The process for the three-tier panchayat polls gathered momentum on Saturday with the filing of nomination papers by candidates for the 854 zila parishad seats and posts of sarpanches and block nomine

For Ratnabala Patnaik, the mother in-law of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s daughter, it was a long wait of seven years.

The Kui Samaj Samanwaya Samiti (KSSS), an apex body of local Kui tribe in Kandhamal district, has “partially” called off its proposed four-day bandh call following protracted talks with senior government officials, bringing some amount of relief to the worried state administration.

History was created on Friday when 555 Odissi dancers, a large number of them belonging to foreign countries, performed in unison at Kalinga stadium here in the city, to enter their names in the Guinness Book of World Records.

The Centre-appointed Shah Commission is appeared quite unhappy with the state of affairs in the mineral-rich Keonjhar district.

Dancing against the majestic backdrop of the Sun Temple in Konark would be a dream come true for any classical dancer.

The Orissa government has decided to form a separate micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) department by bifurcating the industry department to pay focused attention on the development of the micr

Two young telecom engineers were feared killed as they were carried away by tidal wave while bathing in the Bay of Bengal in Puri on Sunday morning.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said it would oppose the UPA government’s move to allow “big capital” foreign direct investment (FDI) multi-brand stores across cities and towns in the count

The ruling Biju Janata Dal, which faces the allegation of facilitating land grabbing bids by party men, industrial houses bureaucrats — both serving and retired — has at last done some face saving exe