The incident took place when the House hurriedly passed the Odisha Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill within minutes without any discussion. Speake...

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

The rumor on Mehta, who is approching 80 years, got strength when BJD MP Baijayant Panda in a newspaper article indicated her entry into Od...

BJD's statement against Pradhan came a day after the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas blamed Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over...

Charging Congress and BJP with misleading the people over incidents of suicide by farmers, Patro said, "They are doing politics over farmer...

An amount of about Rs 2600 crore will be required for the pucca houses and cyclone-flood shelters, he said.

MLAs and Ministers in BJD govt submitted a memorandum to Pranab Mukherjee through Governor SC Jamir alleging neglect by Centre in providing...

Ruling BJD in Odisha criticised the Centre for not releasing fund for the cyclone-hit people in the state and said they would launch agitat...

As many as 28 persons were killed, seven of them in floods, while 3.76 lakh houses were reported to be damaged in both the disasters.

Heavy rains caused by cyclone Phailin triggered floods in major rivers in five districts of Odisha with over 2.5L people marooned in worst-...

Fierce Cyclone Phailin today left a trail of destruction in coastal Odisha where nearly nine lakh people were hit and crops worth Rs 2,400 ...

"Fuel like diesel, kerosene, LPG should be kept reserved in the district and block locations," Patro said," Odisha Disaster Management Mini...

With frequent floods ravaging the state, Odisha government today said it was implementing a Rs 700 crore project to mitigate flood fury on ...

Congress walked out of the Odisha Assembly even as Revenue Minister assured the members that all land in illegal possession would be freed.

Orissa govt has said it would think before allotting additional land to Satyam for setting up its second campus.

IT consulting firm MindTree Consulting Ltd would the start construction of its proposed development centre here from April, official source...

At least three of the 27 small and medium scale hydro power generation units will be operational by next fiscal in Orissa, state Energy Min...