BHUBANESWAR: Following the moratorium on Bt brinjal, the draconian clauses of the proposed Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill have invited sharp criticism from scientific community of Orissa and the surprising hurry with which the Centre is planning to pass it.

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to provide pre-school kits to children in the anganwadi centres to attract them to schools.

A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting presided over by Women and Child Development Minister Pramila Mallik at the Secretariat here today. Children in the age group of three to five are accommodated in the anganwadi centres.

As part of its modernisation programme aimed at enhancing weather monitoring facilities, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is installing a network of 187 automatic rain gauge stations across the state.

When installed, the network would help in accurate collection of rainfall data from various parts of the state. It would update information on an hourly basis.

BHUBANESWAR: A consultative workshop on

BHUBANESWAR: The JSL Limited today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the State Government for setting up a steel park at Kalinga Nagar in Jajpur district with an investment of Rs 704 crore.

BHUBANESWAR: Despite Bhubaneswar being touted as one of the fastest growing among the state capitals, nearly 50 per cent of its people do not have access to pipe water supply.

BHUBANESWAR: Six months after floods inflicted extensive damage in several districts, a four member Central team arrived here today to assess the loss and restoration work undertaken by the State Government.

BHUBANESWAR: The Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Department has made an ambitious perspective plan for the next decade with a plan proposal of Rs 5,455 crore.

BHUBANESWAR: The Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) sleuths arrived in the State with great hype surrounding their probe into illegal mining following the multi-crore mining scam but left on the cat

BHUBANESWAR: Orissa shivered as the unrelenting cold wave swept large parts of the State with mercury dipping further and further.

While Phulbani recorded 4 degree Celsius, the coldest of the season for the State, there were reports of the hilly Tensa area in Sundargarh district had recorded a near-zero temperature.