Odisha plans to restore coastal green cover
Uprooted trees in Puri. Nearly 22 lakh trees have been destroyed in the cyclone in Odisha.Biswaranjan Rout Cyclone Fani-hit State aims at planting over 1.3 crore saplings as per a five-year scheme
Uprooted trees in Puri. Nearly 22 lakh trees have been destroyed in the cyclone in Odisha.Biswaranjan Rout Cyclone Fani-hit State aims at planting over 1.3 crore saplings as per a five-year scheme
At least six elephants, including two calves, were killed when a train ran over them in Ganjam district on Sunday, forest officials said. A railway attendant who was in the train was also killed. The mishap
Bhusan Power and Steel Limited (BPSL) at Thelkuli suffered yet another jolt with the regional office of Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) directing it to suspend work on the proposed ash pond
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday once again slammed the mining policies of the Centre saying they have helped large mining firms to “run away with super normal profits” from mineral-rich less
Bhubaneswar: The state government today said it would dispose all applications pertaining to renewal of mining leases within three months as directed by the Odisha High Court. "We have already started
The state government has sought detail status of two coal blocks which were allotted jointly to Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) and three other O P Jindal group firms seven years ago. “Information regarding the present status of the coal blocks and end use projects of the co-allocatees of the coal block is not available in this department. Furnish coal block allocation letter and approved mining plan to this department at the earliest for reference and necessary action,” state steel and mines department told MCL, the subsidiary of Coal India Ltd (CIL).
Despite concerns from several quarters including the Odisha High Court, bio-medical waste management and handling in different government hospitals including three state-run medical colleges and hospital
Malnutrition still being the biggest malady of Odisha, the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) has come up with an innovative project to counter it. The Foundation will implement ‘Malnutrition
The Odisha government has approved a proposal for withdrawal of land acquisition process for Sterlite Iron and Steel Company, a Vedanta group firm, which proposed to set up of a 5 million tonne steel plant in Keonjhar district. The government has directed the revenue department to take appropriate action in this regard. “The government, after careful consideration, has been pleased to accept the land surrender proposal. You are therefore, requested to take action as per rules/act in vogue,” the state steel and mines department wrote to the deputy revenue secretary.
More than 7,400 infants have died of preventable diseases in only five blocks of Malkangiri in the last five years - a blatant reflection of the failure of Odisha Government to extend proper health care
Sharing the concerns of the Dongria Kondh tribe of Niyamgiri in Kalahandi district whose protests had put a halt to Vedanta’s bauxite mining plan two years ago, over hundreds of tribals, under the banner