The National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) has sought an action taken report(ATR) from the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) on industrial pollution in Brahmani river.

The Union Power and Coal Ministries have opposed a move by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to increase the compensation given for forest land diverted for construction and mining by

Even as construction of houses under Integrated Slum House Development Project (ISHDP) is going on in the city, Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken up a project to construct 6,000 house

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will begin collection of plastic waste from four Wards on pilot basis.

The Energy Department has set up a committee to prepare a draft solar policy to promote the use of solar energy in the State to support development and address the problem of energy security.

In a scathing indictment of the Odisha Government over the multi-thousand crore mining scam, the M B Shah Commission is reported to have recommended a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (

The State Technical Committee (STC) has approved the proposal of the Green Energy Development Corporation Limited (GEDCOL) for establishment of a solar power park at Manamunda Industrial Estate in

Villagers in Rengali block are leading a miserable life owing to pollution from 22 stone crusher units located within a radius of four km along Rengali-Babuchakli Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (

Actor Vidya Balan, ambassador of Centre’s flagship sanitation programme, would probably think twice if she were ever to associate with Odisha.

The State Government has created irrigation potential for 6.43 lakh hectares of agricultural land during the last 13 years while 20,670 hectares have been brought under irrigation facility till Nov