BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to electrify 1,900 villages with alternative energy sources through the Orissa Renewable Energy Development Agency (OREDA).

TALCHER: The Union Cabinet has approved the revival package of the Talcher fertiliser plant at a meeting on Friday.

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has formed a Task Force of medical experts for surveillance and initiation of control measures in view of the recent increase in dengue cases in different district

PARADIP: The district administration felled around 1,000 trees at Nuagaon for the proposed Posco project on Wednesday.

BHUBANESWAR; Faulty baseline information provided by developers in the environment impact assessment (EIA) is a major reason why the industrial and development projects are facing delay or rejectio

Green tribunal slaps notices on Posco, Orissa & MoEF; Seeks info about clearance granted to the project

Vedanta Aluminum Ltd (VAL), an associate company of the globally diversified Vedanta Resources Plc, has already made a fresh proposal to obtain environmental clearance for the expansion of its aluminum refinery at Lanjigarh in Orissa. It has also withdrawn its case against the MoEF at the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The ministry under Ramesh had cancelled the environmental clearance to Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC). OMC is in agreement with Vedanta Group company Sterlite for mining bauxite at Niyamgiri hills.

Bhubaneswar: Over six lakh trees and some 1,800 betel vines will have to be sacrificed to set up Posco's Rs 52,000 crore mega steel project in Jagatsinghpur district.

SAMBALPUR: The State Advisor to the Commission of Supreme Court on Right to Food Rajkishore Mishra on Tuesday said that death of Siba Naik (65) of Chubkadadar village and Kapila Hans (65) of Gobind

BHUBANESWAR: With the industrial belt of Angul district under the grip of a suspected dengue outbreak, the State Government has gone into the damage control mode.