Odisha on Thursday protested the inclusion of one of its prominent tourist sites in the website of Andhra Pradesh's tourism department and urged its neighbour to correct the error.

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Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik is the richest among his ministerial colleagues. His total movable and immovable property is estimated to be around `12 crores.

Finally, the long wait is over. Orissa is “Odisha” now and its language Oriya is “Odia.”

Political parties have launched hectic preparation for the forthcoming byelections in the Umerkote Assembly segment of Orissa’s Nowrangpur district.

A 50-year-old self-proclaimed godman was detained for questioning in Orissa after villagers complained that he had killed a three-year-old boy in a human sacrifice, police said on Monday.

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With its strength of 15 Lok Sabha members, the ruling BJD in Orissa headed by chief minister Naveen Patnaik has succeeded in keeping two of its strong opponents — the Congress and BJP — on tenterhooks.

Veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani’s “dream” to become the next Prime Minister of India seems to have dashed against despair in Orissa.

A Bangladeshi ship with 16 persons on board was on Saturday captured by the Coast Guard and Orissa coastal police personnel from Balaramgadi area off Bay of Bengal coast, nearly 350 km from here.

Estranged Biju Janata Dal (BJD) stalwart and former Orissa minister Dr Damodar Rout on Tuesday launched his much awaited platform — Biju Bichar Manch (BBM) — a forum seen as a parallel platform for the dissident leaders.

The operations of state-owned Coal India Limited (CIL) in Orissa were hit Monday by a one-day strike called by its major workers' unions, an official said.

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