BHUBANESWAR: Diwali celebrations are all about fireworks, but it’s not the same for birds and animals.

How can we save the environment from pollution and global warming? Who is more aware of the environment? And who has been doing what to promote a clean and green environment?

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to initiate steps to ease the problem of traffic congestion and movement difficulties caused by heavy pressure of mineral-carrying trucks on roads.

BHUBANESWAR: Just nine urban centres of the State can boast of a population of one lakh and more. None has touched the one million mark.

Sambalpur: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) and the district administration on Monday sealed four kilns and the cold rolling mill (CRM) complex of Bhusan Steel and Power at Thelkuli

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to appoint 314 junior engineers under the Rural Development Department, one each in 314 blocks of the State, to monitor the provision of drinking water

Bhubaneswar: The State Assembly Committee headed by the Speaker Pradip Kumar Amat is all set to ask the Odisha government to scrap the controversial Sindol hydro-power project for all time to come.

When a cascading Kushabhadra river blasted its way through an embankment at Kushupur village on the night of September 10, Safran Bibi was tending to her 18 goats, her only asset.

Bhubaneswar: The Bachat Lamp Yojana (BLY) implemented by the Centre 30 months ago to save electricity during peak hours, has remained a non-starter in Odisha.

The total number of the dengue affected list in Odisha rose to 912 on Tuesday. According to non-official sources, 26 persons have died so far of the deadly virus.