Bhubaneswar: In a joint initiative, Kerala and Odisha have firmed plans to set up a 2,000 MW thermal plant in Odisha, sourcing coal from Baitarani fields in the state.
Bhubaneswar: With several local industries forced to procure raw materials at exorbitant price, the Odisha government on Tuesday said that it was working on a new pricing policy for minerals to ens
CUTTACK: City-dwellers woke up to roads littered with remnants of crackers and pungent air with harmful chemicals on Thursday, the morning after Diwali, with civic body authorities admitting to ar
BHUBANESWAR: With land acquisition for Posco steel project getting embroiled in one controversy after another and the Government drawing flak, the company was told on Thursday to begin construction
The Orissa government today said Posco India can start work at the 2,000 acres of land acquired so far for setting up of its proposed 12 million tonne per annum steel plant near Paradip at a cost of Rs 52,000 crore.
"The state government has so far acquired over 2,000 acres of land for Posco's steel plant. The company could easily start its work at the acquired land," Chief Secretary B K Patnaik told reporters.
Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday served a show cause notice to the Odisha government to reply within four weeks on the allegations that the recent floods were manm
Ten miners operating in Orissa are in the dock for violation of the Environment Protection Act, 1986. Among them are Hindalco Industries, Essel Mining & Industries, Serajuddin & Company and B C Dagra.
The state government has asked the district collectors concerned to initiate legal action against the errant miners by invoking Section 19 of the Act, known as EPA.
Bhubaneswar: Rubbishing the allegations of the Opposition political parties, the state government on Wednesday clarified that the there was no violation of rule curve in storage of water in the Hir
