RAYAGADA: As many as four children have died of several water-borne diseases in Sanabacha village in Kashipur block within three weeks and 30 persons diagnosed with malaria in the same village.

BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to ensure that roads and bridges in the 33 worst Maoist-affected districts in the country are completed in time, Centre has decided to review and monitor progress of their construction regularly.

BHUBANESWAR: Even as the sugar price in the open market continues to be robust, the State is facing an average shortfall of about 4,000 tonnes of levy sugar every month.

New Delhi, March 14: Orissa government on Sunday said that Vedanta