Bhubaneswar:The Odisha government has swung into action after the Prime Minister Office (PMO) recently sought clarifications from it on the alleged deplorable conditions of the farmers, oppression

Bhubaneswar: Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday strongly opposed private mining in areas affected by Left wing extremism on the ground that it allows Maoists to extort money

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to help conserve and protect the dwindling tiger population, the Odisha government has decided to create a Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) and prepare a long-term action

Bhubaneswar: Despite death of 149 elephants, mostly due to poaching and electrocution during last two years in Odisha, the population of pachyderms has increased to 1930 from 1886 in 2010.

Bhubaneswar: With the Rs 52-crore Posco India steel project getting delayed, a two-member team led by deputy managing director Ryi Chan met chief secretary Bijay Patnaik and IDCO chairman and manag

Dhamra: Showering praise on the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for being versatile, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that besides developing missi

Bhubaneswar: After seven years of delay, the Posco steel project will start rolling soon as the Odisha government has started transferring around 1,500 acres to the Korean steel major to set up an

Bhubaneswar: The National Sample Survey (NSS) set up in 1950 by the Centre to collect socio-economic data employing scientific sampling methods, will start its 69th round from July 1.

Bhubaneswar: In order to help improve the condition of farmers and the farm sector, the Odisha government has set a target to provide an estimated Rs 3,000 crore crop loan to 15 lakh farmers during

Bhubaneswar: Normal life was crippled on the day as heat wave continued in most parts of Odisha with mercury touching 46.6 degree Celsius in the state capital of Bhubaneswar and Talcher.