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

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government on Monday geared up its machinery to tackle drought-like situation in more than 30 blocks in eight districts.

With Orissa Mining Corporation Limited (OMCL) claiming that the rejection of forest clearance to its bauxite mining project at Niyamgiri hills is aimed as a rebuff to the Supreme Court’s green sign

BHUBANESWAR: Exhibiting dry paddy saplings in the Assembly, Opposition Congress and BJP members on Thursday demanded declaration of drought in the State without waiting for eye estimation report on

With the Orissa Tribal Empowerment and Livelihoods Programme (OTELP) entering the second phase, the Government on Thursday decided to take up 530 watershed projects with an investment of Rs 556 cro

Bhubaneswar: In a glaring instance of step-motherly attitude, the Centre has ignored the repeated requests made by the Odisha government to release a special package of Rs 4,500 crore for Special P

New Delhi:Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) on Monday challenged in the Supreme Court Jairam Ramesh’s last decision as the environment minister to withdraw clearance to Vedanta’s alumina project and

Controversy over the issue of environmental clearance to Vedanta for bauxite mining in Niyamgari hills in Odisha has deepened further.

CUTTACK: The expansion plan of Vedanta Alumina Limited (VAL) for its refinery and captive power plant at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district has hit a major roadblock.

The Orissa High Court on Tuesday rejected the plea of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) for a six-fold expansion of its one-million-tonne per annum alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Orissa's Kalahandi district.

Vedanta had filed a petition in the HC on November 12, 2010, praying to quash the order of the Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) to maintain the status quo and allow the exp