The Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee on Tuesday suspended Lanjigarh MLA Shivaji Majhi from the primary membership of the party for allegedly taking bribe during last year’s Rajya Sabha elections.

The Orissa government on Saturday declared the road blockade at Dhinkia, a major part of the Posco steel project site, by the local people as illegal — thus signalling a possible swoop on the proteste

India on Thursday successfully test-fired surface-to-surface Prithvi-II (P-II) missile from interim test range (ITR) at Chandipur in Orissa’s Balasore district, nearly 300 km from here.
Thursday’s test firing was fourth such exercise in the last eight months.

The Orissa chief minister and the Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik, who is now facing credibility crisis, on Sunday suspended Derabish legislator Debashis Nayak from the primary membership of

Maoist sympathiser and revolutionary poet Varavara Rao on Wednesday stopped short of giving an ultimatum to the Orissa government to release “human rights activists” like Ganti Prasadam, Gananath Patra and Ashutosh Sen and nearly 600 tribal farmers currently lodged in various jails in the state by June 30 or face imminent revolt.

The Centre, Orissa government and the London based Vedanta Foundation have joined hands to equip underprivileged students in the tribal dominated Kalahandi and Rayagada districts with quality computer

A day after hardening its stand, the United Action Committee on Monday appeared a little calm and allowed the Jagatsinghpur district administration to resume the land acquisition process for the `52,000-crore steel project.
“The land acquisition process, which remained suspended for two days on Saturday and Sunday, resumed

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

In a major turn of events, the United Action Committee (UAC), a pro-Posco forum that was hitherto supporting the proposed `52,000-crore steel plant project, on Thursday turned hostile and obstructed land acquisition process, forcing the administration to arrest at least 32 UAC members.

The Orissa police on Wednesday breathed a sigh of relief following surrender of top Maoist leader Azad alias Keshava Rao before the Andhra Pradesh police. It now plans to bring Azad in remand for questioning in connection with at least fifty cases, including the sensational attack on Nayagarh police establishments and murder of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and his disciples.