A fast-track court in Orissa on Thursday awarded death penalty to a man three months after he abducted, raped and murdered a three-year-old girl.

After battling for life in hospital for 13 days, the 17-year-old girl who was gang-raped in Orissa’s Rayagada town on January 2 evening, died at a private hospital at Visakhapatnam on Tuesday.

In a significant development, that may well mark the beginning of a complete course change in mines and mineral management, the Orissa high court has put a brake on operations of 80 mines whose lease

The Union government has decided to deallocate Utkal-D coal block allotted to the state-controlled public sector unit Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) for delaying production, even as the Orissa govern

India Friday test-fired a ballistic missile interceptor from a defence base in Odisha as part of its efforts to create a shield against incoming enemy missiles, defence officials said.

The indigenous

India is preparing to test a ballistic missile interceptor from a defence base in Odisha on Friday, an official said Thursday.

The indigenous Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile would be f

Punjab rode on Uday Kaul's unbeaten 96 to take the vital first innings lead against Railways at the end of the second day in a Ranji Trophy Group A match, here today.

At stumps, Punjab were on 230 fo

Punjab rode on Uday Kaul's unbeaten 96 to take the vital first innings lead against Railways at the end of the second day in a Ranji Trophy Group A match, here today.

At stumps, Punjab were on 230 fo

Punjab rode on Uday Kaul's unbeaten 96 to take the vital first innings lead against Railways at the end of the second day in a Ranji Trophy Group A match, here today.

At stumps, Punjab were on 230 fo

Orissa chief minister and Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik on Friday expelled the party’s rebel leader Pyarimohan Mohapatra and general secretary Jagnyeswar Babu on charges of “indiscipline” a