Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik seems happy to be away from the limelight. He has addressed only one formal press conference in his three terms since 2000, a Right To Information (RTI) reply has revealed.

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.

People from different walks of life on Saturday staged demonstrations and observed fasts in Orissa to support the anti-graft campaign of Baba Ramdev in New Delhi.

Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh has requested the French ambassador to India to get a copy of an old document on scientific survey of plants of Orissa available in a Paris museum, official sources said on Friday.

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.

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

Maoists today blew up a railway track and set afire at least 12 dumpers in Orissa's Sundargarh district on the first day of a two-day bandh called by the rebels.

The rebels triggered a landmine

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.