Let's join the Earth Hour 2011 from 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM Today

Earth Hour came from a think tank initiated by Earth Hour Executive Director and Co-Founder, Andy Ridley, resulting in the formation of a partnership between WWF Australia, Leo Burnett and Fairfax Media to address the climate change issue.

Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million individuals and over 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change. India joined the campaign in 2009.

Earth Hour is organised annually on the last Saturday of March by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Over 4,000 cities from 131 countries will be turning off their lights during the global campaign. People across the globe will vote for planet earth by switching of all non-essential lights, on Saturday, from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm.

During Earth Hour 2010, more than five million people in India switched off the lights. In 2011, every household of the over 31 million Scouts in the 161 member countries of WOSM all over the world, can set a global record by coming together in action for a common cause – the planet. Let's join the Earth Hour 2011 event and make sure that you are a part of  this global event.

Happy Women's Day To All My Friends

Celebration of Panchayat Raj Divas in Odisha on 5th March 2011

Panchayati Raj Provided a self governance at the village / grass root level, however, it did not have a constitutional status. The Constitution of India under 73rd Amendment Act, 1992 provides a framework on which it was designed to have a 3 tier system for Panchayat Raj institutions (PRIs).

Odisha Grama Panchayat Act was enacted in the year 1948 and 3 tier system of Panchayati Raj Institutions was introduced in the year 1961. It's main aim is to provide sustainable development and socio-economic transformation in rural Odisha. In the year 2002, election to 3 tiers of Panchayati Raj Institutions held under 73rd amendment to empower tribal people.

The State level Panchayati Raj Divas will organized on 2011 on 5th March 2011 at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar. All Women representatives of 3 tier Panchayati Raj Institutions as women Zilla Parishad Presidents and Vice Presidents, women Chair Persons and Vice Chair Persons of Panchayat Samiti and women Sarapanches and Naib Sarapanches of Gram Panchayat will also be invited to attend the Samaroh.

Main Objectives of  PRI:
1. Primary education
2. Primary health
3. Safe Drinking water
4. Sanitation and street lighting
5. Environment protection
6. Common property resources (CPR) management

Panchayati Raj Divas is Celebrated in Odisha:
• To recognize the importance of Panchayati Raj system
• To create awareness among people regarding Panchayati Raj system
• To imbibe the empowerment among Panchayati Raj representatives
• To reward the best performers in Panchayati Raj institutions
• To reward the leaderships in Panchayati Raj systems

A police jawan was arrested in Jharigaon in Nabarangpur Dist. on rape charge

A police jawan was arrested in Jharigaon in Nabarangpur district, Odisha on rape charge. The victim is studying in Class VIII at the Jharigaon High School.  The jawan was posted in Jharigaon three months ago to take part in the anti-Maoist operations. It's really a very strange thing that Nabarangpur Dist. mainly the Jharigaon belt is now within the clutches of maoist. So Odisha Govt. sent special force there three months ago. If the protector of the land break the rules how can we reduce violence ?

The internal sources says that the boy and girl were meeting on mutual consent. The father caught them, demanded Rs 15 lakh and two acres of land from the guy. It's impossible to pay for a police jawan. So her father lodged the complaint and official action was taken on Thursday after a compromise formula could not be reached between both parties.

The fact will come soon to the limelight.