BHUBANESWAR: The state government has engaged IIT-Bhubaneswar to conduct an "impact assessment study" of JNNURM-city bus service in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Puri.

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India chastised regulatory bodies of twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack for their failure to enforce building norms and directed them to take action again

While a green building concept is catching up in the country in a big way, the Odisha Government is making a move to erect eco-friendly towers in the capital city Bhubaneswar, which would house var

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said the Capital needed to adopt a ‘zero’ waste policy and make sanitation a mass campaign in order to become a more cleaner city.

BHUBANESWAR: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will sign an agreement with a Mumbai-based company on Thursday to set up a solid waste treatment plant at the designated regional waste dump

The Child Health Now (CHN), Odisha on Monday organised a Mini Marathon from the Rupali Square to the IG Park to mark the Global Week of Action-Survive5.

At least 96 panic-struck persons sustained injuries following the earthquake of moderate intensity that had hit Odisha on Wednesday evening.

The State came under yet another spell of scorching heat wave conditions on Tuesday with 17 cities and towns recording temperature above 40 degrees Celsius and sunstroke death toll rising to 20.

Concerned over rising temperature in the city, the environment wing of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will change in its approach to plantation.

Instead of planting decorative and fast-growing trees, the BMC will gor for shady trees from the coming monsoon to create a green canopy on city roads, official sources said. The BMC has selected two species of trees for the plantation drive. About 1,500 such trees would be planted on the vacant patches in different wards as well as medians.