BHUBANESWAR/JHARSUGUDA: Meeting after the recent reverses of the party in the urban body polls, the State executive of the Congress resolved to take to the streets demanding Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the multi-crore mining scam.
As a part of its continuing effort to promote and inculcate health consciousness and well-being among the community people and plant personnel, the World Health Day was observed by the Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) at Jharsuguda.
BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to promote floriculture in view of the growing demand for flowers in the market, the State Government today decided to increase the subsidy to 50 per cent from the present 33 per cent. The subsidy amount for small farmers will be 60 per cent.
This was decided at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat here.
BHUBANESWAR: An unrelenting heatwave continued to scorch western parts of the State, while coastal Orissa experienced humid conditions for the third consecutive day.
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government today approved a special plan for the seven pollution zones in Orissa identified by the Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB).
BHUBANESWAR: With half of the districts reeling from drought effect, an inter-ministerial Central team will arrive in Orissa tomorrow for spot assessment of the situation.
Led by Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture Atanu Purukayasth, the 10-member team would mostly be visiting western and northern districts of the State over the next three days.
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, a mega health camp was organised by Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) here on Sunday. The camp was aimed at treating and providing medical attention to inhabitants of the town besides an open invitation to all residents of peripheral villages.
This study analyses the diverse positive and negative impacts that coal mining has on the livelihoods of local communities of the Ib valley coalfield in Orissa. Using the sustainable livelihoods framework, it shows that coal mining, which is a form of physical capital, contributes to the enhancement of financial capital.
SAMBALPUR: A visit of a three-member delegation of civil liberties group Lok Nayak Jay Prakash International Research and Development Centre to the villages of Khapsadera, Pradhan Pali and Jamankira in Sambalpur district and Sagarpali in Jharsuguda district where farmers committed suicide, concluded today.
