There has been satisfactory progress in the revival process of the now defunct Talcher Fertilizer Plant of the Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCI), said Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday.

The first direct international flight took off from Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar to Kuala Lumpur late on Wednesday night with 159 passengers on board.

India on Thursday successfully test fired its intermediate-range ballistic missile Agni-III from Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha’s Balasore district.

BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday said there is no infighting in the party.

After a special CBI court framed charges against former Union Coal Minister Dilip Ray for his alleged involvement in coal block allocation case, the Odisha BJP MLA on Wednesday said he was a victim of ‘political vendetta’ by the then UPA government.

The result of High School Certificate (HSC) examination conducted by Odisha Board of Secondary Education (BSE) was announced here on Wednesday.

In a bid to clear additional rush of passengers and to facilitate the waitlisted passengers, Railways have decided to run a pair of special train between Somnath in Gujrat to Puri.

More than hundred houses were reduced to ashes after a major fire broke out at Dhobaninandara village under Hindol block in Dhenkanal district on Tuesday.

Air Asia will launch the direct flight from Bhubaneswar to Kuala Lumpur from the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.

A day after 300-400 heavily armed Maoists ambushed a CRPF contingent killing 25 troopers in Chhattisgarh, the Odisha police on Tuesday sounded a high-alert in Odisha-Chhattisgarh border.