Maoists kill four BSF officers in Malkangiri, Odisha
Bhubhneshwar, Feb 10 : Maoists today killed four Border Security Force (BSF) officers, including a commanding officer, in an IED blast in Odisha's Malkangiri District. Read Full Story

Four BSF officers killed in Maoist blast
Bhubaneswar, Feb 10 : Four Border Security Force (BSF) officers were killed and two others critically injured when Maoists blew up their vehicle in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said. Read Full Story

Maoists blow up BSF vehicle in Odisha, four killed
Bhubaneswar, Feb 10 : Maoists Friday blew up a vehicle of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said. Four security personnel, including a BSF commandant, were killed. Read Full Story

Hooch kills 24 in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Feb 8 : At least 24 people died in Odisha after consuming spurious liquor laced with medicines, authorities said. Read Full Story

Hooch kills 13 in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Feb 8: Thirteen people died and at least 25 were battling for life after consuming spurious liquor in Odisha's Cuttack district, police said Wednesday. Read Full Story

Women Congress stage protest demonstration before SWC office
Bhubaneswar, Feb 7 : Hundreds of Odisha Mahila Congress activists, led by its president Bijay Laxmi Sahu, today gheraoed the office of the State Women Commission chairperson Jyoti Panigrahi demanding her immediate resignation and arrest for giving a report against the interest of Dalit girl, alleged to be gangraped in Pipili. Read Full Story

Explosives seized in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Feb 7: A cache of explosives, including several detonators and gelatin sticks, was seized during a raid in the forested area of Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said. Read Full Story

Women Congress stage protest demonstration before SWC office
Bhubaneswar, Feb 7 : Hundreds of Odisha Mahila Congress activists, led by its president Bijay Laxmi Sahu, today gheraoed the office of the State Women Commission chairperson Jyoti Panigrahi demanding her immediate resignation and arrest for giving a report against the interest of dalit girl, alleged to be gangraped in Pipili. Read Full Story

E governance to deliberate on effective electronic service delivery
Bhubaneswar, Feb 7 : The two-day long 15th National Conference on e-governance is scheduled to begin here on February nine. Read Full Story

Protests over Odisha women panel's report on gang rape
Bhubaneswar, Feb 7 : The head of the Odisha women's commission has come in for criticism over the panel's report on an alleged gang rape victim with opposition parties and activists Tuesday demanding her resignation. Read Full Story

NALCO's Q3 net profit down 80 percent
Bhubaneswar, Feb 6 : The state-run National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has registered a net profit of Rs.51.22 crore for 3rd quarter of 2011-12 fiscal, down 80 per cent against Rs.255.95 crore during the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal, the company said Monday. Read Full Story

NALCO's third quarter profit dips to Rs 51.22 crore
Bhubaneswar, Feb 6 : The lower prices of products linked to LME coupled with the increase in prices of input raw materials and fuel has led to a dip in the net profit of the National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), a Navratna PSU of Ministry of Mines to Rs 51.22 crore for the 3rd quarter ended December 2011. Read Full Story

Bird Flu in capital city: 36, 000 birds culled
Bhubaneswar, Feb 6 : More than 36,000 poultry birds were culled in past two days in the capital city following detection of the of H5N1 virus at the Central Poultry Development Organisation (CDPO)farm. Read Full Story

3 held for employing boys as bonded labourers in Odisha
Madurai, Feb 6 : Police arrested three people for employing several boys from southern districts of Tamil Nadu as bonded labourers in snacks manufacturing companies in Odisha. Read Full Story

Bird flu in Capital city: culling operation commence
Bhubaneswar, Feb 5 : Culling of poultry birds at the Central Poultry Development Organisation (CDPO) here started by a team of experts this afternoon. Read Full Story

Bird flu: 7,000 fowls culled in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar, Feb 5: About 7,000 fowls were culled Sunday in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar after a bird flu case was detected in a government-run institution, an official said. Read Full Story

Bird flu in Capital city: culling operation commence
Bhubaneswar, Feb 5 : The culling of poultry birds at the Central Poultry Development Organisation (CDPO) here started by a team of experts this afternoon. Read Full Story

Bird flu: Culling of birds planned in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar, Feb 4 : Odisha Saturday decided to cull poultry in parts of its capital city Bhubaneswar after a bird flu case surfaced in the city, official said. Read Full Story

Pipili gang rape: SCW finds fault with treating doctors
Bhubaneswar, Feb 4 : Odisha State Commission for Women (OSCW) has recommended the state government to take action against doctors treating the dalit girl, alleged to be gangraped at her village Arjunguda under Pipili Police Station in Puri district, for the negligence of their duty. Read Full Story

Bird flu case surfaces in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar, Feb 4 : Odisha has banned the movement of poultry and related products from an area in the capital Bhubaneswar after a bird flu case surfaced in the city, an official said Saturday. Read Full Story

Odisha gang rape: Women panel seeks action against doctors
Bhubaneswar, Feb 3 : Odisha's State Commission for Women (SCW) Friday has sought action against the doctors who neglected a woman who was allegedly gang-raped in state's Puri district in November last year, a senior commission official said Friday. Read Full Story

Olive Ridleys may delay mass nesting at Odisha beach
By Jatindra Dash, Bhubaneswar, Feb 3 : Endangered Olive Ridley turtles may delay their mass nesting at Odisha's Gahirmatha beach, one of the world's largest turtle nesting sites. The reason: climatic changes. Read Full Story

Rourkela Steel records best January production
Bhubaneswar, Feb 2 : Rourkela Steel Plant, a unit of the state-run Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Thursday said it has registered the best performance in hot metal production in January. Read Full Story

Women's panel probes Odisha gang rape
Bhubaneswar, Feb 2 : An official of the National Commission for Women (NCW) arrived in Odisha Thursday to probe a 19-year-old woman's alleged gang rape in November last year in Puri district. Read Full Story

Paralympics urge to cancel Dow Chemicals sponsor
New Delhi, Feb 1: Prominent paralympians and para-athletes joined Bhopal gas tragedy victims and campaigners here to demand that the London Olympics Organising Committee cancel Dow Chemicals' sponsorship of the 2012 Games. Read Full Story

Odisha govt to decide on vacant seats in pvt engineering colleges
Bhubaneswar, Jan 31 : Odisha government will take a decision on the vacant seats, including 15 per cent NRI quota, in the private engineering colleges in the state before couselling for admission in the coming academic year starts, Chief Secretary B K Patnaik told newspersons here today. Read Full Story

CFSI proposes International Children festival in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Jan 31 : Children's Film Society of India (CFSI) is planning to organise a week long international Children Film festival in Odisha in April. Read Full Story

Poll violence: Odisha Panchayati raj minister injured
Puri, Jan 31 : Odisha panchayati raj minister Maheswar Mohanty was seriously injured and hospitalised when an youth attacked him with a iron pipe while he was addressing a poll meeting for the ensuing panchayat election at Kankala village in Puri district last evening. Read Full Story

World Bank ask Odisha govt to speed up utilisation of funds
Bhubaneswar, Jan 30 : The World Bank wanted the Odisha government to speed up the utilisation of funds in all the externally aided projects being implemented in the state. Read Full Story

AIIMS, Bhubaneswar to start MBBS course in August
Bhubaneswar, Jan 30 : Admission for the MBBS course in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar would start in the current year from August, Union Secretary for Health P K Pradhan said here today. Read Full Story

CBI probe sought into Odisha gangrape
Bhubaneswar, Jan 30 : Several social and political activists Monday staged a demonstration in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged gangrape of a woman in November last year in Puri district. Read Full Story

Police arrest two Maoists in Orissa's Malkangiri District
Malkangiri (Orissa), Jan.30 : Police have confirmed the arrest of two suspect Maoists from a forest in Orissa's Malkangiri District. Read Full Story

500,000 take ritual dip in Konark
Bhubaneswar, Jan 30 : Braving the chill, about 500,000 Hindu devotees Monday took a ritual bath in a pond in Orissa's temple town of Konark and offered prayers to the sun god on the occasion of auspicious Magha Saptami. Read Full Story

Two Maoists held in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Jan 28 : Two Maoists were arrested Saturday from a forested area of Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said. Read Full Story

AIIMS team examines Odisha gangrape victim
Bhubaneswar, Jan 28 : A team of experts from New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Saturday arrived in Odisha to examine the state of a girl who has slipped into coma since after her gangrape, an official said. Read Full Story

Maoist couple killed in Odisha gun battle
Bhubaneswar, Jan 27 : A Maoist couple was gunned down by police in Odisha's Koraput district, an official said Friday. Read Full Story

Hardcore Maoist leader and accomplice nabbed in Orissa
Bargarh, Jan 25 : A wanted Maoist and his associate have been arrested in Orissa's Bargarh District. Read Full Story

Odisha celebrates Republic Day
Bhubaneswar, Jan 26 : People across Odisha Thursday took part in Republic Day celebrations, defying a boycott call by Maoists. Read Full Story

Odisha denies Bonda tribe's exploitation
Bhubaneswar, Jan 25: The authorities in Odisha Wednesday denied that the primitive Bonda tribe in the state was in any way being exploited by tourists but ordered an inquiry to ascertain the facts. Read Full Story

Odisha denies Bonda tribes' exploitation
Bhubaneswar, Jan 25: Authorities in Odisha Wednesday denied that primitive Bonda tribes in the state were in any way exploited by tourists. Read Full Story

Odisha tightens security ahead of R-Day
Bhubaneswar, Jan 25: Security was beefed up across Odisha Wednesday ahead of the Republic Day, with authorities wary of a retaliatory strike by Maoists after the recent arrest of one of their top leaders. Read Full Story

Top Odisha Maoist leader held
Bhubaneswar, Jan 24: Dhiren Mahato, one of Odisha's top Maoist leaders, was arrested Tuesday in the state's Bargarh district, police said. Read Full Story

Top Odisha Maoist leader held
Bhubaneswar, Jan 24: Police Tuesday arrested one of Odisha's top Maoist leaders in the state's Bargarh district, a senior state police official told IANS. Read Full Story

White tiger succumbs to tumor at Nandankanan zoo
Bhubaneswar, Jan 23 : A 16-year-old male white tiger succumbed to a neck tumor Monday at the Nandankanan zoo located on the outskirts of Odisha capital Bhubaneswar, an official said. Read Full Story

Three killed as molasses tank bursts in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Jan 23 : An elderly woman and two minor children died due to suffocation after the molasses tank of a sugar factory burst and the slurry entered their slum in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said Monday. Read Full Story

Maoist camp busted, arms seized
Bhubaneswar, Jan 22: Police busted a Maoist camp in Odisha's tribal Malkangiri district and recovered several arms and weapons from the site, an officer said. Read Full Story

Indian artist to create climate change sculpture in Japan
Bhubaneswar, Jan 22 : Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik said Sunday he will craft a sculpture in Japan's Sapporo city next month on the impact of climate change. Read Full Story

Odisha CS receives detonator on parcel
Bhubaneswar, Jan 20 : A week after the State Election Commission(SEC) Ajit Kumar Tripathy received a parcel containing a detonator and a letter, state Chief Secretary B K Pattnaik also got a similar parcel and letter today from an unknown organisation in Kamakhyanagar under Dhenkanal district. Read Full Story

Sand artist Sudarshan to receive Godavari award
Bhubaneswar, Jan 20 : Odisha-based International sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has been selected for the Godavari Puraskar, 2012. Read Full Story

Odisha HC rejects Vedanta's review plea on expansion plan
Cuttack, Jan 20 : The Odisha High Court has refused to entertain a review petition filed by the Vedanta Alumina Limited (VAL) for expansion of its refinery and captive power unit at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district. Read Full Story

Oriyas protest against state govt decision to hand over land to foreign firms
Bhubaneswar (Orissa), Jan.20 : Residents of Bhubaneswar, Orissa, staged a demonstration on Friday against the state government's decision to hand over fertile land to foreign capitalists like POSCO and Vedanta. Read Full Story

Odisha gangrape: Minister resigns
Bhubaneswar, Jan 19 : Odisha Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy Thursday submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik after the opposition accused him of protecting culprits in a gangrape case. Read Full Story

Odisha gangrape: Minister resigns
Bhubaneswar, Jan 19 : Odisha Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy Thursday submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik after the opposition accused him of protecting the culprits in a gangrape case. Read Full Story

Six killed as bus collides with truck
Bhubaneswar, Jan 19: At least six people, including four women, were killed and about 30 injured when a tourist bus collided head-on with a truck in Odisha's Balasore district early Thursday, police said. Read Full Story

More poultry birds culled in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Jan 18 : Thousands of more poultry birds were Wednesday culled in Odisha after bird flu hit a new area, an official said. Read Full Story

Odisha blocks its ore export from two Andhra ports
Bhubaneswar, Jan 17 : Odisha has continued to stop its iron ore exports from two ports in Andhra Pradesh on concerns over their mechanism to check illegal shipments, an official said Tuesday. Read Full Story

Elderly man suffocates, six hospitalised
Bhubaneswar, Jan 17 : An elderly man suffocated and six others were hospitalised in Odisha's Kandhamal district Tuesday after a fire they kept in their room to warm themselves resulted in lack of oxygen, police said. Read Full Story

Makar Sankranti in Odisha with holy dips, kite flying
Bhubaneswar, Jan 15: Devotees took holy dips in ponds and rivers and visited temples as they celebrated the Makar Sankranti harvest festival in Odisha Sunday. People also organised kite flying competitions in various places. Read Full Story

Cold persists in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Jan 14 : A cold wave continued to sweep Odisha with the morning and night temperatures slipping to below normal for this time of the season, an official said Saturday. Read Full Story

Odisha shivers as mercury dips to 5.4 degrees
Bhubaneswar, Jan 14: A wave of cold continued to sweep the state unabated with the morning and night temperatures slipped to below what is normal for this time of the season in several parts of Odisha, official said Saturday. Read Full Story

Orissa HC monitors health status of gangrape victim
Cuttack, Jan 13 : Orissa High Court monitoring the health status of Pipli gangrape victim was today informed that there had been a slight improvement in the condition of the lady, now in a semi-comatose. Read Full Story

Orissa to provide vocational training to Maoist-affected tribal youth
Bhubaneswar, Jan 13 : State authorities in Orissa's Gajapati District, in association with private companies, have undertaken a vocational training programme in Maoist-inflicted districts to provide employment to tribal youth to bring them into the mainstream. Read Full Story

Culling of birds begins in Odisha to check spread of bird flu
Bhubaneswar, Jan 12 : The Odisha government today started culling of poultry in three km radius in Keranga area in Khurda district where avian influenza was detected a couple of days ago. Read Full Story

Bird flu: Odisha begins culling poultry birds
Bhubaneswar, Jan 12 : Veterinarians and state officials Thursday began culling poultry birds in parts of Odisha's Khordha district after bird flu was detected in the area. Read Full Story

Odisha orders poultry cull after detection of bird flu
Bhubaneswar, Jan 11 : Odisha Wednesday decided to cull poultry in at least 18 villages of its Khordha district after bird flu was detected in the area, an official said. Read Full Story

Bird flu in Odisha:Govt orders culling
Bhubaneswar, Jan 11 : The Odisha government today ordered the culling of poultry in three km radius of the Keranga area in Khurda district where avian influenza was detected a couple of days back, to prevent the spread of disease. Read Full Story

Escaped lioness captured, Zoo opened for visitors
Bhubaneswar, Jan 11 : After two days of frantic efforts by about one hundred staff of the Nandankanan Zoo, the absconding lioness was finally trapped and brought to the Zoo hospital for treatment today. Read Full Story

Escaped lioness yet to be captured, Zoo closed for visitors
Bhubaneswar, Jan 11 : The Nandankanan zoo remained closed for the visitors for the second day today as an eleven-year-old lioness, who escaped form the enclosure yesterday, is yet to be captured despite lots of efforts by the zoo staff. Read Full Story

Escaped lioness yet to be captured, Zoo closed for the visitors
Bhubaneswar, Jan 11: The Nandankanan zoo remained closed for the visitors for the second day today as an eleven-year-old lioness, who escaped form the enclosure yesterday, is yet to be captured despite frantic efforts by the zoo staff. Read Full Story

Odisha gangrape: One suspect arrested
Bhubaneswar, Jan 10 : After a public outcry, the Odisha government Tuesday asked police to probe the alleged gangrape of a woman in Puri district nearly a month and a half ago. A criminal case was registered against four people and one of them was arrested. Read Full Story

Odisha government to formulate eco-tourism policy
Bhubaneswar, Jan 10 : The Odisha government today decided to prepare an eco-tourism policy for the sanctuary area for the benefit of the tourists and better management of the eco-system. Read Full Story

Rail roko agitation at Amagura to affect train services
Bhubaneswar, Jan 10 : The proposed rail roko agitation at Amagura between Jeypore and Jagdalpur station tomorrow will affect the train services in Koraput-Jagdalpur section, according to a statement by the East Coast Railways(ECoR) here today. Read Full Story

Odisha to launch criminal tracking network system
Bhubaneswar, Jan 10 : The Odisha government today decided to launch the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System in the state to keep a better track of the criminals. Read Full Story

Central team to study bird flu cases in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Jan 10 : A central team, led by Deputy Director Animal Resource Development (Micro) Tara Shankar Pan of the Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary Biology, Kolkotta, today visited the Keranga area of Khurda, where the first positive case of avian influenza was reported. Read Full Story

Four booked for Odisha gangrape after mounting pressure
Bhubaneswar, Jan 10 : After pressure from the public and direction from the higher authorities, Odisha Police Tuesday registered a criminal case against four people for the alleged gangrape of a woman in the Puri district nearly a month and a half ago. Read Full Story

Lioness escapes from enclosure in Nandankanan Zoo
Bhubaneswar, Jan 10 : The Nandankanan Zoo authority evacuated visitors and closed the entry gate for the outsiders after a lioness escaped from the enclosure early this morning. Read Full Story

BJD leader held for blast in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Jan 9 : A leader of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha was arrested Monday for his involvement in a blast triggered by the Maoists early this month in Kandhamal district which killed three policemen, police said. Read Full Story

Odisha alerts officials after test confirms bird flu
Bhubaneswar, Jan 9 : Odisha has alerted all its district authorities in view of the detection of a bird flu case in the state, an official said Monday. Read Full Story

Naveen reacts on Ahluwalia's remark on Special category Status
Bhubaneswar, Jan 7 : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said better performance of the state in the last decade, in terms of growth and poverty reduction, should not be used for denying Special Category Status (SCS) to the state. Read Full Story

Maoists kill tribal on charge of spying
Bhubaneswar, Jan 7 : Maoists Saturday killed a tribal in Odisha's Koraput district, accusing him of spying on them for police, an official said. Read Full Story

Odisha to develop a hardware manufacturing policy
Bhubaneswar, Jan 6 : The Odisha government will soon develop a hardware manufacturing policy, cyber security policy, IT promotion strategy and a roadmap for e-goverance to roll out more services through electronic means, Chief Secretary B K Patnaik said here today. Read Full Story

India to register nine per cent growth in 12th Plan - Ahluwalia
Bhubaneswar, Jan 06 : Notwithstanding the global slowdown and debt crisis affecting the European countries creating a global uncertainty in the global economy, the Indian economy will register a modest nine per cent growth rate during the 12th five year plan period, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said. Read Full Story

Odisha govt expedites renewal of mining lease
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 : Odisha Chief Secretary B K Patnaik today said that the processing for renewal of mining leases have been expedited and so far more than one hundred mining leases have been renewed. Read Full Story

Naveen condemns naxal attack, announces compensation
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today condemned the Naxalite attack on security personnel at Srirampur in Kandhamal district in which three security personnel were killed and as many injured. Read Full Story

Two-day stamp mela to kicks off on January 7
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 : For the first time in Odisha a two-day stamp mela is being organised here by Eastern India Philatelists Association, Bhubaneswar in association with Utkal Philatelists and Numismatics Association, Odisha Philatelic Association and the Postal department on January seven and eight next. Read Full Story

Three cops killed in Maoist blast
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 : At least three policemen were killed and three others critically injured when Maoists blew up their vehicle in Odisha's Kandhamal district Thursday, police said. Read Full Story

Three jawans killed in landmine explosion by left-wing ultras
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 : Three police personnel, two of them constables and the other a homeguard were killed while three others critically injured in a landmine explosion triggered by the leftwing ultras in Kandhamal district early morning today. Read Full Story

Maoists blast police vehicle, three die
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 : At least three policemen were killed and three critically injured when Maoists blew up their vehicle Thursday in Odisha's Kandhamal district, police said. Read Full Story

India needs more women scientists, says Nirupama Rao
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 : Calling for out-of-the-box thinking to harness the potential of science, Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao Thursday called for increased participation and retention of women scientists for overall development of the nation. Read Full Story