Naveen flags off extension of 3 new trains
Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday flagged off extension of services of three trains — Bhubaneswar-Koraput Express, Puri-Dhenkanal Passenger, the Puri-Palasa Passenger — through video conferencing.
2 held guilty in Budhia coach killing
A fast track court on Monday found gangster Raja Acharya and his associate Chagala, alias Akshaya Behera, guilty in the murder of Biranchi Das, coach of child marathon runner Budhia Singh.
Orissa MLAs join hands for pay hike
Although they are yet to forge coordination among each other for smooth functioning of the House, members of the ruling BJD and the Opposition Congress, BJP and other smaller parties on Friday showed
Maoists kill three in Orissa
The Maoists on Thursday struck with vengeance by killing two civilians, and a villager in a separate incident, at Langalkata village under K.
HC asks cops to trace perpetrato
Taking note of inhuman physical torture of a 10-year-old slum boy in Cuttack city on Monday, the Orissa high court on Wednesday directed the state police to trace out the perpetrators of the crime and
Rahul asks youth to take part in politics
All-India Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday struck an emotional chord with Orissa students by a “heart-to-heart” interaction with them at Ravenshaw University in Cuttack and Berhamp
BJD eyes students for protest
The ruling Biju Janata Dal on Sunday said it would take the issue of “anti-Orissa” attitude of the UPA government to all college campuses in the state seeking support of the students for waging a sust
Maoist offers apology for civilian killings
Orissa’s top Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda, alias Sunil, has offered an apology for November 27 killing of five civilians near Bhramanigoan in the troubled Kandhamal district.
Opp. curses BJD for ‘selling God’s land’
The Orissa Legislative Assembly, which had returned to normalcy a few days back following the assurance by the ruling BJD that the “controversial” Vedanta University land acquisition deal would be tak
India tests BrahMos cruise missile
India has successfully test fired the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from a military base in Orissa, defence sources said.