Mountaineer Kalpana seriously ill, hospitalised
Puri
Mountaineer Kalpna Dash who was on a begging agitation with mouna brat and vow of fast-on-to-death was hospitalised late on Friday night. She was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital by her sympathisers and administered intra-venous fluid. The attending doctors said she had acute dehydration problem and was very weak. They referred Kalpana to the SCB Medical College and Hospital. Later her family members and supporters came from Dhenkanal and she was shifted to Cuttack. The last reports said she was taken to Dhenkanal by her family.
Kalpana was on agitation for the last nine days protesting government apathy towards sports persons of the State. The mountaineer who scaled the Mount Everest in 2008 and made the state proud was promised a Government job. Even after elapse of three years it could not materialise despite her approach to everybody concerned with the job allotment.
After her failure to get a job, she launched her agitation in a unique style - resorting to begging in front of the Sri Jagannath Temple. Her agitation evoked wide-spread response and many institutions and social activists of the State and of this holy city pledged their moral support to her. The Lawyers of the local bar squatted at the site expressing solidarity with her cause. Many important personalities of the State have appealed the Chief Minister to give her a job at the earliest.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Rebel BJD MLAs likely to face suspension
Rebel BJD MLAs likely to face suspension
Bhubaneswar: The public statements by the three BJD MLAs, Damodar Rout, Debashis Nayak and Kashinath Mallick, against their party supremo and chief minister Naveen Patnaik, are most likely to be suspended from the party.
Rout, who has all along questioned the role of BJD Rajya Sabha member Pyari Mohan Mohapatra as the second power centre in the BJD, further sharpened his reaction after being sacked from the Cabinet in its recent reshuffle.
He had said that it is only Mohapatra who calls the shots in the party and that Patnaik disposes what Mohapatra proposes.
Nayak, a former minister, is also aggrieved over not being inducted into the ministry, which he had expected in the wake of Pramila Mallick's removal from the Cabinet a few months ago following the scam relating to the supply of rotten rice in the schoolchildren's midday meal programme.
Nayak, who had so far remained a silent critic of Mohapatra, took cue from Rout in public, as he was ignored during the ministry reshuffle, dashing his hopes to represent the district of Jajpur in Pramila Mallick's place.
Daspalla Scheduled Caste MLA Kashinath Mallick, who has been elected to the Assembly for the first time, has been at loggerheads with local party MP Rudra Madhab Ray, known to be close to Mohapatra.
His latest grievance is that Ray used casteist remarks against him and that the party leadership is exerting pressure on him to withdraw his criminal case against Ray in this regard.
Interestingly, another aggrieved leader, Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha, the tribal MLA representative from Bargarh district, who was also dropped from the Cabinet has chosen to keep silent after initial rumblings, especially through a local tribal outfit.
Similarly, five-time MLA from Jajpur district, Kalpataru Das, who has always felt he is not being made a Minster because he is not a follower of Mohapatra, has preferred not to join issue with Rout and Nayak, for reasons best known to him.
Political circles, however, attribute his silence to the controversy over his son's involvement in a questionable iron ore transportation business.
Bhubaneswar: The public statements by the three BJD MLAs, Damodar Rout, Debashis Nayak and Kashinath Mallick, against their party supremo and chief minister Naveen Patnaik, are most likely to be suspended from the party.
Rout, who has all along questioned the role of BJD Rajya Sabha member Pyari Mohan Mohapatra as the second power centre in the BJD, further sharpened his reaction after being sacked from the Cabinet in its recent reshuffle.
He had said that it is only Mohapatra who calls the shots in the party and that Patnaik disposes what Mohapatra proposes.
Nayak, a former minister, is also aggrieved over not being inducted into the ministry, which he had expected in the wake of Pramila Mallick's removal from the Cabinet a few months ago following the scam relating to the supply of rotten rice in the schoolchildren's midday meal programme.
Nayak, who had so far remained a silent critic of Mohapatra, took cue from Rout in public, as he was ignored during the ministry reshuffle, dashing his hopes to represent the district of Jajpur in Pramila Mallick's place.
Daspalla Scheduled Caste MLA Kashinath Mallick, who has been elected to the Assembly for the first time, has been at loggerheads with local party MP Rudra Madhab Ray, known to be close to Mohapatra.
His latest grievance is that Ray used casteist remarks against him and that the party leadership is exerting pressure on him to withdraw his criminal case against Ray in this regard.
Interestingly, another aggrieved leader, Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha, the tribal MLA representative from Bargarh district, who was also dropped from the Cabinet has chosen to keep silent after initial rumblings, especially through a local tribal outfit.
Similarly, five-time MLA from Jajpur district, Kalpataru Das, who has always felt he is not being made a Minster because he is not a follower of Mohapatra, has preferred not to join issue with Rout and Nayak, for reasons best known to him.
Political circles, however, attribute his silence to the controversy over his son's involvement in a questionable iron ore transportation business.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Signalling the launch of nuclear jihad!
Signalling the launch of nuclear jihad!
Kanchan Gupta
After the Taliban’s daring raid on PNS Mehran, a heavily guarded naval base in Karachi, the world, and not only the US, has reason to worry, if not be alarmed. This is not just another incident of radical Islamists demonstrating their ability to strike terror with the help of brainwashed young men desperate to die in the hope of frolicking with 72 nubile nymphets in the other world; it signals enhanced capability on part of Pakistan’s terrorists to attack high security targets. As Prof Shaun Gregory, director of the Pakistan Security Research Unit at Bradford University (we shall return to him later) says, “This is a blueprint for an attack on nuclear facilities.”
That fear has been stalking nations around the world ever since Pakistan’s descent into jihadi violence and chaos began in the closing years of Gen Pervez Musharraf’s rule. The fig leaf of order that had been held in place by the General and his men dropped the evening Benazir Bhutto was assassinated. After that, the Pakistani state, such as it existed, began imploding with an effete civilian Government, happy to be putty in the hands of a corrupt, unreliable and unstable Army, watching from the sidelines. With each passing day of blood-curdling violence — a suicide bombing here; a shootout there — the jihadis are inching closer to achieving their goal: Capturing the world’s only Islamic state with a nuclear arsenal.
Till recently, Pakistan posed a different kind of problem. It was a terror-sponsoring state with little or no control over its Army and rogue institutions like the ISI. It was, as former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright famously said, “An international headache.” There was also the fear that unless terrorist groups like Al Qaeda and its affiliate organisations like the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Lashkar-e-Tayyeba, treated as ‘strategic assets’ by the Pakistani Army, were brought under control (destroying them root and branch was never quite an option as the dragon’s teeth sown by Gen Zia-ul Haq, ironically with the help of the Americans, would ensure a fresh crop of jihadis after one lot had been put down) they would lay their hands on ‘strategic assets’ of another kind: Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal.
Every time that fear was expressed, Pakistan would retort with the standard response: “Our nuclear facilities are safe and secure.” There is also the other detail which would be touted in defence of Pakistan — nuclear bombs are not readymade gadgets that one picks up and detonates at will. True, that’s not how nuclear weapons are stored. The fissile core is kept separately from the device that triggers the explosion, which is not coupled with the launch vehicle. It’s only when the three are mated that you have a weapon of mass destruction.
If the Pakistanis (and their patrons in America) are to be believed, getting hold of the fissile core, the explosive device and the launch vehicle will not necessarily equip terrorists with a ‘nuclear bomb’; they would still need ‘Permissive Action Links’, a multiple set of codes, to activate the contraption. Unless those in the nuclear weapons command and control structure collaborate (a possibility that can no longer be entirely ruled out) the ‘Permissive Action Links’ will remain inaccessible, rendering the seized ‘bomb’ ineffective.
But we can only seek cold comfort in such facts, or ‘claims’, that are put out every time there’s talk of jihadis gaining access to Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal. For, there are three other aspects which are, frankly, of equally, if not more, serious concern. Perhaps Nato Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen had these in mind when he said that while he was confident Pakistan’s nuclear weapons were safe, “it (the Taliban’s raid on PNS Mehran) was a matter of concern”.
The concern stems from very real possibilities. First, at this stage the jihadis may be aiming at getting hold of either processed material in the form of fissile cores or spent fuel stored at nuclear reactors. These could be turned, with the help of collaborators from the nuclear establishment, into ‘dirty bombs’ with disastrous consequences within and beyond Pakistan. Both Islamabad and Rawalpindi will no doubt insist that there is no reason to doubt the integrity of the staff at these establishments or weapons storage facilities as they have been ‘vetted’. But that’s poppycock. AQ Khan ran a nuclear kala bazaar right under the nose of Pakistani authorities using military facilities, including planes that took off and landed at high security Army bases.
Second, there is reason to believe that Pakistan now has a ready-to-use stockpile of ‘tactical battlefield nuclear weapons’ — weapons that are designed to be used during a limited war and hence easily mated and extremely mobile. The jihadis could be hoping to lay their hands on these. What are meant to be weapons to be used against Indian forces in the event of a cold start war could end up being used against anybody anywhere.
The third possibility has long-term implications: Pakistan becoming captive in the hands of radical Islamists, either in form of a coalition comprising rogue elements of the Pakistani military/ISI and terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Tayyeba, or an Al Qaeda-backed conglomerate led by the Pakistani Taliban. In other words, jihadis getting hold of a readymade nuclear weapons state which they will then use to blackmail others or stage attacks elsewhere. Congressional testimonies and US documents suggest that in such a situation America would have no other option but to intervene. What is obvious but not stated is that intervention by then would be too late, apart from being fraught with untold danger.
Which brings me back to Prof Shaun Gregory. In August 2009 he had written an article, “The terrorist threat to Pakistan’s nuclear weapons”, in the monthly journal of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, the well-known military college in the US, warning, “The risk of the transfer of nuclear weapons, weapons components or nuclear expertise to terrorists in Pakistan is genuine.” (See Coffee Break, August 16, 2009.) He had then gone on to explain how empirical evidence shows the claims of foolproof security and safeguards at nuclear establishments in Pakistan were over-hyped and unreliable. He had listed at least three attempts by jihadis to storm nuclear weapons storage facilities.
“Civilian nuclear weapons sites — those sites where Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are manufactured, assembled or taken for refurbishment — are typically less protected than military sites where nuclear weapons are stored, deployed and operated,” Prof Gregory wrote, adding, “The attacks at the Wah cantonment highlight the vulnerability of nuclear weapons infrastructure sites to at least three forms of terrorist assault: a) an attack to cause a fire at a nuclear weapons facility, which would create a radiological hazard; b) an attack to cause an explosion at a nuclear weapons facility involving a nuclear weapon or components, which would create a radiological hazard; or c) an attack with the objective of seizing control of nuclear weapons components or possibly a nuclear weapon. On the latter point, Pakistan’s usual separation of nuclear weapons components is compromised to a degree by the need to assemble weapons at certain points in the manufacture and refurbishment cycle at civilian sites, and by the requirement for co-location of the separate components at military sites so that they can be mated quickly if necessary in crises.”
Kanchan Gupta
After the Taliban’s daring raid on PNS Mehran, a heavily guarded naval base in Karachi, the world, and not only the US, has reason to worry, if not be alarmed. This is not just another incident of radical Islamists demonstrating their ability to strike terror with the help of brainwashed young men desperate to die in the hope of frolicking with 72 nubile nymphets in the other world; it signals enhanced capability on part of Pakistan’s terrorists to attack high security targets. As Prof Shaun Gregory, director of the Pakistan Security Research Unit at Bradford University (we shall return to him later) says, “This is a blueprint for an attack on nuclear facilities.”
That fear has been stalking nations around the world ever since Pakistan’s descent into jihadi violence and chaos began in the closing years of Gen Pervez Musharraf’s rule. The fig leaf of order that had been held in place by the General and his men dropped the evening Benazir Bhutto was assassinated. After that, the Pakistani state, such as it existed, began imploding with an effete civilian Government, happy to be putty in the hands of a corrupt, unreliable and unstable Army, watching from the sidelines. With each passing day of blood-curdling violence — a suicide bombing here; a shootout there — the jihadis are inching closer to achieving their goal: Capturing the world’s only Islamic state with a nuclear arsenal.
Till recently, Pakistan posed a different kind of problem. It was a terror-sponsoring state with little or no control over its Army and rogue institutions like the ISI. It was, as former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright famously said, “An international headache.” There was also the fear that unless terrorist groups like Al Qaeda and its affiliate organisations like the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Lashkar-e-Tayyeba, treated as ‘strategic assets’ by the Pakistani Army, were brought under control (destroying them root and branch was never quite an option as the dragon’s teeth sown by Gen Zia-ul Haq, ironically with the help of the Americans, would ensure a fresh crop of jihadis after one lot had been put down) they would lay their hands on ‘strategic assets’ of another kind: Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal.
Every time that fear was expressed, Pakistan would retort with the standard response: “Our nuclear facilities are safe and secure.” There is also the other detail which would be touted in defence of Pakistan — nuclear bombs are not readymade gadgets that one picks up and detonates at will. True, that’s not how nuclear weapons are stored. The fissile core is kept separately from the device that triggers the explosion, which is not coupled with the launch vehicle. It’s only when the three are mated that you have a weapon of mass destruction.
If the Pakistanis (and their patrons in America) are to be believed, getting hold of the fissile core, the explosive device and the launch vehicle will not necessarily equip terrorists with a ‘nuclear bomb’; they would still need ‘Permissive Action Links’, a multiple set of codes, to activate the contraption. Unless those in the nuclear weapons command and control structure collaborate (a possibility that can no longer be entirely ruled out) the ‘Permissive Action Links’ will remain inaccessible, rendering the seized ‘bomb’ ineffective.
But we can only seek cold comfort in such facts, or ‘claims’, that are put out every time there’s talk of jihadis gaining access to Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal. For, there are three other aspects which are, frankly, of equally, if not more, serious concern. Perhaps Nato Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen had these in mind when he said that while he was confident Pakistan’s nuclear weapons were safe, “it (the Taliban’s raid on PNS Mehran) was a matter of concern”.
The concern stems from very real possibilities. First, at this stage the jihadis may be aiming at getting hold of either processed material in the form of fissile cores or spent fuel stored at nuclear reactors. These could be turned, with the help of collaborators from the nuclear establishment, into ‘dirty bombs’ with disastrous consequences within and beyond Pakistan. Both Islamabad and Rawalpindi will no doubt insist that there is no reason to doubt the integrity of the staff at these establishments or weapons storage facilities as they have been ‘vetted’. But that’s poppycock. AQ Khan ran a nuclear kala bazaar right under the nose of Pakistani authorities using military facilities, including planes that took off and landed at high security Army bases.
Second, there is reason to believe that Pakistan now has a ready-to-use stockpile of ‘tactical battlefield nuclear weapons’ — weapons that are designed to be used during a limited war and hence easily mated and extremely mobile. The jihadis could be hoping to lay their hands on these. What are meant to be weapons to be used against Indian forces in the event of a cold start war could end up being used against anybody anywhere.
The third possibility has long-term implications: Pakistan becoming captive in the hands of radical Islamists, either in form of a coalition comprising rogue elements of the Pakistani military/ISI and terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Tayyeba, or an Al Qaeda-backed conglomerate led by the Pakistani Taliban. In other words, jihadis getting hold of a readymade nuclear weapons state which they will then use to blackmail others or stage attacks elsewhere. Congressional testimonies and US documents suggest that in such a situation America would have no other option but to intervene. What is obvious but not stated is that intervention by then would be too late, apart from being fraught with untold danger.
Which brings me back to Prof Shaun Gregory. In August 2009 he had written an article, “The terrorist threat to Pakistan’s nuclear weapons”, in the monthly journal of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, the well-known military college in the US, warning, “The risk of the transfer of nuclear weapons, weapons components or nuclear expertise to terrorists in Pakistan is genuine.” (See Coffee Break, August 16, 2009.) He had then gone on to explain how empirical evidence shows the claims of foolproof security and safeguards at nuclear establishments in Pakistan were over-hyped and unreliable. He had listed at least three attempts by jihadis to storm nuclear weapons storage facilities.
“Civilian nuclear weapons sites — those sites where Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are manufactured, assembled or taken for refurbishment — are typically less protected than military sites where nuclear weapons are stored, deployed and operated,” Prof Gregory wrote, adding, “The attacks at the Wah cantonment highlight the vulnerability of nuclear weapons infrastructure sites to at least three forms of terrorist assault: a) an attack to cause a fire at a nuclear weapons facility, which would create a radiological hazard; b) an attack to cause an explosion at a nuclear weapons facility involving a nuclear weapon or components, which would create a radiological hazard; or c) an attack with the objective of seizing control of nuclear weapons components or possibly a nuclear weapon. On the latter point, Pakistan’s usual separation of nuclear weapons components is compromised to a degree by the need to assemble weapons at certain points in the manufacture and refurbishment cycle at civilian sites, and by the requirement for co-location of the separate components at military sites so that they can be mated quickly if necessary in crises.”
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Jihad finds a Lebensraum
Jihad finds a Lebensraum
Ashok Malik
The number one global nightmare is an Islamist occupation of Pakistan’s heartland with ISI-LeT and the Taliban competing for supremacy.
How should India respond to David Coleman Headley’s deposition in the trial of alleged terror facilitator Tahawwur Hussain Rana in a court in Chicago? For the past few days, almost in the manner of a television series, there’s been a new revelation every episode. Headley has laid bare the 26/11 conspiracy. He has identified key individuals in the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and the Inter-Services Intelligence who trained him as a reconnaissance operative.
Headley has highlighted the close links between the LeT and at least sections of the ISI. In the aftermath of the November 26, 2008, attack, the Home Minister of India had pointed out travel across international waters and commando training for the terror squad could not have been possible for a private organisation. A degree of buy-in by a state authority was obvious. Headley has only confirmed this.
Headley has confessed he was sent on similar missions to Copenhagen — where the LeT hoped to “punish” Denmark for the publication by local newspapers of allegedly offensive cartoons. He has also talked about being ordered to make an assessment of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai. Clearly, a nuclear attack or incident is on the LeT’s radar.
In some senses, the LeT has learnt a key lesson from 9/11, as did the perpetrators of the Bali nightclub strike (2002) and the subsequent train bombings in Madrid (2004) and London (2005). It has realised one blockbuster attack will give it greater traction — or plain notoriety — than a succession of smaller attacks in, say, Jammu & Kashmir.
The destruction of a high-value target — a major hotel, a defence facility such as the National Defence College in New Delhi, which was also on Headley’s wish list — would be made-for-television drama. The actual attack as well as the live telecast of the attack — and its replay over and over again — would do great psychological damage to the enemy.
That is why the LeT seemed obsessed with symbolic statements. It wanted the 26/11 death squad to land at the Gateway of India. It took the persuasion of Headley and a few others to get the LeT top brass to agree to a landing point that had less security. A nuclear facility, Mumbai’s biggest hotels and iconic train station, a military institution in the heart of the capital that would have a presence of senior Army officers at any given time: There is a pattern to this. It reflects the evolution of LeT-ISI thinking and goal-setting since, say, the mid-1990s.
What caused this change in tactics? Was it just copy-cat terror, following the spectacular success of Al Qaeda on September 11, 2001? To answer those questions is to understand the revised charter of the LeT and those wings of the ISI that give it sustenance. Till a decade ago, the LeT was content bleeding India, hurting it week after week, month after month, in Jammu & Kashmir and occasionally locations in north India. It did speak about global jihad but that was a theoretical resolve.
Today, its identity has changed. From being an organisation dedicated to “liberating Kashmir” and splintering India, it increasingly sees itself as part of the pan-Islamic jihadi superstructure. This is evident in:
The methodology the LeT-ISI duumvirate adopts — compelling terror strikes that have no immediate political goal, rather than a sustained war in the Kashmir Valley aimed at keeping the focus on just one troubled geography
The targets it settles upon — Indians and Hindus, of course, but also Western tourists and economic interests where these are vulnerable, Israeli citizens, European cities.
It could be argued that all this was already known. In intelligence circles, it has been fairly common knowledge for a decade now, ever since LeT cells were busted in Australia and Indonesia, Lashkar recruitment intensified in Britain, and there was talk of sending Punjabi regiments to fight the Americans in Iraq. However, Headley has brought all of this right into the public domain. It is impossible for Pakistan or for its apologists in the West to fudge facts anymore.
True, that does not mean the United States Administration will immediately train its guns on Pakistan, declare it a pariah state and attempt to treat it as it does Iran or even Venezuela. However, it is difficult to see how public pressure and congressional scrutiny will make it easy to provide Pakistan more aid and not push the US State Department to talk tough.
The Americans are going to adopt a two-track approach. On the face of it, Pakistan will continue to remain a valued ally. Behind closed doors, they will be speaking another language, and making several contingency plans. Is this a model for India?
It could be said there is no harm done continuing anodyne talks with Pakistan. This serves little purpose but, at the same time, concedes little ground. Perhaps; nevertheless there has to be an iron fist inside the velvet glove. The Headley confession is too important to be brushed under the carpet. In any future talks with Indian interlocutors, Pakistan’s Government has to account for the conspiracy that has unravelled in Chicago. It is required to tell India what it is doing with the ISI officers Headley has mentioned.
As Pakistan’s closest neighbour, India also needs to present the international community two medium-term non-negotiables. First, as an institution the ISI is beyond redemption. Its dismantling is essential for regional and global security. It has to be treated at par with the SS or the Stasi.
It is not enough to argue the ISI has had some thoroughly professional officers and even chiefs. Markus Wolf, legendary head of the East German Stasi, was one of history’s great spymasters. That did not stop him from leading a gang of thugs.
Second, the close relationship between the ISI and the LeT is a pointer to creeping Islamist access to nuclear weapons. At the very least, some sort of multilateral oversight of Pakistan’s nuclear facilities is now imperative. If a full-scale and immediate denuclearisation of Pakistan is not feasible, then at least a half-way house needs to be found.
It is a fair expectation the world will listen to these suggestions more than it would have in, say, 2001. This is not just due to Headley. In the past 10 years, the locus of international jihad has moved further and further from the Arabian Peninsula. The world community’s number one nightmare is no longer an extremist overthrow of the Saudi royal family. It is an Islamist occupation of the Pakistani heartland, with the LeT-ISI and the Tehreek-e-Taliban competing for supremacy.
Pakistan can congratulate itself. It has fulfilled Hitler’s dreams; it has become the jihadi Lebensraum.
Ashok Malik
The number one global nightmare is an Islamist occupation of Pakistan’s heartland with ISI-LeT and the Taliban competing for supremacy.
How should India respond to David Coleman Headley’s deposition in the trial of alleged terror facilitator Tahawwur Hussain Rana in a court in Chicago? For the past few days, almost in the manner of a television series, there’s been a new revelation every episode. Headley has laid bare the 26/11 conspiracy. He has identified key individuals in the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and the Inter-Services Intelligence who trained him as a reconnaissance operative.
Headley has highlighted the close links between the LeT and at least sections of the ISI. In the aftermath of the November 26, 2008, attack, the Home Minister of India had pointed out travel across international waters and commando training for the terror squad could not have been possible for a private organisation. A degree of buy-in by a state authority was obvious. Headley has only confirmed this.
Headley has confessed he was sent on similar missions to Copenhagen — where the LeT hoped to “punish” Denmark for the publication by local newspapers of allegedly offensive cartoons. He has also talked about being ordered to make an assessment of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai. Clearly, a nuclear attack or incident is on the LeT’s radar.
In some senses, the LeT has learnt a key lesson from 9/11, as did the perpetrators of the Bali nightclub strike (2002) and the subsequent train bombings in Madrid (2004) and London (2005). It has realised one blockbuster attack will give it greater traction — or plain notoriety — than a succession of smaller attacks in, say, Jammu & Kashmir.
The destruction of a high-value target — a major hotel, a defence facility such as the National Defence College in New Delhi, which was also on Headley’s wish list — would be made-for-television drama. The actual attack as well as the live telecast of the attack — and its replay over and over again — would do great psychological damage to the enemy.
That is why the LeT seemed obsessed with symbolic statements. It wanted the 26/11 death squad to land at the Gateway of India. It took the persuasion of Headley and a few others to get the LeT top brass to agree to a landing point that had less security. A nuclear facility, Mumbai’s biggest hotels and iconic train station, a military institution in the heart of the capital that would have a presence of senior Army officers at any given time: There is a pattern to this. It reflects the evolution of LeT-ISI thinking and goal-setting since, say, the mid-1990s.
What caused this change in tactics? Was it just copy-cat terror, following the spectacular success of Al Qaeda on September 11, 2001? To answer those questions is to understand the revised charter of the LeT and those wings of the ISI that give it sustenance. Till a decade ago, the LeT was content bleeding India, hurting it week after week, month after month, in Jammu & Kashmir and occasionally locations in north India. It did speak about global jihad but that was a theoretical resolve.
Today, its identity has changed. From being an organisation dedicated to “liberating Kashmir” and splintering India, it increasingly sees itself as part of the pan-Islamic jihadi superstructure. This is evident in:
The methodology the LeT-ISI duumvirate adopts — compelling terror strikes that have no immediate political goal, rather than a sustained war in the Kashmir Valley aimed at keeping the focus on just one troubled geography
The targets it settles upon — Indians and Hindus, of course, but also Western tourists and economic interests where these are vulnerable, Israeli citizens, European cities.
It could be argued that all this was already known. In intelligence circles, it has been fairly common knowledge for a decade now, ever since LeT cells were busted in Australia and Indonesia, Lashkar recruitment intensified in Britain, and there was talk of sending Punjabi regiments to fight the Americans in Iraq. However, Headley has brought all of this right into the public domain. It is impossible for Pakistan or for its apologists in the West to fudge facts anymore.
True, that does not mean the United States Administration will immediately train its guns on Pakistan, declare it a pariah state and attempt to treat it as it does Iran or even Venezuela. However, it is difficult to see how public pressure and congressional scrutiny will make it easy to provide Pakistan more aid and not push the US State Department to talk tough.
The Americans are going to adopt a two-track approach. On the face of it, Pakistan will continue to remain a valued ally. Behind closed doors, they will be speaking another language, and making several contingency plans. Is this a model for India?
It could be said there is no harm done continuing anodyne talks with Pakistan. This serves little purpose but, at the same time, concedes little ground. Perhaps; nevertheless there has to be an iron fist inside the velvet glove. The Headley confession is too important to be brushed under the carpet. In any future talks with Indian interlocutors, Pakistan’s Government has to account for the conspiracy that has unravelled in Chicago. It is required to tell India what it is doing with the ISI officers Headley has mentioned.
As Pakistan’s closest neighbour, India also needs to present the international community two medium-term non-negotiables. First, as an institution the ISI is beyond redemption. Its dismantling is essential for regional and global security. It has to be treated at par with the SS or the Stasi.
It is not enough to argue the ISI has had some thoroughly professional officers and even chiefs. Markus Wolf, legendary head of the East German Stasi, was one of history’s great spymasters. That did not stop him from leading a gang of thugs.
Second, the close relationship between the ISI and the LeT is a pointer to creeping Islamist access to nuclear weapons. At the very least, some sort of multilateral oversight of Pakistan’s nuclear facilities is now imperative. If a full-scale and immediate denuclearisation of Pakistan is not feasible, then at least a half-way house needs to be found.
It is a fair expectation the world will listen to these suggestions more than it would have in, say, 2001. This is not just due to Headley. In the past 10 years, the locus of international jihad has moved further and further from the Arabian Peninsula. The world community’s number one nightmare is no longer an extremist overthrow of the Saudi royal family. It is an Islamist occupation of the Pakistani heartland, with the LeT-ISI and the Tehreek-e-Taliban competing for supremacy.
Pakistan can congratulate itself. It has fulfilled Hitler’s dreams; it has become the jihadi Lebensraum.
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Invitation to Narad Jayanti Function
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All Odia, English, Hindi Newspapers, TV Channels, agencies
Invitation to Narad Jayanti Function
Like every year, Viswa Sambad Kendra, a multi-lingual news agency, is going to host the Narad Jayanti function on May 18, 2011( Wednesday) at 6.30 pm at Jayadev Bhawan(Soochana Bhawan), Bhubaneswar.
Viswa Sambad Kendra, Odisha unit also give away Narad Award to a leading journalist of the State. This year, Odia daily, Odisha Bhaskar editor, Bhaskar Parichha will get the Narad Award-2011.
Former Police DG Sarat Mishra will grace the occasion as chief guest while Asim Mitra, former Press Council of India and former sub-editor of Hindi daily Aaj Kal will attend as chief speaker and Dr Santunu Kumar Rath, joint-director AIR, Cuttack will join as guest of honour.
We are requesting you to attend the function and give coverage in your esteemed media.
Dr SN Tripathy
President VSK, Odisha
Sumanta Kumar Panda
Secretary, VSK , Odisha
All Odia, English, Hindi Newspapers, TV Channels, agencies
Invitation to Narad Jayanti Function
Like every year, Viswa Sambad Kendra, a multi-lingual news agency, is going to host the Narad Jayanti function on May 18, 2011( Wednesday) at 6.30 pm at Jayadev Bhawan(Soochana Bhawan), Bhubaneswar.
Viswa Sambad Kendra, Odisha unit also give away Narad Award to a leading journalist of the State. This year, Odia daily, Odisha Bhaskar editor, Bhaskar Parichha will get the Narad Award-2011.
Former Police DG Sarat Mishra will grace the occasion as chief guest while Asim Mitra, former Press Council of India and former sub-editor of Hindi daily Aaj Kal will attend as chief speaker and Dr Santunu Kumar Rath, joint-director AIR, Cuttack will join as guest of honour.
We are requesting you to attend the function and give coverage in your esteemed media.
Dr SN Tripathy
President VSK, Odisha
Sumanta Kumar Panda
Secretary, VSK , Odisha
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
मीडिया addres
Golak Chandra Das,Reporter , Rastradeep 35,NAC Flat,unite-3,kharavel nagar,Bhubaneswar,9861069553,9861028553,0674-2573483
Ambika Prasad Kanungo, Staff Reporter Samaj Plot No-14, BJB Nagar, Bhubaneswar-14,Res : D-11/1, Unit-8, Near OMC Colony 0674-2313301, 0674-2561805(R)
Prasanna Pati, Sub-Editor Cum Staff Reporter Samaj Plot No-14, BJB Nagar, Bhubaneswar-14, Res : Plot No-7010, Baragada, Upara Sahi, Near Netaji Club, Bhubaneswar 0674-2313301, 9437387283(M)
Rabi Priya Das, Staff Reporter Samaj Plot No-14, BJB Nagar, Bhubaneswar-14, Res : Naranagada, Khurda 0674-752018, 9437186052(M)
Trilochana Mohapatra, Sr. Journalist Samaj Plot No-14, BJB Nagar, Bhubaneswar-14, Res : Plot No-62, Satyandagar, 9438306886(M)
Piusha Mohanty, Photo Journalist Samaj Plot No- 448, 2nd Building, Jharpada, Laxmi Sagar, BBSR-6 0674-2313301, 9861093058(M)
Jitendra Das, Feature Samaj D-2/18, Sector-A, Zone-D, Mancheswar Industria Estate, Bhubaneswar-751010 9937388503(M)
Soumya R. Patnaik, Editor Sambad Eastern Media Limited, B/27, Industrial Estate, Rasulgarh,Bhubaneswar Res : Plot No-185/186, IRC Village 0674-2562056, 2561198, Fax-2562914, 9437097500(M)
Gopal Mohapatra, News Editor Sambad A/62, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar-751003, Res : Qrs. No- VR-3/1, Unit-II, BBSR 0674-2562056, 0674-2561198, 9437040481(M)
Goutam Das Mohapatra, Chief Reporter Sambad A/62, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar-751003, Res : 13, Bhagwat Sandhan, Rasulgarh, BBSR 0674-2562056, 0674-2561198, 9437082526(M)
Pravat Pattnaik, Correspondent Sambad Nilakantha Nagar, Nayapalli College, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar 9937447005(M), 94381417585(M)
Arjun Biswal, Reporter Sambad A/45, Krishna Garden, Phase-2, Jagamara, Bhubaneswar 9437093322(M)
Dhirendra Mishra, Chief Reporter Sambad A/62, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar-751003, Res : Krishna Garden, Unit-8, BBSR 9437060394(M)
Choudhury Amitab Das (City Bureau) Sambad A/62, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar-751003, Res : 24 East, Ashok Nagar, BBSR 9861150971(M)
Debendra Suara, Reporter Sambad Plot No- 1180, Near Dev Ray College, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar 9437196199(M)
Tathagat Satapathy, Editor Dharitri B-15, Indl. Estate, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar 0674-2580101, 2580348, Fax- 2580795, 9437009441(M)
Adyasha Satpathy, Executive Editor Dharitri B-15, Indl. Estate, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar 0674-2580101, 2580348, Fax- 2580795, 9437021151(M)
Bipin Singh, Bureau Chief Dharitri B-15, Indl. Estate, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar, Res : VA7/I, Unit-2, BBSR 0674-2531488, 9437025650(M)
Kamalakanta Pati,News Editor Dharitri B-15, Indl. Estate, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar, 945/946, Friends Colony, GGP Colony, Rasulgarh, BBSR 9437038393(M)
Rudra Prasad Jena, Business Correspondent Dharitri Plot No- 83, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar 9861083116(M)
Satakadi Hota, Chief Editor Samaya Plot. No- 44 &45, Sec-A, Zone-D, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, Bhubaneswar 0674-2583690-92, Fax- 2586665
Ranjib Biswal, Managing Editor Samaya Plot. No- 44 &45, Sec-A, Zone-D, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, Bhubaneswar 0674-2583690-92, 9437003777(M)
Maloy Nayak, News Editor Samaya Plot. No- 44 &45, Sec-A, Zone-D, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, Bhubaneswar, Res : 2RAF 27/3, Unit-9, Flat , BBSR-22 9437014757(M)
Tapan Maharana, Business Correspondent Samaya Plot. No- 44 &45, Sec-A, Zone-D, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, Bhubaneswar, Res :C/o-K.C.Prusty, Plot No-435/567, Chakeisani, Rasulgarh, BBSR 9437003638(M)
Sarada Debata, Sr Correspondent Samaya RLB-92, Bhim Tangi, Housing Board Colony, Phase-2, Bhubaneswar 9437171347(M)
Bankim Nayak Samaya Plot. No- 44 &45, Sec-A, Zone-D, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, Bhubaneswar 0674-2583690
Samahit Bal, Editor Pragativadi 178-B, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, Bhubaneswar, Res : Diganta-13, Ekamra Vihar 0674-2588297, 0674-2588298, 9337103981(M)
Priyadarshan Dash, Publisher Pragativadi 178-B, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, Bhubaneswar, 9937008965(M)
Lalit Patjoshi Pragativadi 178-B, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, Bhubaneswar, 9937008966(M)
Birupakhya Tripathy, Staff Correspondent Pragativadi 178-B, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, Bhubaneswar, Res : Qr No-E3/2, Unit-9, Flat,BBSR 9937008979(M)
Amaresh Kumar Das, News Editor Pragativadi 178-B, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, Bhubaneswar, Res : Plot No-687/2365, Jayadev Vihar, Nayapalli, BBSR 9937008978(M), 9437298831(M)
Pradosh Pattnaik, Chief Editor Odisha Bhaskar Manjari Mahal-208, Kharavel Nagar, Bhubaneswar 9861026640(M)
Bhaskar Parichha, Editor Odisha Bhaskar Plot No-10, Lane-2, Adarsha Vihar, KIIT Post Office, Bhubaneswar-24 0674-2587803, 2587804, Cabin-2371213, Fax- 2587803, 9337508592(M)
Rabindra Ku Panda, Executive Editor Anupam Bharat Type-VI, DS-2/1, Unit-II, Bhubaneswar-751009 0680-2291452, 9437061452(M)
Jyotirmaya Pattnaik, News Editor Anupam Bharat Type-VI, DS-2/1, Unit-II, Bhubaneswar-751009 9861156920(M)
Bhagban Panda Anupam Bharat Type-VI, DS-2/1, Unit-II, Bhubaneswar-751009 0674-2536943, 2536944, 9437694748(M)
Madhav Behera Anupam Bharat Type-VI, DS-2/1, Unit-II, Bhubaneswar-751009 9439315905(m)
Dhiren Swain, Correspondent Prajatantra Prajatantra Prachar Samiti, Unit-9, Bhubaneswar 0674-2393583(O), Fax- 2410866
Dr Pabitra Mohan Samantray, Editor Paryabekhyak 118C BDA Duplex, Baramunda, Bhubaneswar-751010 Fax- 0674-2354119, 9437011177(M)
Gyana Ranjan Das, Media Manager cum News Editor Paryabekhyak 118C BDA Duplex, Baramunda, Bhubaneswar-751010 9437460938(M)
Budhadeba Mohapatra, Publisher Paryabekhyak 118C BDA Duplex, Baramunda, Bhubaneswar-751010 9937660797(M)
Niranjan Mohanty Kholadwar Kranti Press Pvt. Ltd., Plot No- 337, Baramunda, Delta Colony, Bhubaneswar-3 0674-2565023
Bijoy Parida Kholadwar/ Indian Era Kranti Press Pvt. Ltd., Plot No- 337, Baramunda, Delta Colony, Bhubaneswar-3 9437284691(M)
Batakrushna Tripathy, Chief Editor Dinalipi Surya Printing Press, Dinalipi Bhawan, A-54/1 & A-55/1, Baramunda, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar 0674-2563778, Fax- 0674-2562083
Annapurna Das, Editor Dinalipi Surya Printing Press, Dinalipi Bhawan, A-54/1 & A-55/1, Baramunda, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar 0674-2563778, Fax- 0674-2562083
Ratikanta Mohanty, Principal Correspondent Dinalipi Plot. No- 287, Kharvel Nagar, Bhubaneswar 9437304883(M)
Pradipta Das, News Editor Dinalipi Surya Printing Press, Dinalipi Bhawan, A-54/1 & A-55/1, Baramunda, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar, Res : Plot No-167/5577, Chakeisiani, Mancheswar, BBSR-10 9937815855(M)
Sibananda Ray, Editor Kalinga Mail 17, Rajarani, Lewis Road, Bhubaneswar-14 9437386831(M)
Sudhir Ku Panda, Editor Pratidin Plot. No-TS3/193, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, BBSR-10 0674-2587532, 2582533,News Desk : 0674-3955759, Fax-0674-2582535, 9437021532(M)
Sambit Ku Panda, City Correspondent Pratidin Plot. No-TS3/193, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, BBSR-10 9338908309(M)
Bijoy Ku Panda, Staff Correspondent Matrubhasa Qtr. No- 2RB-4, Unit-III,BBSR 0674-2396541, 2395541, 9437066753(M)
Umapada Bose, Chief Editor Orissa Express
Ambika Prasad Das Orissa Express
Jayasish Roy, Editor Sambad Kalika 464, Saheed Nagar,BBSR, Res : 4R Flat,Unit-9, Bhubaneswar 9437067226(M)
Prof. Biswaranjan, Editor Khabar Plot No- TS/191, Sector-A, Zone-B, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, BBSR-751010, Res : Netaji Nivas, 199, Kansari Jhar, Unit-6, BBSR 0674-3258080, Fax- 0674-2586624, 9238388106(M)
Gurukalyan Mohapatra Khabar D-10/5, Unit-8,Bhubaneswar-12 0674-2431070, 6451488, 6451484, 9437012123(M)
Surajita Mishra, Senior Sub-Editor Khabar DL-56, VSS Nagar, Bhubaneswar 9861447311(M)
Harekrushna Choudhury, Reporter Khabar Plot No- TS/191, Sector-A, Zone-B, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, BBSR-751010, Res : Plot No-126/616, Kolathia, Aeiginia,BBSR-9 9437070050(M)
Navin Das, Managing Editor Suryaprava Res : CST-69, Kanan Vihar, Phase-1, Bhubaneswar-31 9437002615(M)
Sauvagya Sundar Ray, News Editor Suryaprava New LIC Colony, Cuttack 9437229233(M)
Girija Sankar Das, Correspondent Suryaprava Sarada Dham, Puri Road, Old Town, Bhubaneswar 9337760913, 9938011730(M)
Nihar Nalini Sarangi, Editor Aromv Thikana, B-2/1, Madhusudan Samabaya Nagar, Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar 0674-2430592, Fax- 0674-2430351, 9437570351(M)
Bijay Tripathy, News Editor Aromv 41 Goutam Nagar, Bhubaneswar- 751014 9668095393(M)
Srikant Sahu, City Reporter Aromv 41 Goutam Nagar, Bhubaneswar- 751014 9861467271(M)
Kailash Mishra Amari Katha 9437959001(M)
Pravas Chandra Rout, Editor Oscar Utkal N5/298, IRC Village, Bhubaneswar- 751015 9437078905(M)
Dillip Mohanty, Editor Mahabharat 166 B, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, Bhubaneswar-751010 0674-2570572, Fax- 0674-2585767
Bhagirathi Patjoshi, Managing Editor Mahabharat 166 B, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, Bhubaneswar-751010 9437106451(M)
Rabi Das, Editor Ama Rajdhani VIC-12/1,Unit-I, Bapuji Nagar, Bhubaneswar 0674-2533279
Prasanna Kumar Nayak, Correspondent Agnisikha Qrs.No-52/3, Unit-9(F), Bhubaneswar-22 0674-2543579(R), 9337705431(M)
Bisamaya Mohanty, Editor-cum-Correspondent Ajikali Bhubaneswar 956782-262694(O)
Pradumna Kumar Mohanty, Spl. Correspondent Ajikali Qrs.No- VA-20/4, Unit-II, Bhubaneswar 956782-262694(O), 0674-2531344(R), 9437309009(M)
Rabi Narayan Mohanty, Editor Nyabati Plot No-A/31, Zone-A, Sector-A,Man chewar Industrial Estate, BBSR-751010, City Office- Type-6(D5)3/2, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Unit-3, BBSR Tele Fax- 0674-2586251, 0674-2588175
Adheep Narayan Mohanty, Chairman Nayabati Plot No-A/31, Zone-A, Sector-A,Man chewar Industrial Estate, BBSR-751010, City Office- Type-6(D5)3/2, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Unit-3, BBSR 9937927868(M)
Baishnab Jena Nyabati Plot No-A/31, Zone-A, Sector-A,Man chewar Industrial Estate, BBSR-751010, City Office- Type-6(D5)3/2, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Unit-3, BBSR 9437007200(M)
Sudhir Das, News Editor Shruti VR-3/2, Unit-4, Bhubaneswar 9437205998(M)
Akaya Kumar Pati Dainika Asha Qrs. No- VIIA-23/1, Unit-II Bhubaneswar-9 0674-2533445
Govinda Chandra Samal, Editor-cum-Correspondent Krantidhara LB-57,Stage-IV, Laxmisagar, Brit Colony, Bhubaneswar 0674-2571571, 9439203964(M)
ENGLISH DAILY
Rajaram Satapathy, Chief of Bureau The Times of India 35, Satya Nagar, Bubaneswar, Res : VIA-3/2, Unit-I,BBSR 0674-2513208, 2513770, 0674-2530690, Fax- 0674-2500384, 9853252626(M)
Sandeep Mishra, Spl. Correspondent The Times of India 35, Satya Nagar, Bubaneswar, Res : Plot No-4706/5851, Gajapati Nagar, BBSR 9437129964(M)
Ashok Pradhan, Principal Correspondent The Times of India N-5, 451, IRC Village, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar 9439753302(M)
Minati Singha, Correspondent The Times of India 35, Satya Nagar, Bubaneswar, Res : Plot No-109, Satya Nagar Bal Bhavan School, BBSR 9861197879(M)
Srimoy Kar, Editor (Orissa & A) The New Indian Express 25-A, Janpath, Unit-III, BBSR, Res : 396, Saheed Nagar, BBSR 0674-2534633, 2535274, 9437015864(M)
Devdas Thakur, News Editor The New Indian Express 25-A, Janpath, Unit-III, BBSR 0674-2534633, 2535274
Bijoy Chakhi, Chief Reporter The New Indian Express 25-A, Janpath, Unit-III, BBSR 9337083032(M)
Bijaya Pradhan The New Indian Express 25-A, Janpath, Unit-III, BBSR 9238002525(M)
Siba Kumar Mohanty The New Indian Express 25-A, Janpath, Unit-III, BBSR 9861138454(M)
S.N.Agragami, Correspondent The New Indian Express 25-A, Janpath, Unit-III, BBSR 9337213137(M)
K.Ravi, Bureau Chief The Statesman Qtr.No-B4, Unit-II, BBSR 0674-2530062, 2530465, Fax- 0674-2588601, 9861037021(M)
Saroj Mishra The Pioneer 1067, Nayapalli, Near LIC Office, Bhubaneswar
S.P.Nanda The Pioneer 1067, Nayapalli, Near LIC Office, Bhubaneswar 0674-2560272, Fax- 0674-2560355, 9437015272(M)
Pradeep Das, DGM The Pioneer 1067, Nayapalli, Near LIC Office, Bhubaneswar 0674-2560272, Fax- 0674-2560355
Pabitra Mohan Senapaty The Pioneer 9937635818(M)
Priya Ranjan Sahu, Principal Correspondent The Hindusthan Times HT Media Ltd. Chandan, 1st Floor, 32-E, Ashok Nagar, Bhubaneswar-751009 0674-2532823/2532813, 9437220536(M)
Prakash Patra, Resident Editor The Telegraph 185 Janpath, Unit-3, Kharvel Nagar, Bhubaneswr-751001 7894400448(M)
Ashutosh Mishra, News Co-ordinator The Telegraph 185 Janpath, Unit-3, Kharvel Nagar, Bhubaneswr-751001 9437230643(M)
Subrat Das, Bureau Chief The Telegraph 185 Janpath, Unit-3, Kharvel Nagar, Bhubaneswr-751001 0674-2533622(R), 9437566622(M)
Subashis Mohanty The Telegraph MIGB-19, Brit Colony, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar-751012 9437014023(M)
Bibhuti Barik The Telegraph c/o- Kanakbala Swain, 101, Ganga Nagar, Unti-6, Bhubaneswar 9238003531(M)
Priya Abraham The Telegraph 185 Janpath, Unit-3, Kharvel Nagar, Bhubaneswr-751001 9938424833(M)
Namita Panda The Telegraph` 185 Janpath, Unit-3, Kharvel Nagar, Bhubaneswr-751001 9853532087(M)
Shilpi Sampad The Telegraph` 185 Janpath, Unit-3, Kharvel Nagar, Bhubaneswr-751001 9853330930(M)
Sandeep Bal The Telegraph` 185 Janpath, Unit-3, Kharvel Nagar, Bhubaneswr-751001 9438011532(M)
Sanjeeb Mukharjee, Photo Journalist The Telegraph` 185 Janpath, Unit-3, Kharvel Nagar, Bhubaneswr-751001 9437013737(M)
Ashwinee Pati The Telegraph` 185 Janpath, Unit-3, Kharvel Nagar, Bhubaneswr-751001 9438023546(M)
Dillip Satpathy, Deputy Bureau Chief The Business Standard B-403, Moti Apartment, Toshali Plaza Complex, Staya Nagar, Bhubaneswar 0674-2545804, 2545759, 9437002020(M)
Dillip Kumar Bisoi, Sr. Correspondent The Financial Express VR 3/1, Unit-3, Kharvel Nagar, Bhubaneswar 0674-2392576, 9861037665(M)
Nageshwar Patnaik, Spl.Correspondent The Economic Times 35, Satya Nagar, Bhubaneswar, Res : Qtrs.No-4R-15, Unit- VIII, BBSR 0674-2513208, 2513770, 2563532, 9437003532(M)
Praffula Das, Spl. Correspondent The Hindu V-2, Unit-5, Behind Rajiv Bhavan, Bhubaneswar 0674-2541973(O), 0674-2539057(R), Fax- 0674-2541973, 9861090699(M)
Satya Sundar Barik, Correspondent The Hindu A/132, Saheed Nagar, Bhubaneswar 9437129866(M)
Akshaya Sahoo, Correspondent Asian Age Appolo Asian Appartment, Palasuni,Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar 0674-2370125, 9861066743(M)
Nihar Ranjan Mohanty, Executive Editor The Indian Era Kranti Press Pvt Ltd. Plot No- 337, Baramunda, Delta Colony, BBSR-751003
S.T.Beuria, Spl. Correspondent Deccan Herald Qrs.No-4R/4, Near Central Schoo, Unit-9, Bhubaneswar 0674-2536746(R), 9861045625(M)
ENGLISH PERIODICALS
Dhrutikam Mohanty, Senior Editor The Sunday Indian Tarpana, 216-B/6, Mancheswar Industrial Estate,Bhubaneswar, Off: Plan Man Media Pvt Ltd. Plot No-A-411, II PM Tower, Saheed Nagar, Bani Vihar Square, Bhubaneswar 0674-2580101, 2580348, 9861086720(M)
Chittaranjan Chiranjit The Sunday Indian Bhubaneswar 9861591602(M)
Kalyan Anand, Editor Indus Valley Times 403, Appolo Ashiyana Apartment, Palasuni, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar 0674-2370125
Prakash Ku Mohapatra, Editor Bima Chronicle 4B, Ratna Tower, Cuttack-Puri Road, Bhubaneswar-16 9338089477(M)
NEWS AGENCY
Sidhartha Kanungo, Manager Press Trust of India(PTI) Qtrs.No-13, Types 5R, Unit-1, Bhubaneswar 0674-2530535, 2530602, Fax- 0674-2530535, 9438302895(M)
Arabinda Mishra PTI Qtrs.No-13, Types 5R, Unit-1, Bhubaneswar 0674-2530535, 2530602, Fax- 0674-2530535, 9437278718(M)
Devi Prasanna Patnaik, Manager United News of Indaia(UNI) 5-R(F)/4, Unit-III, Bhubaneswar 0674-2536776, 0674-2536624(R), Fax-0674-2536776, 9437036624(M)
Jatindra Dash, Spl.Correspondent Indo Asian News Service(IANS) GA-88, Niladri Vihar, Bhubaneswar Tele Fax : 0674-2720757, 2721174, 9437021174, 9437368656(M)
Pratap Mohanty Agence France-Prresse 219, Dharma Vihar, Bhubaneswar-754030 0674-2350039, 9437035003(M)
Braja Kishore Mishra, Bureau Chief Tathya 3R 14/1, Unit-IV, Bhubaneswar 06742506999(M)
Jayasish Ray, Spl.Correspondent cum Manager Press News Service(News) 4R -12, Unit-9 Flat,Bhubaneswar, OFF : VR-71, Unit-6, Bhubaneswar 0674-2540805, 9437067226(M)
Anil Prasad Mishra,Chief Editor Eastern Press Agency(EPA) VA-12/1, Unit-II, Bhubaneswar-9 Fax - 250674,2540805, 9437067226(M)
Suvass Chandra Swain,Principal Correspondent Odissa News Network LB-75, Stage-IV, Laxmisagar Brit Colony, Bhubaneswar 9938171690(M)
Sampad Mohapatra, Spl.Correspondent NDTV 24X7 93, Anant Villa-II, Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar 0674-2561176, 2560902, Fax- 0674-2561176, 9437061176(M)
Mr Sabyasachi Panigrahi NDTV 24X7 Ashok Nagar East, Plot No- 4114/A, Bhubaneswar 0674-2532638(R), 99370-11638(M)
Pravat Kumar, Correspondent Aaj Tak Plot C-129, Pokhariput, Lingaraj Vihar, Bhubaneswar 9437063316(M)
Prashant Patnaik, Bureau Chief India TV 5-R(F)/5, Unit-III, BBSR-751001 0674-3095144, 9437005118(M)
Jajati Karan, Correspondent CNN IBN Off : Hotel Sun Green, Room No-204, Satya Nagar, Bhubaneswar Res : 130, Bomikhal, Next to IMFA office Fax-0674-2540771, 2540772, 9437015089(M)
Nilakanth Acharya, Video Reporter CNN IBN Res : IVR-175, Unit-6, Bhubaneswar 9437004026(M)
D.N.Singh, Spl.Correspondent Zee News C-3, Labour Colony, Unit-III, Bhubaneswar 0674-2391878, 9861028606(M)
Manoj Mishra, Camera Man Zee News 9437013388(M)
Sarada Lahangir, Bureau Chief ANI 1203/A, Nilakantha Nagar, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar 9437011104(M)
Aswini Kumar Darjee ANI 1203/A, Nilakantha Nagar, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar 9437220647(M)
Md Suffian Times Now N/1/215, IRC Village, Bhubaneswar-15 9861433349, 9437111141(M)
Samarendrar, Correspondent Star News
ELECTRONIC MEDIA (Regional)
Mr Sisir Bhatta Mishra, Bureau in Charge(News) ETV, Oriya 1st Floor, Bhanjaprava Bhawan, Unit-III, Bhubaneswar, Res : 378, Lane-7, Jagannath Vihar, Baramunda, Bhubaneswar 0674-2539057, 2562056, Fax- 0674-2380603, 9337104011(M)
Jagi M Panda, Director OTV C-1, Chandrasekharpur, BDA Colony, BBSR 0674-2303379, 3911200
Bibhu Prasad Rath, Director OTV C-1, Chandrasekharpur, BDA Colony, BBSR 9937041574(M)
Soumyajit Pattnaik, Chief Editor OTV C-1, Chandrasekharpur, BDA Colony, BBSR, Res : Plot No-719, Saheed Nagar, Bhubaneswar 9861024924, 9937285401, 9238409743(M)
Dayanidhi Dash, Executive Editor OTV N-81, Baramunda, Housing Board Colony, Bhubaneswar 9937288196, 9937683553(M)
Bhakta Tripathy, Associate Editor OTV K-8/555, Kalinga Nagar, Ghatikia, Bhubaneswar 9437393111, 9937288276(M)
Manoranjan Mishra, Editor-CA OTV DIVR-131, Unit-6, Bhubaneswar 9937288001, 9938169526(M)
Pitabasa Panda, Input Incharge OTV Near SOS Village, Sum Hospital Road, Bhubaneswar 9238405516, 9937421621(M)
Narendra Jena, Out Put Editor OTV S-3774, Niladri Vihar, Bhubaneswar 9937288189(M)
Babita Swain, Chief Reporter OTV P/19, Chandrasekharpur, Near OTV Office, BDA Colony, BBSR 9861048662, 9238408951(M)
Radha Madhab Mishra, Chief Reporter OTV C-1, Chandrasekharpur, BDA Colony, BBSR 9438578787, 9238405513(M)
Alok Mohanty OTV C-1, Chandrasekharpur, BDA Colony, BBSR 9937012139(M)
Subhransu Panda, Business Sr Reporter OTV C-1, Chandrasekharpur, BDA Colony, BBSR 9238408958, 9938678129(M)
Shanti Bhusan Mishra OTV Shakti Vihar, In Front of Central School-3, Near Omfed Chhak, Bhubaneswar 9437227406(M)
Arindam Das OTV C-1, Chandrasekharpur, BDA Colony, BBSR 9439962418(M)
Bhakta Jena, Sr Reporter OTV Arnnapurna Road, Pithapur, Cuttack 9040778322(M)
Ramesh Rath, Reporter OTV 169-A, Saheed Nagar, Bhubaneswar 9437006889(M)
Balaram Mohanty, Reporter OTV B-1, Flat -76, HIG-2, Lingaraj Vihar, Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar-20 9937145662(M)
Monalisa Mishra, Reporter OTV 110/600,c/o- Annapurna, Bijay Vihar, Samantarapur, Bhubaneswar 9238460700(M)
Harihara Chand, Reporter OTV D-32, BJB Nagar, Bhubaneswar 9437368875(M)
Bibhuti Rath OTV VR 1/1, Unit-1, Bhubaneswar 9937299334(M)
Prithivi Ballav Pattnaik, Director Kanak TV Sambad Bhavan, B-26, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar
Malaya Mishra, CEO Kanak TV Sambad Bhavan, B-26, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar 9437920212(M)
Satya Prakash Naik, Director Kanak TV VR-74, Unit-6, Bhubaneswar-751001 9937291314(M)
Durga Madhav Mishra Kanak TV 66, Shiv Nagar, Tankapani Road, Bhubaneswar 9438791150(M)
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Jayasish Ray, Spl.Correspondent cum Manager Press News Service(News) 4R -12, Unit-9 Flat,Bhubaneswar, OFF : VR-71, Unit-6, Bhubaneswar 0674-2540805, 9437067226(M)
Anil Prasad Mishra,Chief Editor Eastern Press Agency(EPA) VA-12/1, Unit-II, Bhubaneswar-9 Fax - 250674,2540805, 9437067226(M)
Suvass Chandra Swain,Principal Correspondent Odissa News Network LB-75, Stage-IV, Laxmisagar Brit Colony, Bhubaneswar 9938171690(M)
Sampad Mohapatra, Spl.Correspondent NDTV 24X7 93, Anant Villa-II, Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar 0674-2561176, 2560902, Fax- 0674-2561176, 9437061176(M)
Mr Sabyasachi Panigrahi NDTV 24X7 Ashok Nagar East, Plot No- 4114/A, Bhubaneswar 0674-2532638(R), 99370-11638(M)
Pravat Kumar, Correspondent Aaj Tak Plot C-129, Pokhariput, Lingaraj Vihar, Bhubaneswar 9437063316(M)
Prashant Patnaik, Bureau Chief India TV 5-R(F)/5, Unit-III, BBSR-751001 0674-3095144, 9437005118(M)
Jajati Karan, Correspondent CNN IBN Off : Hotel Sun Green, Room No-204, Satya Nagar, Bhubaneswar Res : 130, Bomikhal, Next to IMFA office Fax-0674-2540771, 2540772, 9437015089(M)
Nilakanth Acharya, Video Reporter CNN IBN Res : IVR-175, Unit-6, Bhubaneswar 9437004026(M)
D.N.Singh, Spl.Correspondent Zee News C-3, Labour Colony, Unit-III, Bhubaneswar 0674-2391878, 9861028606(M)
Manoj Mishra, Camera Man Zee News 9437013388(M)
Sarada Lahangir, Bureau Chief ANI 1203/A, Nilakantha Nagar, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar 9437011104(M)
Aswini Kumar Darjee ANI 1203/A, Nilakantha Nagar, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar 9437220647(M)
Md Suffian Times Now N/1/215, IRC Village, Bhubaneswar-15 9861433349, 9437111141(M)
Samarendrar, Correspondent Star News
ELECTRONIC MEDIA (Regional)
Mr Sisir Bhatta Mishra, Bureau in Charge(News) ETV, Oriya 1st Floor, Bhanjaprava Bhawan, Unit-III, Bhubaneswar, Res : 378, Lane-7, Jagannath Vihar, Baramunda, Bhubaneswar 0674-2539057, 2562056, Fax- 0674-2380603, 9337104011(M)
Jagi M Panda, Director OTV C-1, Chandrasekharpur, BDA Colony, BBSR 0674-2303379, 3911200
Bibhu Prasad Rath, Director OTV C-1, Chandrasekharpur, BDA Colony, BBSR 9937041574(M)
Soumyajit Pattnaik, Chief Editor OTV C-1, Chandrasekharpur, BDA Colony, BBSR, Res : Plot No-719, Saheed Nagar, Bhubaneswar 9861024924, 9937285401, 9238409743(M)
Dayanidhi Dash, Executive Editor OTV N-81, Baramunda, Housing Board Colony, Bhubaneswar 9937288196, 9937683553(M)
Bhakta Tripathy, Associate Editor OTV K-8/555, Kalinga Nagar, Ghatikia, Bhubaneswar 9437393111, 9937288276(M)
Manoranjan Mishra, Editor-CA OTV DIVR-131, Unit-6, Bhubaneswar 9937288001, 9938169526(M)
Pitabasa Panda, Input Incharge OTV Near SOS Village, Sum Hospital Road, Bhubaneswar 9238405516, 9937421621(M)
Narendra Jena, Out Put Editor OTV S-3774, Niladri Vihar, Bhubaneswar 9937288189(M)
Babita Swain, Chief Reporter OTV P/19, Chandrasekharpur, Near OTV Office, BDA Colony, BBSR 9861048662, 9238408951(M)
Radha Madhab Mishra, Chief Reporter OTV C-1, Chandrasekharpur, BDA Colony, BBSR 9438578787, 9238405513(M)
Alok Mohanty OTV C-1, Chandrasekharpur, BDA Colony, BBSR 9937012139(M)
Subhransu Panda, Business Sr Reporter OTV C-1, Chandrasekharpur, BDA Colony, BBSR 9238408958, 9938678129(M)
Shanti Bhusan Mishra OTV Shakti Vihar, In Front of Central School-3, Near Omfed Chhak, Bhubaneswar 9437227406(M)
Arindam Das OTV C-1, Chandrasekharpur, BDA Colony, BBSR 9439962418(M)
Bhakta Jena, Sr Reporter OTV Arnnapurna Road, Pithapur, Cuttack 9040778322(M)
Ramesh Rath, Reporter OTV 169-A, Saheed Nagar, Bhubaneswar 9437006889(M)
Balaram Mohanty, Reporter OTV B-1, Flat -76, HIG-2, Lingaraj Vihar, Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar-20 9937145662(M)
Monalisa Mishra, Reporter OTV 110/600,c/o- Annapurna, Bijay Vihar, Samantarapur, Bhubaneswar 9238460700(M)
Harihara Chand, Reporter OTV D-32, BJB Nagar, Bhubaneswar 9437368875(M)
Bibhuti Rath OTV VR 1/1, Unit-1, Bhubaneswar 9937299334(M)
Prithivi Ballav Pattnaik, Director Kanak TV Sambad Bhavan, B-26, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar
Malaya Mishra, CEO Kanak TV Sambad Bhavan, B-26, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar 9437920212(M)
Satya Prakash Naik, Director Kanak TV VR-74, Unit-6, Bhubaneswar-751001 9937291314(M)
Durga Madhav Mishra Kanak TV 66, Shiv Nagar, Tankapani Road, Bhubaneswar 9438791150(M)
Devendra Prusty Kanak TV A/17, Kharvel Nagar, Bhubaneswar 9178467016(M)
Jivan Roy, Sr. Reporter Kanak TV Plot No- 1044, Nayapalli, Gada Sahi, Block-3, Room-2, Bhubaneswar 9938181846(M)
Jajati Mohanty, Sr.Reporter Kanak TV Plot No.-15, GGP Enclaves, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar 9178467136(M)
Bikash Mohanty Kanak TV Sambad Bhavan, B-26, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar 9776512382(M)
Rajesh Samantray Kanak TV Q-IR37, Road No-2, Unit-9, Bhubaneswar 9861118637(M)
Sagyan Sanghamitra Kanak TV Sambad Bhavan, B-26, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar 9178467003(M)
Prabhat Nayak Kanak TV Sambad Bhavan, B-26, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar 9861938948(M)
Paresh Naik, Reporter Kanak TV Jaydev Vihar, Near May Fair Hotel, Bhubaneswar 9338146836(M)
Sarat Mohapatra, Out Put Head/News Producer Kanak TV Niladri Vihar, S-5, 127, Chandra Sekharpur, Bhubaneswar 9178467078(M)
Subhadarshini Mishra Naxatra TV C/o- Raj Kishore Mishra, IVR 78, Unit-6, Bhubaneswar 9437959365, 9337292053(M)
Ashok Sahu Naxatra TV N.K.MediaVentures Pvt Ltd., F/4, Third Floor, Indradhanu Market, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar 9437959361(M)
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Sailendranath Pradhan, Director News DD Doordarshan Kendra, Near Sainik School, Chandrasekharpur, BBSR 0674-2301178
Ganesh Nayak, News Head Kamyab TV Plot No- 159, Alaka, Unit-2, Ashok Nagar, Bhubaneswar` 9937204425(M)
Bibhuti Rana Kamyab TV Plot No- 159, Alaka, Unit-2, Ashok Nagar, Bhubaneswar` 933855849(M)
Suchitra Mitra, Director & CEO Josh Television Plot No-23, Bhoi Sahi, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar 0674-2560854, 9853823567, 9437056567
Malay Mishra, Station Incharge Radio Choclate 104 FM Eastern Media Ltd, Radio Cholate, 462, 2nd Floor, Goutam Nagar, Lewis Road, Bhubaneswar 0674-2434104, Fax- 2434103, 9437920212(M)
Arup Nanda, Managing Director Ekamra TV 7, Palm Height, Near Sum Hospital, Shyampur, Bhubaneswar 9238341937(M)
Mr Arup Das, Station Incharge Red FM 93.5 Swagat Palace, Unit-4, Bhubaneswar
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