BHUBANESWAR: Jindal Stainless Ltd has been awarded the prestigious Pollution Control Appreciation Award 2011 for excellence in Pollution Control Management in industrial sector.

TALCHER: A slide in production at the Talcher Coalfield has lead to coal crisis at the power stations.

The Orissa government and Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) are working out a compromise formula for the pricing of iron ore mined from the state. The move, in all likelihood, would lead to an increase in the prices of the mineral. The state government had earlier flayed the IBM’s methodology for pricing the ore, saying there was gross under-reporting of the actual market value of the mineral by it, leading to a notional loss to the state exchequer.

Arguing that indiscriminate exploitation of mineral resources was leading to alienation amongst local tribal populations and furthering the cause of Naxalite groups, Minister for Tribal Affairs V K

BHUBANESWAR: The Opposition BJP on Tuesday accused the State Government of foisting flood on the State with a 'motive'.

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday stepped up air-dropping of food packets as flood situation continued to be grim with Mahanadi river flowing above the danger mark in delta region, affec

In a reprieve for industry, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has relaxed environmental clearance norms for projects requiring forest land.

Bhawanipatna: The recent causality by Dengue outbreak in Odisha is frowning upon with several deaths being reported from various places of the state.

Jagatsinghpur: The barriers erected by villagers to cordon off South Korean steel major Posco's proposed steel plant new Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district have been removed, paving the way for site

Surging waters from a swollen Mahanadi and its tributaries continued to wreak havoc in Orissa, affecting more than 2,800 villages in 19 districts and leaving 16 dead as the Naveen Patnaik governmen