The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of a re-alliance the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Orissa.
BJP general secretary Ananth Kumar, who was here to oversee the party’s preparation for the January 17 Sangharsh Sankhanad rally, said he saw no reason in forging ties with the BJD again as the later unilaterally severed its ties with BJP during the last Assembly elections.

The Naveen Patnaik government, which is now facing a serious image crisis following expose of largescale irregularities in mining lease and mineral trading and land allotment to private industrial houses, on Tuesday announced to provide bicycles to all girl students pursuing their studies in Class 10 in government and government-aided schools. Besides, it also declared to provide bicycles to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe boys of the same class in scheduled areas.

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.

Security has been tightened in Orissa’s Kandhamal district to avoid untoward incidents during the Christmas celebrations.
At least 10 companies of armed police forces have been deployed in every nook and corner of the communally-sensitive district as Kui Samaj, a local forum of tribals, decided to observe the day as Martyr’s Day.

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.