Conceding eight of the 14 demands of the Maoists on the second day of talks with the rebel-chosen mediators, the Orissa government said it was confident of securing early release of abducted Malkangiri Collector R V Krishna and a junior engineer.
The outlay for defence sector almost remained unchanged compared to what was allocated in the interim budget on February 1.
A fast track court on Friday sentenced gangster Sandeep Acharya alias Raja and his associate to rigorous life imprisonment for killing judo coach Biranchi Das, who had groomed the world's youngest marathon runner Budhia Singh. Four days after convicting the duo for gunning down the judo coach on April 13, 2008, Fast Track Court judge Vivekananda Das on Friday morning pronounced the life term for Raja and Akshya Behera alias Chagala.
Natraj and Niranjan Behera struck half centuries as Orissa scored 177 for three after following-on in their Ranji Trophy Super League Group B against Punjab which ended in a draw on the fourth and final day in Bhubaneswar on Saturday.
The director general of police said everyone in the force should have to perform their duties irrespective of their religion and politics.
Promising batsman Manoj Tiwary was slapped a one-match ban and fine after his dressing room fury in Bengal's Vijay Hazare Trophy (East Zone) match against Jharkhand. Tiwary was adjudged leg before for three before Bengal registered a seven-wicket win over Jharkhand in the one-day tournament. Orissa Cricket Association secretary Asirbad Behera said the right-hander was so angry with the lbw decision that he abused the umpires before going berserk in the dressing room.
No cheer girls would perform during the One Day International (ODI) between India and Sri Lanka scheduled to be played at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack on December 21.
The gold, weighing over 30 kg, was seized from the "diplomatic baggage" that had landed by air cargo at the Thiruvananthapuram international airport recently from the Gulf.
The 24-year-old gold medallist in MSc (Zoology) from Behrampur University, topped the IFS exam without any coaching; he says that it was God's mercy.
Swapnil Singh broke an eleven-year jinx as he scored his maiden first class century, a knock of 164 without a blemish, to help Baroda take a massive first innings lead of 404 runs against Mumbai on Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy Group C match.
Travancore Devaswom Board, which manages the shrine, said revenue collection on the opening day registered a growth of Rs 1.28 crore compared to last year.
The deceased, identified as Janakibla Hui, had been shifted to AIIMS soon after the devastating fire ravaged the private medical facility on Monday evening, a spokesman of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar said.
Two days after receiving a complaint of sexual harassment from a woman employee of Orissa Assembly, the police on Saturday registered a case against Speaker Maheswar Mohanty, charging him with intending to outrage her modesty. Earlier on March 27, the lady marshal had filed an FIR with the police alleging sexual harassment by the Speaker. The police, however, took two days to register a case as it could not contact the victim or any other person from her family.
Institute says Sambalpur University, where it has been housed since April, is refusing to honour an MoU to provide two hostels to its students.
Abhimanyu Mithun's brilliant bowling at death enabled defending champions Karnataka to edge out Bengal by six runs in a thrilling semi-final of the National One Day Championship for the Vijay Hazare Trophy, in Ahmedabad.
Revenues of Airtel and Idea have been hit by falling realisation and analysts said margins would be affected by higher costs.
'I would say it is not going to be days and weeks. It is going to be months and years, over which we would make an assessment on the decisions taken by the Parliament at this point of time. 'We are in for a long haul is what I would say.' It was a very diverse India, which was coming together, politically, in a very cohesive, democratically-resilient way." Professor Navnita Behera examines the wisdom of the exit of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
The author of a definitive guide to the Kashmir crisis speaks with Managing Editor Aziz Haniffa.
Mayank Agarwal blasted 162 to help Karnataka demolish Andhra Pradesh in a South Zone match of the Vijay Hazare National One Day Championships in Secunderabad, on Friday.
The reports suggested six members of the terror outfit infiltrated into the state by sea from Sri Lanka and moved to different cities, including Coimbatore, according to the police.
The Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against Board of Control for Cricket in India's acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary and others for allegedly violating the apex court's orders.
'I kept begging the doctors to put my three year old on the ventilator. But the doctors and nurses kept saying no ventilator was available. When the breathing apparatus ultimately became available, it was too late.'
On the third day of his Orissa tour on Sunday, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi visited a NALCO plant in Angul in Orissa and spent time with workers and their families, listening to their demands. Rahul, who visited the PSU aluminium manufacturing unit, which was on the verge of privatisation during the NDA regime, received a grand welcome.
Riding on a five-wicket haul by pacer V R V Singh, Punjab defeated Orissa by seven wickets in their Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match.
Arcelor-Mittal added one more site on Monday -- Chiplima in Sambalpur district -- to the four it is currently surveying for its proposed 12 million tonne steel facility in Orissa.
As part of this, the state government is planning to engage global diamond mining company De Beers for undertaking a detailed survey of the diamond reserves in Nuapada.
A day after the defeat to Punjab, Orissa Cricket Association (OCA) on Friday urged BCCI to minutely verify the video recording of the final day of the Ranji Trophy Super League Group 'B' match played at Mohali.
Counting of votes is underway in assembly byelection to 58 seats in 11 states including Madhya Pradesh where the results will decide the fate of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government.
They will seduce your taste buds with tempting food pics of ghee idli, chicken ghee roast biryani and mysore pak.
Syed Saba Karim has been appointed the new coach of the Orissa Ranji team for the upcoming season
Naveen Patnaik was injured when ruling and opposition members clashed over the government's agreement with a private mining company.
The experts said adequate care must be taken before implementing what is being touted as a "game-changer".
Orissa has said that the 43 steel firms in the state plan to generate 58,510 jobs by the time the projects go on stream.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said the gang members involved in the crime have been identified and they will be arrested very soon.
A noted South Indian film actress was harassed for two hours allegedly by a gang of five men, who forced their way into her car before fleeing at a busy area in Kochi.
"This Indian tendency to compare youngsters with established stars tends to burden the players and it must stop," says Sudeep Hota.
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