Bhubaneswar: The National Aluminium Company on Sunday clarified that as there is no paddy field in the vicinity, there is no question of inundation of any paddy field with the ash water.

New Delhi With the standing paddy crop being adversely impacted by recent floods in Orissa and other eastern states of the country, close to a million farmers have managed to save their crop thanks

Perturbed over delays in getting necessary approvals and land acquisition issues, global steel giant ArcelorMittal is understood to have put its proposed 12-million-tonne steel plant in Odisha on b

Governor M C Bhandare on Friday suggested that that an independent expert panel should ascertain the exact cause of high floods in river Mahanadi this year.

The Mahanadi, Orissa’s lifeline, is at the mercy of thermal power projects (TPPs) and Chhattisgarh.

Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd has said the Ministry of Environment and Forests has granted final approval for diversion of 149 hectares of forest land in Utkal-C Coal Block in Angul District

In another step towards food security, Odisha has been included in the international programme for Roots & Tuber Crops (RTC) initiated by the International Potato Centre (known by its Spanish a

The Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) on Wednesday organised mock tsunami drills at cyclone shelters of six coastal districts.

Rejecting alleged water mismanagement at Hirakud dam that led to a high flood in the delta region of Mahanadi River, the Odisha government on Wednesday informed governor M C Bhandare that there was

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday urged the Centre for urgent release of Rs 1000-crore ad hoc flood assistance to Odisha in advance from the National Disaster Response Fund even as the Cen

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