Dillip Satapathy

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What India can learn from Odisha
Rediff.com25 May 2019

'Evacuation' has been key to disaster management in Odisha. The aim is to achieve zero...

Odisha politicos turn to the farmer ahead of polls
Rediff.com5 Feb 2019

This race among parties to woo the farmers mainly stems from the analysis of political...

Will river disputes dent BJP's Odisha dream?
Rediff.com25 Jan 2018

by relentlessly campaigning to highlight the indifference of the Centre to safeguard...

Doctor who went where no one wanted to go
Rediff.com30 Nov 2017

It is not uncommon to see patients in Odisha being carried to hospitals on cots for...

Naveen Patnaik's peon 'donated' crores to BJD
Rediff.com5 Aug 2017

P C Padhi became headlines in Odisha after a media expose on funds received by the BJD...

Billionaire's advice: 'People must borrow less'
Rediff.com20 Jun 2017

'A lot of people -- whether farmers, students or businessmen -- think when they take a...

Patnaik's biggest challenge in 17 years
Rediff.com15 May 2017

As the Odisha CM prepares to face the BJP onslaught, the BJP hopes to rope in some BJD...

Odisha: Of unkept promises and chasing big-ticket investments
Rediff.com12 Jul 2016

A large chunk of the Rs 8.8 lakh crore of investments the Patnaik government had...

Giridhar Gamang - Congress' loss, BJP's gain
Rediff.com15 Jun 2015

The Congress' fortune in Odisha has been on the slide ever since it lost power to the...

Posco's Odisha journey: Travails of a big-ticket project
Rediff.com20 May 2015

Is it inconsistency in policy, or the lack of robust support?

Has Posco's Odisha plan finally hit the wall?
Rediff.com31 Mar 2015

The 2,500-hectares lease included both notified and non-notified areas.

Renewal at Puri
Rediff.com9 Mar 2015

It takes a festival for a city to reinvent itself.

Jindal Steel's Rs 80,000 cr Odisha projects in limbo
Rediff.com3 Nov 2013

JSPL is under CBI lens for giving wrong information about its land, water supply and...

Taming Phailin: India's best show in disaster management
Rediff.com14 Oct 2013

With better preparedness and efficient planning and execution, toll restricted to a low...

Jolt for Vedanta as mining in Niyamgiri Hills voted out
Rediff.com30 Jul 2013

Sourcing bauxite from other states to add Rs 600 crore to cost.

Decks cleared for FY15 GST rollout
Rediff.com29 Jan 2013

Centre, states clear first hurdle, agree on compensation formula for losses on account...

Red Corridor gives Essar the blues
Rediff.com11 Apr 2012

May take Rs 1,000-crore hit to re-route country's longest slurry pipeline

Posco upbeat despite green hurdle
Rediff.com19 Jan 2011

The company's Rs 54,000-crore (Rs 54-billion) steel project in Orissa had run into...

Orissa to reserve jobs for locals in pvt sector
Rediff.com8 Jul 2010

Orissa has attracted investments worth Rs 6 lakh crore (Rs 6 trillion) in the recent past.

Fearful Nalco staff refuse to join duty
Rediff.com16 Apr 2009

They want the authorities to fulfill their security-related demands which include no...