BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to give a boost to the pace of industrialisation in the State, the High Level Clearance Authority (HLCA), headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on Tuesday approved investme

Amid widespread anticipation that the Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) might recommend cancellation of more coal block allotments after naming four such distributions last week, the promoters of Navabharat power project and sources in Odisha government said there is uncertainty over the 2,250 MW power project of the company in the state.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed an FIR against Navabharat Power Private Ltd for selling the company to Essar Power Ltd in an irregular manner after getting coal allocation in Rampia and Dip side of Rampia blocks in western Odisha.

Apprehensive that opposition by a small faction could derail or at least delay the 3,200 Mega Watt (MW) Super Thermal Power Plant (STPP) of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), affected villa

The illegal mining investigator Justice MB Shah Commission has asked the state government to provide the survey and demarcation maps of 29 more iron ore and manganese mines in the state.

“Out of 195 mines, the Commission has received the survey and demarcation of 148 mines. As mentioned in the group plan of existing mining leases of Keonjhar and Sundrgarh districts map this Commission has not received survey and demarcation of 29 leases,” Sudhir S Shah, registrar of the commission, said in a letter to the state steel and mines department.

State-run miner Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) has signed pacts with steel makers Adhunik Metaliks and Rexon Strips to supply iron ore for next five years from its Kurmitar Pahar mines in Khandadhar area in Koira mining circle of Sundergarh district.

“We have entered into two long-term sales agreements with two companies-Adhunik Metaliks and Rexon Strips. These companies will get one million tonne iron ore every year for a period of five year from Kurmitar mine (Khandadhar),” said Saswat Mishra, chairman-cum-managing director of OMC.

Ending the long wait, rains lashed large parts of the State prompting the weather office to announce the onset of southwest monsoon in Odisha.

Searing heatwave conditions continue to make life miserable in Sundargarh district with the mercury hovering between 42 and 46 degree Celsius.

Former BJP legislator Shankar Oram has shot off a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik seeking inquiry into sub-standard works of a rural road under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

Bhubaneswar: Normal life was crippled on the day as heat wave continued in most parts of Odisha with mercury touching 46.6 degree Celsius in the state capital of Bhubaneswar and Talcher.