In an effort to help the areas reeling under the drought along the Maharashtra and Karnataka border, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan (pictured right), on Monday, sought help from the neighbour sta

BHUBANESWAR: The Water Resources Department has drawn up schemes to provide water for cultivation from different rivers and reservoirs in the drought-affected areas of the State through 15,000 chec

“India's farmers need to change with the times to enhance their efficiency”

Experts taking part in a panel discussion on agricultural technology here over the weekend laid emphasis on giving a fillip to farm technology and underscored the need for adopting modern methods to boost farm productivity, even as the country's agro-based economy is stated to be on the threshold of a second green revolution.

MUMBAI: The state may agree to release an additional 1.96 TMC from its dams to Karnataka, which is facing a drought.

MUMBAI: Governor K Sankaranarayanan on Monday asked the Congress-NCP government to set up village or tehsil level monitoring committees to tackle the worst-ever drought across the state.

SAMBALPUR: Resentment is brewing among the farmers of Sambalpur district after the State Government excluded it from the drought-hit districts’ list.

Bhubaneswar: The State Assembly on Thursday witnessed uproarious scenes as both Opposition and Treasury Bench members engaged in verbal exchanges with Congress members occupying the Speaker’s podiu

BHUBANESWAR: With the dust of panchayat polls slowly settling down, the Government on Thursday announced the much-awaited drought relief for the affected.

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday declared 13,032 villages, which suffered a crop loss of 50 percent, in 19 districts as drought affected and announced a special package for farmers.