At least five Maoist cadres were killed and a few others were injured during a gunfight with the security personnel at Raighati under Tamka police station in the mineral-rich Jajpur district, nearly 1

The Bharatiya Janta Party on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the death of two activists of Gandhamardhan Surakshaya Parishad in what it said was a “fake encounter” with the security personnel on Dece

Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik, who fought innumerable adverse conditions in 2010, is in touch with some leading astrologers of the state to see that the New Year 2011 passes off peacefully, wit

After fighting for over a decade over issues like multi-crore mining scams, alleged land grabbing and diversion of river water for industrial use, the Opposition Congress and the ruling BJD have of late chosen the “farmers cause” to score a few political points over each other.

The Naveen Patnaik government on Thursday approved the restructuring proposal of the Orissa Maritime Board. The board, which was constituted a few months ago with 12 eminent personalities as members, will now have 15 representatives.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday withdrew its “unconditional” support to the ruling BJD accusing the later of not giving it “due importance” in the governance of the state.

The Orissa Legislative Assembly, which is most often in news for wrong reasons, on Monday witnessed yet another unpleasant scene as Congress members — irked by “insulting” remarks by state industry minister Raghuanth Mohanty — trooped into the well of the House and one of them threw a pen-stand at the Speaker’s podium.

Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday flagged off extension of services of three trains — Bhubaneswar-Koraput Express, Puri-Dhenkanal Passenger, the Puri-Palasa Passenger — through video conferencing.

A fast track court on Monday found gangster Raja Acharya and his associate Chagala, alias Akshaya Behera, guilty in the murder of Biranchi Das, coach of child marathon runner Budhia Singh.

The Maoists on Thursday struck with vengeance by killing two civilians, and a villager in a separate incident, at Langalkata village under K.