Eight mine owners of Odisha have joined hands to invest about Rs 100 crore for local area development of two mineral rich Keonjhar and Sundargarh districts.

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik would unveil the Odisha Agriculture Policy-2013 on Akshay Tritiya on May 13, said agriculture minister Debi Prasad Mishra on Monday.

Land acquisition for the Rs 52,000 crore Posco steel project resumed in Jagatsinghpur district on Monday after being suspended for about two-and-a-half months.

A team of experts from the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) conducted a preliminary investigation into groundwater depletion and environmental pollution caused by Emami Paper Mills Ltd here on Sat

With Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) not keen for the proposed Rs 8,000 crore common coal corridor project, Odisha government today decided to take up the corridor work through its own agency.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found Odisha government of extending undue benefits to South Korean steel major Posco in allotment of a piece of land in the state capital here.

Odisha's economy is expected to grow in real term at a rate of 9.14 per cent in 2012-13 even as private investment has slowed down considerably in the state, the economic report tabled in the State

Paradip: The anti-Posco agitation in Jagatsinghpur district took a new turn today with children and women joining the stir for the first time in two years as the government prepared to resume land acquisition in the proposed plant site.

Over 2,000 school going children, college students and women joined a sit-in at Balitikira of Gobindpur gram panchayat organised by Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS), a CPI-backed body opposing the South Korean steel major since it inked a MoU with the state government in 2005.

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.

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 ho