Man tied to tree for beating up wife in Orissa

October 2nd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The threat of floods loomed over several districts of Orissa Friday as heavy rain continued to lash the state for the fourth day due to a cyclonic disturbance in the Bay of Bengal. Coastal and northern Orissa received maximum rainfall since Thursday, leading to a rise in the water level in several major rivers.

August 21st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Maoist rebels have threatened to blow up the residence of Orissa Finance Minister Prafulla Ghadei and kill his son, police said Friday. The letter was received at the office of Orissa Mining Corporation at Jajpur Thursday.

July 24th, 2009 Avocado tree finally bears fruit after 19 yearsHOUMA, La. — After 19 years just looking pretty, the avocado tree near Geneva Moore's house trailer is bearing fruit.

July 23rd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A couple, belonging to the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), surrendered to the police in Rayagadda of Orissa on Wednesday. The rebels reportedly involved in a dozen crimes identified as Surendra Vekwara (19) and his wife Ruby (18).

July 13th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The meteorological centre here Monday alerted fishermen in Orissa not to venture into the sea as it would be rough due to a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal, officials said. The low pressure area has formed over west central bay and adjoining north-west bay off north Andhra Pradesh and south Orissa coast, P.K.

June 19th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Orissa minister Pratap Jena said Friday that not having a school building was "not a problem" and was no reason for students "not to turn up to school to study". "This is not a problem.

June 10th, 2009 Storm knocks over tree at White HouseWASHINGTON — Strong winds have knocked down a tree on the White House's North Lawn. The tree appeared to have been snapped off near its base during a storm Tuesday afternoon.

June 1st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - An Orissa villager has been arrested for beating his wife to death because she did not cook meat for him, police said Monday. Tirtha Biswal, a 38-year-old resident of Bhagirathipur village in Angul district, some 200 km from here, came home in an inebriated condition Saturday night and asked for food.

May 11th, 2009 Mich. man kills wife with chain saw in accidentOTSEGO, Mich. — Michigan authorities say a man working in his yard accidentally killed his wife with a chain saw.

May 3rd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Nine members of a marriage party were killed and at least 40 others injured after the minibus carrying them Sunday hit a tree and plunged into a ditch in Orissa's Gajapati district, an official said. The vehicle hit a roadside tree and fell into a five feet ditch near a hilly area, some 70 km from the district head quarter of Paralakhemundi and some 420 km from the state capital, Suranjan Satpathy, the block development officer (BDO) told IANS.

April 29th, 2009 RAIPUR - At least eight people, including two women and a four-year-old boy, were killed and 18 seriously injured in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district Wednesday when the bus they were travelling in hit a tree and turned turtle, police said. The accident took place in Mainpur area, some 125 km from here, when the driver of the speeding private bus lost control and hit a huge tree, said Lambodar Patel, in-charge of the Mainpur police station.

April 23rd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was among the voters who exercised their franchise Thursday soon after polling began for the second and final phase of Lok Sabha and assembly elections, official said. 'Patnaik walked down from his house here, Naveen Nivas, to the polling booth about 100 metres away at about 7 a.m.,' police inspector P.K.

April 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.

March 20th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram today assured Orissa Government to provide adequate security for the smooth conduct of polls in the State.

February 25th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Power trader PTC India will swap power with Orissa to help it overcome the power shortage it is facing currently, an official said Wednesday. PTC - formerly Power Trading Corp of India - will supply about 150 MW daily to Grid Corp of Orissa (Gridco), the bulk supplier of electricity in the state.