Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Even as the dengue menace continues to rage through Cuttack, the Cuttack Municipal Corporation seems to have done precious little in carrying out effective sanitation drives in the city to contain the spread. Many colonies in Sikharpur, Kesharpur, Gamandia, Jobra, Chaudhary Bazaar, Pithapur, Rajabagicha and several other areas present pictures …
Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA) is planning to spend Rs 6,600 crore over the next five years to set up a 1,320-Mw power plant in Orissa. With this, IMFA, which currently produces power for its own captive use as a part of its backward integration strategy, will become …
BHUBANESWAR: Members cutting across party lines on Monday demanded scrapping of the MoU for the Sindol project even as Speaker Pradeep Amat suggested setting up of a House Committee to gauge public opinion on the project with the Government readily agreeing to it. The Speaker’s intervention followed after the Government …
Bhubaneswar: IIT, Kharagpur on Monday presented the Cuttack Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) Vision 2030, to chief minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat here. Prof BK Sengupta of Khargpur IIT while handing over the CDP to the chief minister also gave a presentation on the plan in detail. The state …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to develop Cuttack City and its environs with an investment of Rs 18,940 crore. Out of that, the State Government’s share will be Rs 5,000 crore. Vision-2030, the comprehensive development plan (CDP) for Cuttack prepared by IIT Kharagpur, was submitted to Chief Minister Naveen …
CUTTACK: The war over diversion of Mahanadi water to industries from Cuttack has assumed a new dimension with the Orissa High Court stepping in on Friday to issue a stay on the constructions on the river bed. The Division Bench of Justices BP Das and MM Das directed a halt …
Bhubaneswar Just what is taking the Orissa government so long to renew the MoU with Posco that expired last June? Chief secretary BK Patnaik says he is thoroughly examining the MoU in view of the
Bhubaneswar: Activists of non-Congress political parties on Monday staged demonstrations at several places in state protesting against the petrol price hike and demanding an immediate roll-back. Biju Yuva Janata Dal (BYJD) in a memorandum to President Pratibha Patil describing the price hike as arbitrary and illogical and sought her intervention …
CUTTACK: Brace up for sparkling clean, dust-free roads along with unclogged drains and water channels from Tuesday as the millennium city switched to the state-of-the-art mechanised sweeping and sanitation processes from Monday. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the first-of-its-kind Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management project in the State which includes …
CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court today directed the State Government to file its response to a PIL on the large-scale irregularities in the supply of dal to schools under the mid-day meal (MDM) programme. A Division Bench of Chief Justice V Gopalagowda and Justice BN Mohapatra has also directed the …
BHUBANESWAR: For instilling a sense of sanitation and making people aware of use of toilets 81 panchayats of nine districts will get Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP), a national award for fully sanitised and open defecation-free panchayats under Total Sanitation Programme-2010. Representatives of 12 panchayats will be awarded by President of …
BHUBANESWAR: After Rayagada district, diarrhoea has struck Cuttack. At least 53 inhabitants of a village under Narasinghpur block are found suffering from the disease in the last five days prompting Health Department to send a medical team to keep a watch on the situation. All cases came from Baselihata village …
Cuttack: In response to a notice, the Centre on Monday informed the Odisha High Court that it was willing to offer all assistance required to probe the alleged mining scam in the state. Considering the gravity of matter and the loss sustained, if the honorable court so desires, any agency …
CUTTACK: In response to a notice, the Union Government today informed the Orissa High Court that it was willing to offer all assistance required to probe the alleged mining scam in the State.
CUTTACK: Opposition to the diversion of water from Mahanadi river to industries has begun mounting with locals associating themselves with the Mahanadi Banchao Andolan to stop work on laying pipes for the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) refinery project at Paradip. Protestors led by former minister and BJP leader Bijoy …
Cuttack: In a significant order, the Odisha High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to direct all district magistrates and SPs to sensitise people against animal sacrifices which are still practised in some Shakti Peethas. The court order came in the wake of a government affidavit and Advocate General …
BHUBANESWAR: The wildlife wing of the Forest department has raised concerns over the setting up of 1,000 mw thermal power plant proposed by Tata Power Company at Naraj. Its proximity to critical sites, impact of pollution on them as well as on the wildlife are issues the wildlife wing is …
Bhubaneswar: With the Odisha government mulling supply of water to Posco's proposed mega steel mill near Paradip from an alternative place, local people and some outfits demanded a fresh public hearing. Faced with stiff opposition from farmers and different political parties, the state government had asked Posco to consider a …
Cuttack: The Odisha High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to file a status report on the outbreak of cholera and diarrhoea diseases in each affected district. A division bench of the court comprising Chief Justice V Gopalgowda and Justice Indrajit Mahanty, while adjudicating over a PIL filed by …
CUTTACK: In a landmark judgment, the Orissa High Court has directed the State Government to rehabilitate the slum-dwellers of the entire State. A division Bench comprising Chief Justice V Gopalagowda and Justice I Mohanty on Wednesday further directed the Centre to re-allocate funds under different schemes to the State Government …
