Bhubaneswar: The Centre on Wednesday made it clear that it would not tolerate any back door entries by industry for seeking mines, a move that could dampen corporate efforts of forging alliances with PSUs for their mining projects.

Asked about the industrial controversies relating to mining activities like that in Odisha, Union mines minister B K Handique said that the mining lease was given to

Bhubaneswar: Holding the Odisha government responsible for the spread of cholera in the southern region, the State Congress on Tuesday demanded chief minister Naveen Patnaik's visit to the worst-hit Rayagada district and apologize for failing to keep his promises.

Cholera is spreading in districts like Rayagada, Koraput and Nabarangpur due to collapse of health services, public distribution sys

Rayagada: Health minister Prasanna Acharya on Tuesday visited the cholera-affected pockets in Rayagada district even as two more deaths were reported from Kalyansinghpur village under Kashipur block taking the toll at 68.

The minister, accompanied by health secretary Anu Garg, visited a few cholera-hit villages and supervised the emergency relief operations there.

Later, he reviewed the heal

Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Monday demanded a white paper from the chief minister Naveen Patnaik, on the steps taken by his government to discuss the Polavaram issue with the Centre and the Andhra Pradesh administration.

Briefing newsmen here, senior Congress leader Umesh Chandra Swain urged the state government to make public all communications made by the chief minister with Ministry of Envi

Bhubaneswar: Refuting allegations that poor people in the KBK region died of gastroenteritis by consuming mango kernel and other uneatable stuff in recent months, the Odisha government on Monday claimed that Rs 2 a kg rice scheme was doing well in the area.

Allegations that the people are deprived of cheap rice in KBK region, is incorrect.

Bhubaneswar: The 'vibrio cholerae' bacteria was detected in water sources of Southern Rayagada district where at least 34 people have died of diarrhoea in last two months, official sources said on Thursday.

Of the 16 water samples examined at the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) here, six tested positive to vibrio cholerae, said D N Nayak, the team leader of state health human resource m

Bhubaneswar: After the Centre's refusal of permission for Vedanta's mining project, the Odisha government on Wednesday asked the UK-based group to have patience in order to get alternative sources of bauxite for its refinery at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district.

Allocating mines to any company requires a lot of time as the state government has to go through different phases.

Therefore, Vedanta

Bhubaneswar: Taking a dig at the unilateral decision of the Centre to give go-ahead signal to the contentious Polavarm project in Andhra Pradesh, BJD Rajya Sabha MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra on Thursday said that a protest meeting will be held in Malkangiri district soon.

Briefing newsmen here, Mohapatra, while terming the Centre

Bhubaneswar: Anticipating a fall in paddy production in the current Kharif season due to deficient rainfall, the Odisha government on Thursday decided to provide adequate seeds and fertilizers to farmers by September 15 for Rabi cultivation.

A decision to this effect was taken at a review meeting presided over by chief minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat here.

The meeting reveal

Bhubaneswar: The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Tuesday accorded the Stage I forest clearance to the Brutang Irrigation Project in Nayagarh district.

The Odisha government on March 18 had submitted a proposal to obtain MoEF

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