"I strongly disapprove of anyone who makes derogatory remarks against any caste, creed or religion. I have dismissed Dr (Damodar) Rout from...

"We will have no alliance with any political party. We will fight the next election on our own," Patnaik said during an interactive session...

The chief minister's remarks prompted Rout, who is also the BJD vice-president, to say that his suggestion was his "personal opinion".

The CSS members asked the CBI to disclose the "truth" behind the alleged links between chitfund firm AT Group and state minister Sanjay Das...

The Utkal Gandhi Smarak Nidhi and the Odisha Madamukti Abhiyan have urged the chief minister for a total prohibition in the state in the li...

Alleging conspiracy to weaken Paradip Port, Odisha minister Damodar Rout said that there was bid to promote private port in neighbouring Bh...

It was a foreign vessel, the inquiry involved a lot of probing which the state police were not in a position to conduct properly, Mohapatra...

Rout said as many as 266 liquor shops have been closed and steps are being taken to ensure that there is no liquor outlet close to the Nati...

Patnaik was chosen the BJDLP leader in the first meeting of the newly elected MLAs held at the party headquarters here, BJD sources said.

"What was Modi doing then?" Rout asked adding that the BJP's prime ministerial candidate was probably busy with RSS activities somewhere in...

The institutions where OSTF facility can be availed include city-based hospitals such as Kalinga, Aditya Care, Ayush, Apollo, Hi-Tech, KIMS...

In a bid to bring more girls to schools, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the Odisha Girls Incentive Programme for tribal and dalit g...

This is the first project under public private partnership (PPP) model involving the government of West Bengal for commercial mining of coa...

Amidst demands to suspend one-time loyalist and former Orissa minister Damodar Rout from the post of VP of the BJD, Naveen Patnaik said the...

The ministers were sworn in by Governor M C Bhandare on Tuesday, ending a month-long speculation on the ministry reshuffle.

The Orissa government on Monday unveiled an ambitious plan to provide agricultural credit of Rs 9165 crore in this fiscal compared to Rs 53...

Naveen Patnaik government on Thursday softened its stand and agreed to sort out the issue aross the table with the protest leaders.