All you need to know about the seats going to polls in first phase

91 seats. 21 states and Union territories. Aslam Hunani/Rediff.com gives the lowdown on the constituencies going to polls in the first phase on April 11. Photograph: PTI Photo Elections to the......

Maoists attack Odisha station to oppose PM's visit

IMAGE: Doikalu railway station in Rayagada district of Odisha was ransacked by Maoists on Friday morning. Photograph: ANI Maoists attacked a railway station in Odisha’s Rayagada......

Year-end 2012: The year that was for Odisha

Hitherto considered as the unchallenged leader of ruling Biju Janata Dal, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was jolted by a whiff of revolt in 2012, as the year also witnessed a spate of abductions in......

BJD MP Jay Panda on the Maoists, Posco and more

Bijayant 'Jay' Panda symbolises the young Indian politician who appears just as comfortable in Parliament as he is in Kendrapara, the rural Orissa parliamentary constituency from which he has......