With the flood situation in northern Orissa further worsening, the state government on Sunday intensified air-dropping of food packets as 3003 villages remained marooned while the death toll climbed t

Orissa legislator Jagabandhu Majhi from the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and his personal security officer were on Saturday shot dead by unidentified men at a crowded place in the state's Nabrangpur d

Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday ordered a probe by the crime branch into the killing of BJD MLA Jagabandhu Majhi by unidentified gunmen in Nawrangpur district.

Condemning the kil

The Orissa government on Thursday issued fresh flood alert in four districts as heavy rain lashed most parts of northern region of the state due to depression.
Water level in rivers like Baitarani, Brahmani and Budhabalang were rising alarmingly. By the evening, most of the rivers were flowing over their marks

Heavy rains triggered by a fresh low pressure system compounded the plight of the flood-affected people in coastal Orissa on Wednesday though flood waters receded from most of the deluged areas.

The Orissa High Court has granted bail to a man accused of misbehaving with a young girl at a marriage function in Orissa, on the condition that he will polish shoes of devotees at a temple for three

The driver of a Chhattisgarh legislator was Thursday arrested with an AK-47 assault rifle in Orissa, police said.

Avinash Bhadoria was arrested from a compartment of Bhubaneswar-bound Hirakhand Expre

Fresh rains triggered by a low pressure compounded the plight of the marooned people in flood-hit parts of Orissa on Wednesday besides hampering relief operations.

The state government, however, rul

The flood situation in Orissa continued to remain grim on Monday with more number of breaches being reported from coastal Orissa districts. At least three helicopters, two from the Indian Navy and the third one provided by the Union government, were pressed into flood service. At least 15 quintals of dry food items were air-dropped in the marooned areas of Puri, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur district.

The Orissa government on Sunday started airdropping of relief materials in the flood marooned in Puri district, even as the official death toll in the current high flood reached 16.