ROURKELA: Amid continuing environmental fear, the Sundargarh administration is waiting for the lab test report to ascertain if the water of the river Brahmani was polluted due to accidental release

BHUBANESWAR: The Ministry of Environment and Forests has sanctioned stage-II and final level clearance to National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) for diversion of 110.3 hectares of forest land f

New Delhi Backtracking on his decision to clear only one power plant in Orissa, environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday gave the green nod to three projects in the state

BHUBANESWAR: In the midst of a raging controversy over water diversion for industry, Orissa

Nearly 8,000 of the Dongria Kondh Adivasis, who revere the Niyamgiri mountain as their king and god, fear displacement and disruption of their centuries-old culture once the company gets the cleara

On persuading the Church of England to divest its stake in the UK-based Vedanta Resources
Anuradha Raman Interviews Bianca Jagger

The Orissa government has handed over to private companies virtually all the iron ore mines, which are in some of the most underdeveloped districts of the State, leading to protests by tribal peopl

The CAG blames the Orissa government's failure to provide safe potable water for the outbreak of diseases in the State.