Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday gave clean chits to two of his ministers who have been targeted by the Opposition Congress for their alleged involvement in multi-crore coal scam.

The Congress on Thursday dared Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik to prove his honesty and transparent character by sacking two of his ministerial colleagues who caught in a coal scam.

Pandemonium prevailed in Orissa Legislative Assembly on Wednesday as the Opposition Congress members stormed into the well of the House demanding resignation of two ministers — Mr Badrinarayan Patra and Mr Pratap Jena — for their alleged role in the Rs 125-crore coal scam. The two ministers had facilitated diversion of subsidised coal to some fake companies during their stints in the Orissa Small-scale Industries Corporation (OSIC).

Over 10 lakh devotees on Tuesday thronged Puri to see the famous car festival of Lord Jagannath. A cloudy sky with intermittent drizzling provided a perfect weather for the visitors to witness the annual journey of the deity to His aunt Gundicha’s house.

The recent spurt in Naxal activities, especially in the mineral belts of Orissa, threatens to jeopardise the economic growth of the state.
Orissa’s economy in the five years up to 2007-08 grew at an average of 11.88 per cent per annum as against 9 per cent national average, primarily because of the i

The government of India and the Orissa government have mysteriously closed their eyes to a broad daylight “robbery” of high grade chrome ore from Tailangi mines under Sukinda block in Jajpur district.

Zero dropout rate at elementary school level, sustainable environment, poverty eradication, increase in literacy rate, gender equality, empowerment of women — they have achieved it all.

The Monday’s bandh call against the fuel price hikes seemingly provided the ruling BJD in Orissa and BJP a perfect opportunity to show their strengths ever since they parted ways last year over the contentious issue of seat-sharing for the Assembly and Lok Sabha polls.

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Senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre was concerned more about the balancesheets of oil companies than the problems faced by the common people.