The Union Power Ministry has circulated a model State Electricity Distribution Management Responsibility Bill, 2013, on the lines of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act.

The State Government has set a target to improve 2,158 km of State Highways to two-lane standards during the 12th Plan period.

Even as the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday laid foundation stone of NTPC’s proposed 4,000 MW super thermal power project at Lara village in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district, thousands of

The State Government on Thursday demanded that the Centre should allow mineral-bearing States to impose green tax on mineral production.

The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) will launch a five-year plan for conservation breeding of endangered species in the zoological parks of North-Eastern and Eastern zone States.

The city’s revamped sanitation plan has set a target to make the city roads garbage-free as per the new contract finalised by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) recently.

With the mining sector in a mess and the State-run Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) lacking capacity to meet the ore demand of the industries in the State, the World Bank has come forward to extend

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday reiterated the demand that the Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh should not be declared a national project and its construction work should be stopped im

Dengue scare has gripped North Odisha with three persons, two from Balasore and one from Bhadrak, falling prey to the vector-borne disease in last few days.

Forest and Environment Minister Bijoyshree Routray on Tuesday informed the State Assembly that 718 elephants have died in Odisha since 2000 due to different reasons.