ROURKELA: Fever accompanied by gastroenteritis claimed three lives in the past three days in the remote village of Ranja under Lahunipara block of Bonai sub-division.
Bhubaneswar: The South Korean steel major POSCO has changed its strategy in implementing the 12 million tonne steel project in Orissa. The company has delinked the mines from the project and decided to go ahead with the project construction instead of waiting for the mines to start the work.
ROURKELA: AMID reports of swine flu scare spreading in Orissa, the tribal-dominated Sundargarh district has taken precautionary measures to face the menace effectively. There has been no established positive case of the influenza, yet leaving nothing to chance the district health and veterinary administration have swung into action.
ROURKELA: Although no swine flu has been reported from any part of the Sundargarh district, the veterinary officials are taking all measures in the wake of pig raising and pork eating habits of the tribal population.
BHUBANESWAR: Accusing Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of violating model code of conduct to favour Korean steel major Posco for granting mining lease, the BJP on Monday petitioned the Election Commission demanding penal action against him.
Sundernagar: Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee president Kaul Singh Thakur has criticised the BJP government for shifting the site of proposed cement plant to the Chambi area, which is thickly populated and that too on agricultural land.
ANGUL: In comparison to about seven per cent growth of Coal India Limited, its flagship company Mahanadi Coalfield Limited (MCL) has posted a growth of 9.46 per cent in the 2008-09. However, it could not achieve its revised target of 104 million tonne (MT) fixed by the Coal Ministry due to various factors.
May 2007: Union Ministry of Environment And Forests approves construction of captive port at Jatadhari river mouth near Paradip July 2007: Environmental clearance for four million-tonne steel plant and 400 MW captive power plant August 2008: Supreme Court nod for diverting 1,253 hectares of forestland for the company
