Poaching of migratory birds continues unabated in the Chilika Lake despite warning by wildlife officials against killing of winged guests in Asia’s largest blue lagoon.

Even as miners plan to move mining tribunal and courts challenging the Rs 76,000-odd crore penalty notice on 104 miners for extracting ore in excess of set limits and violating environmental laws o

The Union Ministry of Mines has asked the State Government to submit a status report on setting up of a special anti-extortion and anti-money laundering cell to prevent the nexus between illegal mi

Procurement of government land by industries in Odisha is set to get dearer with the state government deciding to fix cost of such land at benchmark value, a departure from the existing system of offering government land at pre-determined rates.

The decision comes close on the heels of clearing of the new Land Acquisition Bill by an empowered group of Central ministers. While the cost of land had escalated, the government land rates in Odisha were not revised accordingly. The state government which had constituted three committees to consider possibility of benchmarking cost of government land has now entrusted the responsibility on its investment promotion agency- Industrial Promotion & Investment Corporation of Odisha Ltd (Ipicol).

Justice MB Shah Commission probing the mining scam in different states on Tuesday said some of the cases in Odisha are complicated and require additional time for investigation.

Four members of the six-member team of the Justice M B Shah Commission arrived here on Wednesday to probe into the mega mining scam in Odisha.

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today announced to provide land to all landless adivasis in tribal sub-plan (TSP) blocks by 2016-17 even as members of the Tribes Advisory Council (TAC) expressed

Bhubaneswar: Odisha, which has made remarkable progress in reducing Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and infant and neonatal deaths in the last few years, is still way above the national average, obse

Bhubaneswar: The successful implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) by the Odisha government has earned appreciation from the Union secretary of the tribal affairs ministry Vibha Puri Das.

Bhubaneswar: In a letter to chief minister Naveen Patnaik over Rs 1498 crore fund sanctioned for rural roads, Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday countered the charge of stat