JHARSUGUDA: The ash slurry pipe of Orissa Power Generation Corporation (OPGC) Limited at Banharpali in the district breached and ash spilled in the Hirakud dam reservoir on Wednesday night.

Bhubaneswar: A fresh spell of floods in river Baitarani inundated 12 gram panchayats in Bhadrak and Keonjhar districts, as waters receded in the Mahanadi delta, with the death toll on Friday climbi

Bhawanipatna: The recent causality by Dengue outbreak in Odisha is frowning upon with several deaths being reported from various places of the state.

BHUBANESWAR: About 3,000 people were evacuated from the low-lying areas of Orissa after a huge discharge of water from the Hirakud Dam triggered fears of floods in 11 of the state's 30 districts, a

Firm says lack of clarity in the way the state charges industry to be blamed.

Sambalpur: Normal life was hit in Western Odisha on Thursday due to disruption in train and bus services and closure of shops during a bandh demanding scrapping of Sindol hydro-power project and se

SAMBALPUR: Normal life was hit in western Orissa on Thursday following disruption in train and bus services during a bandh, demanding scrapping of the proposed Sindol hydro power project and settin

Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), an arm of Coal India Ltd (CIL), plans to set up a 1,600-Mw power plant in Orissa with an investment of Rs 9,000 crore. The pithead plant would be fed by the company’s stranded coal asset near the Ib valley in Jharsuguda, Vasundhara, said a person close to the development. MCL will develop the coal block on its own.

All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday he would back the Posco project if the Korean steel maker provided proper rehabilitation.

Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL), a unit of Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources PLC, will invest about . 10,000 crore to complete its aluminium smelter and independent power plants at Jharsuguda.
The company has so far invested around. 40,000-crore in its Lanjigarh and Jharsuguda projects in Orissa.