India's nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface Agni-II ballistic missile, with a strike range of 2000 kms, was on Friday test-fired as part of user trial by the army from the Wheeler Island off Orissa co

India's nuclear capable Agni-II intermediate range ballistic missile, with a striking range of 2,000km, is likely to be test fired as part of user trial by the army from the Integrated Test Range at W

Over 12 lakh devotees from all corners of the country and even abroad on Sunday poured in here and took part in the grand spectacle of the annual car festival (rath yatra) of Lord Jagannath.

NTPC has shut down one of its four 500 MW thermal power generation units at Kanhia in response to a closure notice by Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) following the power major's faulty fly ash management plan.

Preparations are on for the user trial of the nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile by Army on Thursday at Chandipur near here.

Over six thousand tribals living on the Bondaparavat, a long-patch of mountainous terrains under Khariput block in the northeast of Machhakunda river in Orissa’s Malkangiri district, are all set to ge

State Bank of India (SBI) will introduce "green-channel banking" at more of its branches to promote paperless work and to facilitate faster transactions for customers, SBI sources said.

Three persons - two young men and a teenage girl - allegedly committed suicide following failed love in Angul district, police said today.

Ramachandra Nayak (23), Asis Nayak (23) and Jharana Nayak (

Twenty-seven people were injured, four of them seriously, when a coal-laden goods train derailed and was hit by the Koraput-Rourkela Express near Sikir Railway Station in Orissa's Bolangir district

Three persons including a minor boy were arrested for allegedly raping three minor girls at Nuagam area in Sundargarh district, the police said today.

The girls of Katangajharia village had gone