India on Sunday test-fired the 290-km range BrahMos cruise missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur off Orissa coast as part of trials by the defence forces to fine-tune its capabilit

Two women died of swine flu in Orissa, taking the total number of deaths due to the influenza to 19 in the state since July, an official said on Monday.

The women died on Sunday at the Veer Surendra

Congress General Secretary, Mr Rahul Gandhi, will address a tribal rally near Niyamgiri Hills in Orissa's Kalahandi District on Thursday where Vedanta Aluminum Limited (VAL) has set up a refinery.

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Bhubaneshwar, Aug. 24: Aluminum major Vedanta has denied any wrongdoing on its part after the environment ministry refused to permit bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri Hill, Orissa. The company’s stock w

Bhubaneswar, Aug. 23: The Orissa Chief Minister, Mr Naveen Patnaik, on Monday took up the controversial Polavaram issue with the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and sought his intervention to ensur

The Orissa Chief Minister, Mr Navin Patnaik, will meet the Prime Minster here on Monday and may take up the issue of denial of clearances to multi-billion dollar projects of Vedanta Resources and Sout

Orissa will move the Supreme Court against a high court order disapproving its grant of permission to South Korean steel major Posco to prospect for iron ore in Sundergarh district, an official said o

Maoists blew up a panchayat building used for accommodating security forces during anti-Naxal operations in Orissa's Malkangiri district early on Friday. About 100 armed rebels stormed into Malabaran

New Delhi, Aug. 11: Fourteen elephants have died at the hands of poachers at the Simlipal National Park tiger reserve in Orissa’s Mayurbhanj district. A fact-finding team which visited the reserve bla

New Delhi, Aug. 7: The Planning Commission has finalised a Rs 13,742-crore Integrated Action Plan that is expected to act as a catalyst for development in 60 Maoist-affected districts spread across Jh