The Orissa government on Wednesday resumed land acquisition for the proposed 12-million-tonne Posco steel plant project near Paradip in Orissa’s Jagatsinghpur district. At least 11 persons, whose betel farms were acquired by the district administration, were handed over cheques worth `11 lakhs.

At least people, including two children, on Sunday went missing when the boat they were travelling in capsized in Kolab reservoir in Koraput district, nearly 570 km from here.

A paramilitary trooper was on Monday night killed and five others were injured when Maoist militants launched an ambush in Kerubadi forest areas in Kandhamal district, nearly 350 km from Bhubaneswar, inspector-general of police (operations) Sanjeev Marik said on Tuesday.

Armed Maoists on Saturday night gunned down a petty contractor at Mahaguda village under Bandhugaon police limit in Koraput district, nearly 500 km from here.

The CPI and CPM, which supported the ruling BJD in the last Assembly and general elections, have now become the new adversaries of the former. The two Left parties doesn’t appear to be happy with the industrial policy pursued by the Naveen Patnaik government.

Eleven years after he came to power in 2000 and regularly refuting charges of numerous scams and scandals that rocked the image of his government, Orissa chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik now finds himself in the dock.

Communist Party of India (CPI) on Tuesday snubbed the UPA government at the Centre and the ruling BJD in Orissa saying that both the establishments were busy in addressing the interests of the capitalists.

Members of the Orissa Legislative Assembly cutting across party lines on Monday expressed concern over the recent increase in power tariffs across all categories of consumers.

India on Friday successfully test-fired two indigenously developed nuclear-capable missiles — Dhanush and Prithvi-II — from Puri and Chandipur-on-Sea in Balasore district, respectively.

India on Friday successfully test-fired its homegrown nuclear-capable Prithvi II and Dhanush missiles, a defence official said. Pakistan too tested its nuclear-capable Hatf-II ballistic missile.