ox that injured many people, a police officer said Wednesday. After accidentally eating some expired medicines lying on the road Monday, the ox injured residents of Ankuli village located on the outskirts of Berhampur town, 179 km from here.
15 killed, 100 injured as train derails in OrissaFebruary 12th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least 15 passengers were killed and about 100 injured after the Howrah-Chennai Coromandel Express was derailed Friday evening near the Jajpur-Keonjhar Road railway station in Orissa, an official said. East Coast Railway chief public relation officer J.P.
Three killed, eight injured in Orissa derailmentFebruary 12th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Three passengers were killed and eight injured when the Howrah-Chennai Coromandel Express was derailed Friday evening near Jajpur railway station in Orissa, an official said. Giving the casualty figures to IANS, East Coast Railway chief public relations officer J.P.
Three killed in Orissa cement factory accidentFebruary 12th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least three people were killed and three others sustained critical injuries in an accident in a cement factory in Orissa Friday, police said. A huge iron plate fell on the workers accidentally when they were trying to erect it on a newly built tower in the new factory of the Orissa Cement Limited at Rajgangpur in Sundergarh district, 471 km from here, inspector in charge of the Rajgang police station S.K.
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