Resumption of mineral transportation in Rebana Reserve Forest in Orissa’s Keonjhar district has once again posed a serious threat to the elephant population in the region.

The Orissa Congress unit on Friday demanded strong action against BJD MLA from Tirtol Rabindranath Bhoi for filing a false affidavit during submission of his nomination papers for the 2009 Assembly elections.

All-India Congress Committee general secretary in charge of Orissa affairs B.K. Hariprasad has been caught on the wrong foot by stating that Australian missionary Graham Stewart Staines and his two minor sons were killed during the Naveen Patnaik government. “B.K. Hariprasad should brush up his knowledge about Orissa.

The Cente on Sunday proposed to set up a school of architecture near the famous Sun Temple at Konark in Orissa. Besides another proposal put forward for a school of sculpture at the same place to promote the dying craft of the artisans of the region as depicted on the walls of the Sun Temple.

The alleged attack on eminent Odissi danseuse Padmashree Ileana Citarist by two priests of Jagannath temple, Puri, and her subsequent complaint lodged with the local police, has visibly enraged the priests of the shrine who on Friday threatened not to allow any foreign national to see the deity on the chariot in the future.

While the Orissa government deserves kudos for peaceful conduct of the first gram sabha on July 18 at Serkapadi village under Muniguda block in Rayagada for ascertaining the wishes of the Dongaria Kon

Union corporate affairs minister Sachin Pilot on Friday said the Centre would be glad to extend all possible cooperation to help the duped small investors in Orissa if the state government referred th

“Niyamgiri is our father, our mother and God. It is our source of sustenance and we will not allow mining activities here even if it requires to lay down our lives,” was the unanimous voice of Dongaria Kondhs in the first gram sabha or village-level meeting held at Serkapadhi village under Muniguda block in Orissa’s Rayagada district.

Gujarat chief minister and BJP national campaign committee chairperson Narendra Modi has a task in hand in Orissa now.

Gujarat chief minister and BJP national campaign committee chairperson Narendra Modi, who was on a one-day trip to Orissa on Tuesday, tried his best to strike an emotional chord with the people of the state.