The State Government told the Assembly on Wednesday it would request the Centre to relax population norms for districts not covered under Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for the Pradhan Mantri Gram S

SONEPUR: This is only the beginning of summer and water bodies here have already started drying up.

New Delhi The Supreme Court has directed the Orissa government to recommend the case for grant of iron ore reserves to the central government for the Bhushan Power & Steel’s 2.8 million tonne-integrated steel plant at Lapanga, Orissa.

Setting aside the Orissa High Court judgment that refused to interfere with the state government’s decision asking Bhushan Power & Steel (erstwhile Bhushan) to sign a fresh MoU,

Olive Ridley turtles have finally arrived at Gahirmatha beach in Odisha to lay eggs much to the delight of wildlife lovers and forest officials.

Buoyed by its Hazira complex becoming the country's largest single location flat steel maker with 10 million tonne per annum capacity, Essar Steel is set to commission a pellet unit in a week in Odisha to pave the way for setting up of its proposed 6 million tonne integrated steel plant.

"Our proposed 12 million tonne pellet plant is likely to start production in about a week in Odisha's Paradip where we want to replicate ths success story of Hazira complex," Essar Steel India's MD and CEO Dilip Oommen said.

Bhubaneswar: The State Assembly on Thursday witnessed uproarious scenes as both Opposition and Treasury Bench members engaged in verbal exchanges with Congress members occupying the Speaker’s podiu

The Supreme Court today allowed the appeal of Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd and directed the Orissa government to act according to the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two, signed on May 15, 2002. Overruling the Orissa high court order, a bench headed by Justice Altamas Kabir also asked the state government to make recommendations to the Centre for granting iron ore mines, as per the MoU.

BHUBANESWAR: A team of scientists from Japan arrived here on Monday to study the migratory behaviour of the threatened Irrawaddy dolphins in Chilika lagoon.

New Delhi The Centre has put Orissa government’s plans to get 33% free power from coal reject-based power plants on hold. The coal ministry has asked Orissa government not to hold up any clearances for coal blocks on the basis of such condition till a proper policy is formulated in this regard in consultation with the power ministry.

"We have told them to speed up the clearances for coal blocks. There is a huge shortage of coal in the country and there has to be faster approval for new allocatees," a coal ministry official said.

Tata Steel has flagged off the preparatory work of underground mining project at its Sukinda Chromite Mine (SCM), which has an annual chromite ore beneficiation facility of 6.5 lakh tonne.

"Mining at SCM is fully-mechanised at present. The roadmap ahead is to operate underground mines. This will go a long way in conserving natural resources and, thereby, contribute to sustainable mining in the country," Tata Steel Managing Director HM Nerurkar was quoted in a company statement.