The `52,000-crore Posco India steel project is in limbo, so is the fate of the `42,000-crore Milltal steel plant project.

The Orissa government has decided to ask all the thermal power plants operating in the state to set up cement plants for utilisation of fly ash.

Rebel Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Pyarimohan Mohapatra on Saturday resigned as the party’s parliamentary group leader in the Rajya Sabha.

Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday effected a major reshuffle in his council of ministers by dropping five influential ministers and inducting nine legislators, including six new faces.

Until a few years ago, most part of their time was spent on collecting firewood, animal rearing and looking after day-today home affairs. Today, they are transacting businesses with leading agencies of the country and each of them is earning nearly Rs 3,000 a month, strongly contributing to the family income. And their exploit has drawn nation-wide attention.

India on Sunday successfully test-fired the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, off the Orissa coast, nearly 200 km from here.

Temple city Bhubaneswar, the state capital of Orissa, is one of the few top Tier-II cities in the country which has been witnessing a rapid growth in recent years.

Temple city Bhubaneswar, the state capital of Orissa, is one of the few top Tier-II cities in the country which has been witnessing a rapid growth in recent years.

Orissa’s top Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda, alias Suneel, who was involved with the abduction of two Italian nationals in March this year from Orissa’s Kandhamal district on Saturday, ruled out the possibility of surrendering before the state police.

Opposition-backed presidential candidate P.A. Sangma on Sunday reiterated his claim that the country would witness the 1969 like results and he would emerge a clear winner in the July 19 polls.