Orissa focussed on IIT: newspapers report on various happennings on this
May 10th, 2007
During the last two days there have been many developments on the IIT in Orissa front. Following is a quick summary of them.
- The CM is said to be upset about this. [Sambada,Dharitri: 1,2, Tathya.in]
- The BJP+BJD MPs did a dharana in front of one of parliament gates blocking traffic. [Samaja,Sambada,Statesman, Picture from Kalinga Times]
- BJP has decided to take the issue to the people and started it off with a dharana in front of the Rajbhawn. [Picture from Orissadiary.com, Sambada]
- Congress in Orissa is in a fix and does not know what to do, although it privately admits that Orissa deserves an IIT. Other opposition parties in the state such as OGP echo the sentiment of the people. [Samaja]
- New Indian Express gives its own spin on the sory.
- India eNews gives a overall picture of the scene in Orissa.
- Odisha.com talks about various protests across the state, including students in Rtapalli school planning to sign a memorandum and sending it to the President.
Entry Filed under: IIT Kharagpur branch in Bhubaneswar,IIT, oDishA,MHRD bias against Odisha (past?)