Cuttack: In a significant order, the Odisha High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to direct all district magistrates and SPs to sensitise people against animal sacrifices which are still practised in some Shakti Peethas.

The court order came in the wake of a government affidavit and Advocate General Ashok Mohanty informing the court that adequate preventive measures are being taken t

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday fixed the rice procurement target for the year 2010-11 at 32 lakh metric tonne of which three lakh tonne of rice will be procured through millers while the rest will be done by the government agencies, including Food Corporation of India (FCI).

A decision to this effect was taken at a state cabinet meeting presided over by chief minister Naveen Patn

Bhubaneswar: Union minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh on Monday requested chief minister Naveen Patnaik to personally take steps to check killing of jumbos due to electrocution in the state.

The Union minister, in a letter to Patnaik, rued that despite alerting the environment and forest department time and again no step has been taken.

He also expressed concern that

Bhubaneswar: Hearing a petition filed by the Odisha government seeking stay order on final approvals for Polavaram project, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to submit a detailed report within four weeks time.

Informing this at a press briefing at the State Secretariat here on Monday, state water resources secretary Suresh Mahapatra said that the state government had filed a case

Bhubaneswar: Public-sector aluminium major National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) has adopted a new Corporate Plan and Vision 2020 for itself under which it is aiming for a turnover of Rs 25,000 crore, production of 1.7 million tonnes of aluminum and 4 million tonnes of alumina.

The company has set up a Nalco Foundation with a vision to be an agent to engineer holistic development and augment t

Bhubaneswar: Having personally given its viewpoint before a green panel on Thursday, Vedanta Resources will now have to wait till October 30 to know the fate of its aluminium refinery plant in Odisha which is under scanner for alleged violation of environment norms.

It was not a public hearing but they (Vedanta officials) wanted to explain their views on the issue personally.

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday announced 200 days labour intensive work in drought-hit areas besides financial assistance for farmers who sustained 50 per cent or more crop loss, official sources said.

The state government announced the package after chief minister Naveen Patnaik reviewed the drought situation at the State Secretariat here.

Of the state's 314 blocks, 106 had

Bhubaneswar: With the Odisha government mulling supply of water to Posco's proposed mega steel mill near Paradip from an alternative place, local people and some outfits demanded a fresh public hearing.

Faced with stiff opposition from farmers and different political parties, the state government had asked Posco to consider a proposal of drawing water from Hansua river instead of getting it fro

Cuttack: The Odisha High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to file a status report on the outbreak of cholera and diarrhoea diseases in each affected district.

A division bench of the court comprising Chief Justice V Gopalgowda and Justice Indrajit Mahanty, while adjudicating over a PIL filed by an advocate of the court, directed the state government to file the status report and po

Bhubaneswar: As the fate of its USD 1.7 billion bauxite mining unit proposed in Odisha hangs in balance, the Vedanta Resources on Wednesday denied violating any laws in connection with the project while replying to the show cause notices served by the environment ministry.

Vedanta Aluminium Ltd has submitted its reply along with supporting documents to both the show cause notices issued by the