Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Bibhu Dash & Others Vs Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation & Others dated 05/02/2024. The affidavit of the Odisha State Pollution Control Board stated that the STP cannot be constructed because the sewage outflow of Manorama Estates Welfare Society to their …
BHUBANESWAR: The whole world may have chosen to switch to darkness, Bhubaneswarites, barring, of course, some exceptions, did not have an hour for the earth. `Earth Hour,
Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout on Tuesday said in the State Assembly that the rising temperature of the climate was having an adverse impact on agriculture.
BHUBANESWAR: Following the moratorium on Bt brinjal, the draconian clauses of the proposed Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill have invited sharp criticism from scientific community of Orissa and the surprising hurry with which the Centre is planning to pass it. While the earlier National Biotechnology Regulatory Authority (NBRA) …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to provide pre-school kits to children in the anganwadi centres to attract them to schools. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting presided over by Women and Child Development Minister Pramila Mallik at the Secretariat here today. Children in the age …
The past fortnight was a busy one for those tracking Bt brinjal. Union minister of state for environment, Jairam Ramesh, held public consultations in three cities to garner support for Bt brinjal even as Union agriculture minister asserted the approval by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (geac) for commercial cultivation …
As part of its modernisation programme aimed at enhancing weather monitoring facilities, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is installing a network of 187 automatic rain gauge stations across the state. When installed, the network would help in accurate collection of rainfall data from various parts of the state. It would …
BHUBANESWAR: The JSL Limited today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the State Government for setting up a steel park at Kalinga Nagar in Jajpur district with an investment of Rs 704 crore. Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of JSL Limited Ratan Jindal said that the proposed stainless steel park …
BHUBANESWAR: Despite Bhubaneswar being touted as one of the fastest growing among the state capitals, nearly 50 per cent of its people do not have access to pipe water supply. Sounds strange? But out of 60 wards of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, four are yet to be covered and only …
BHUBANESWAR: Six months after floods inflicted extensive damage in several districts, a four member Central team arrived here today to assess the loss and restoration work undertaken by the State Government. The team headed by S Suresh Kumar, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs will be in the …
BHUBANESWAR: The Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Department has made an ambitious perspective plan for the next decade with a plan proposal of Rs 5,455 crore. Setting milestones for the department, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Minister Damodar Rout said it has been targetted to double milk production from 1.5 …
BHUBANESWAR: The Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) sleuths arrived in the State with great hype surrounding their probe into illegal mining following the multi-crore mining scam but left on the cat
BHUBANESWAR: After launching a series of welfare and infrastructure development projects under the State scheme, the Government is going to launch another infrastructure programme called Biju Saharanchal Bidyut Yojana. Finance Minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadei today announced the new scheme at a workshop on power tariff setting, organised by the Orissa …
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa shivered as the unrelenting cold wave swept large parts of the State with mercury dipping further and further. While Phulbani recorded 4 degree Celsius, the coldest of the season for the State, there were reports of the hilly Tensa area in Sundargarh district had recorded a near-zero temperature. …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) today approved 16 projects, including 10 new ones, with proposed investment of Rs 30,000 crore to keep the process of industrialisation rolling. The projects once completed will generate employment to 47,000 people. Chief Secretary TK Mishra presided over the meeting of …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday offered a robust defence of reforms that he had initiated in the Narasimha Rao government in 1991-92 and said that since then, the percentage of population below the poverty line had not increased and had, instead, continued to decline. Singh also said he was …
BHUBANESWAR: Land prices have shot through the roof, buildings have mushroomed, roads are wider, trees have vanished and possible open space is taken. That
BHUBANESWAR: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs 272.22 crore loan to the state under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for irrigation and road projects. The RIDF assistance will be utilised for construction of a minor irrigation project, five flood protection structures, five irrigation …
APEDA chairman Asit Tripathy addressing stakeholders at a training programme on the soon to be launched Traceability system for organic products, in B BHUBANESWAR: Orissa
