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The tribals strongly objected to Vedanta's proposed bauxite mining project on the Niyamgiri Hills at the first gram sabha held at Serkapadi village under Muniguda block in Rayagada district on Thursday. The Dongaria Kondh tribal people…

‘Bahuda Yatra 2013’, the return journey of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra from Gundicha temple to the Sri Jagannath temple was celebrated with religious fervour and enthusiasm in Puri today. Lakhs of devotees took part in…

By Hemanta Pande: In the recent weeks, an alleged photograph of Nabarangpur MP Mr. Pradeep Majhi, who is seen with two South Asian girls inside the water, is doing the round in a section of media. A huge uproar has been made by some BJD…

A day after POSCO dropped a 6 mt/year Steel Plant project in Karnataka, another Steel giant ArcelorMittal has decided to scrap its ambitious Rs 40,000 crore Steel Plant in Odisha, citing inordinate delay in implementation. The project would…

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, was given a warm welcome at the Biju Patnaik Airport in Bhubaneswar this morning. Modi waved at the crowd that gathered at the Airport to get a glimpse of him. Thousands BJP leaders and cadres and…

A grand Shiva Temple of Shri Nilakantheswara was inaugurated inside the premises of Metro Satellite City Phase I near Puri Canal Road in Hanspal on the auspicious day of Rath Yatra. A four-day puja, havan and rituals were conducted by a…

While Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government has already started political campaign with developmental schemes and programmes ahead of the elections, the Chit Fund scam may bring some embarrassing things for it. Recently the Supreme Court’s…

Over 10 lakh devotees thronged Puri yesterday to witness the spectacles of Rath Yatra 2013. People celebrated the Rath Yatra with much fanfare and religious fervour. They were high on enthusiasm and spirit. The devotees included thousands…

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has yet again come up with a populist measure to woo the masses. His government has announced setting up of a Rs 300 crore corpus fund to help the chit fund victims in the state. It is believed that if…

Millions of devotees from across the world throng Puri today to witness Rathyatra, the prime event of the state of Odisha where Lord Jagannath takes a trip to the Gundicha temple along with brother Bhalabhadra and sister Subhadra on…