The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on the plea of Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) challenging the cancellation of the environmental clearance to the Niyamgiri Bauxite Mining Project in the state.
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa's literacy rate might have grown exponentially in the last decade to touch 73.45 per cent, almost on par with the National average of 74.04, but the Naxal hotbeds of the State continue to wallow in illiteracy.
Literacy rate in the Maoist-infested districts of Malkangiri, Koraput and Nabarangpur still hover below 50 per cent while Rayagada and Gajapati districts have just man
Bhubaneswar: Despite a stay on the proposed expansion of Vedanta's alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district, the Centre has now sought a fresh application for the purpose from the state.
This was announced by revenue and disaster management minister Surya Narayan Patra in the State Assembly here on Monday while replying to a written question on behalf of chief minister Naveen Patnaik
BHUBANESWAR: ALARMED by the high childhood mortality, the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) has proposed to its parent body, the Indian Council of Medical Research, to establish a surveillance centre in the State for screening of Haemophilus influenzae b (Hib), one of the biggest child killers in Orissa.
With the Centre initiating a surveillance and community vaccination in eight States o
The Orissa High Court on Wednesday admitted an appeal of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) challenging the Union government's decision to reject its application for regularising its expansion works at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi districts.
The two-member bench comprising chief justice V.
Gopalagowda and justice H.S. Bhalla, while admitting the application, posted the date of hearing for February 21.
