Victims of Nation's Defence: Insecurity looms large for country’s security and safety. The people of Orissa have sacrificed a great deal to the nation by housing the Hindustan Aeronautic Ltd. of Sunabeda, Chandipur-on-sea ITR, Ordnance Factory of Saintala and the ordnance store house of Charbatia. For which Orissa is targeted by the enemies’ country. Not only this, thousands of displaced people have lost safety of their lives and, for the sake of the nation’s defence and security, they are leading a life at others mercy. Bibhuti Pati >>> Read More

Loose ends in Kandhamal and the global linkages: No doubt, the wide-spread violence unleashed by the unscrupulous elements of both the communities should be condemned by one and all. But, a close look at Kandhamal issue shows that the Christian media managers have successfully used media to highlight the violent incidents. They were successful in projecting that the Kandhamal is more of a communal phenomena rather than a caste-ethnic conflict. Sai Prasan >>> Read More

Orissa Violence - Kandhamal on Fire: Delegations under the leadership of CM Naveen Patnaik, Union Home minister Sivraj Patil, Orissa Home Secretary and DGP and various other ministers and leaders have visited Kandhamal. But the situation has still not improved upto expectation as almost all political leaders played their own electoral card instead of pressuring the total machinery work with commitment to restore peace in the district of Kandhamal and Orissa. Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More

Sponge Iron Industries in India - Destroying Environment to make Money: Since the year 2000, spontaneous as well as organized movements have come up in the aforesaid regions against these Sponge Iron plants. These are areas which, apart from being mineral rich, are also forest rich habited by mainly tribal and forest dwelling communities dependent on the forest and agriculture for their survival. To their agony, the sponge iron industries in forest vicinities have become threats to their life by polluting the atmosphere and putting the livelihood sources at stake. Bighneswar Sahu >>> Read More

Orissa under Naveen Patnaik - Corruption and Lawlessness behind the face of Transparency: During his almost eleven years of political tenure, Naveen has been successful in making an image for himself as a CM and political boss who can take steps and decisions beyond the imaginations of people, political analysts and even his close aids. But at the end what people got in him is a ruler instead of a public leader in a democracy. Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More

Politics is for Man, not for a distinct Community: It has become a matter of dolor and contempt in the question of humanity that the politicians in guise of the fragmentary acquaintances of man have dethroned politics from the kingdom of heaven for the distinct privilege of the community having shattered the beauty of the whole society deviated from the true acquaintance of humanity. Sankar Sarkar >>> Read More

Orissa in a globalised economy - Challenges ahead: The government has signed more than 60 Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with different players. The setting of new projects has led to a large-scale displacement of the marginal farmers because of their land being snatched away with the collusion of State machinery and the corporates. Nageshwar Patnaik and Sai Prasan >>> Read More

Crime Reporting in India - Publicising criminals than condemning crime: Today, Crime reports have taken a major place in Newspapers, Magazines, portals and also TV News Channels. This trend in Indian media has hardly helped checking crimes in the society but has definitely made substantial contributions in creating some dons out of petty criminals. Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More

Television Journalism in India - Money and Sensationalism overpower ethics and principles: In spite of TV Channels and News Papers mushrooming in India, quality and credential of news are deteriorating in the country. News producers and broadcasters are more into making money than disseminating News. Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More

Orissa - the ground of Police-Criminal-Bureaucracy Nexus: If Biranchi informed police about the illegal deportation of scraps, how people in the trade could know who the informer was? Editorial >>> Read More

Harnessing Solar Energy in Orissa: With a total land area of 155,707 square kilometres, Orissa holds a vast potential for harnessing very large quantities of solar power.  Moreover, large portions of the western part of the state are in rain shadow areas, which receive solar radiation round the year without any interruption at all. Dr. Nachiketa Das >>> Read More

Maoists strike in Orissa: The attack on police stations and armouries in Nayagarh has special importance in compare to any other naxal strike as Nayagarh is very close to state capital being the neighbouring district of Khurda. Now the issue of worry is – if they could attack major establishments in Nayagarh, how far is Bhubaneswar? Editorial >>> Read More

Global warming - India never takes it serious: Experiencing the worst impacts of Climate Change, India is still debating over issues like global warming and conservation of biodiversity. HNF Bureau >>> Read More

Kandhamal Violence - A Caste Conflict termed as Communal: ...violence in Kandhamal should be taken as a caste conflict than a communal clash... Christmas gate issue was merely an opportunity for the Adivasis to express their anger against the Panas (SC). Scan of events by Basudev Mahapatra (Editorial) >>> Read More

Caring for the Rivers in India: Today, India faces a situation where in the name of growth and modernisation, blatant abuses of the rivers and the waters are being encouraged and condoned... deforestation in the name of development is accelerating the death of the rivers. Dr. Nachiketa Das >>> Read More

Nandigram Issue goes out of Control: Nandigram is no more a village in West Bengal, but has become a political card that rules most of the political developments in the state. HNF Bureau  >>> Read More

Awareness of water-quality: In a state like Orissa where rainfall is seasonal and restricted only to a few months in the year, surface water is not available everywhere. Dr. Nachiketa Das >>> Read More

Merchant Power Plants in India - A supply solution approach to energy crisis: The focus here is to highlight some of the public policy issues inherent in the development process of the MPP’s.  As a new model of capacity addition it entails a set of legal, regulatory, pricing and other policy issues. Gopal Krishna Sarangi. >>> Read More

Naxal Movement in India: ... the way communist leaders responded to the issues of farmers and tribals insisted the young radicals break out of the Marxist fold and form their own group on Maoist line of Revolutionary Communism. Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More

Female Foeticide in India - Medieval mindset rules over Indian society: ... many Bahus (Daughter-in-law) and Biwis (Wife) were tortured and thrown out because they couldn’t give birth to a son. They had to go for repeated abortion with the hope that the next would be a male one. Editorial >>> Read More

Pills for Death - Orissa’s Health Administration in question: Orissa – the poorest state on the eastern coasts of India may not have facilities for standard health care, but many pharmaceutical industries operating in the state are thriving by producing killer drugs. Basudev Mahapatra & Lakshmi Narayan Mishra >>> Read More

Orissa plagued with highest Infant Mortality: Since infant mortality often serves as a key development indicator and that reflects the combined impact of various programmes implemented for socio-economic development of people, Orissa's high infant mortality rate has a greater significance. HNF Research Desk >>> Read More

SORANA: Lot to speak, Nobody to listen: ...the mandate of the apex court could not prevent the then Orissa government, political leaders and the law enforcing wings from firing at people and standing by the Mafia violating all norms. HNF Investigation >>> Read More

Rising Maoist Activism – A Civil War Knocking at the doors: Maoists are consistently gathering strength and rising with a strong support base in the forest pack tribal populated districts ... and use the forests and terrain tracks as the world under their virtual control. HNF Analysis >>> Read More

Million Dollar Dreams on net - A Racket online to cheat the net users: Tony was pulled into the trap by Jesica Neka of England who contacted with a huge foreign investment proposal and cheated Tony by six lakh rupees. HNF Exclusive >>> Read More

Indian Police going Encounter-Hungry: We the people of India digest when the police force fails to ensure peace in public and provide security to people from the growing Naxalism or Maoism and even the Mafias, but it bothers us when the police behaves harsh to people and kill them brutally... Editorial >>> Read More

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