State's policy on river water flayed The Hindu | Correspondent | Women plan to launch State-wide protest under Mahanadi Bachao Andolan | Concern over shortage of water for agriculture, human and cattle consumptions | Farmers will continue to have major say over Mahanadi waters, says BJD legislator | CUTTACK: More than 5,000 women of undivided Cu...
Swineflu toll in Orissa rises to 22 DNA India | The death toll in Orissa due to swineflu rose to 22 today with three more persons, including two children, succumbing to the virus-borne disease in different hospitals here, official sources said. | The victims are an elderly woman from Angul, a four year old girl from Jajpur and a one-year-old bo...
Centre harming Orissa's interests, says BJD The Hindu | Special Correspondent | BHUBANESWAR: The Biju Janata Dal headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday accused the Congress-led government at the Centre of harming Orissa's interests by stalling big industrial projects in the State. | As many a...
State's policy on river water flayed The Hindu | Correspondent | Women plan to launch State-wide protest under Mahanadi Bachao Andolan | Concern over shortage of water for agriculture, human and cattle consumptions | Farmers will continue to have major say over Mahanadi waters, says BJD legislato...
Swineflu toll in Orissa rises to 22 DNA India | The death toll in Orissa due to swineflu rose to 22 today with three more persons, including two children, succumbing to the virus-borne disease in different hospitals here, official sources said. | The victims are an elderly woman from Angul, a fo...
Orissa to monitor implementation of green norms by industries The Times Of India BHUBANESWAR: With the fate of Posco and Vedanta industrial projects hanging in the balance over green norms, the Orissa government has constituted a team to monitor implementation of environmental and forest laws by industries. | "The state-level squ...
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Deficit rainfall in 12 districts The Hindu | Staff Reporter | Contingency plan prepared, says agriculture director | Low-pressure system likely to form around August 29, says weatherman | With a likely shift to pulses, Seed...
Farmers are a worried lot The Hindu | Rourkela: Due to the continuing dry spell in Sundargarh district, the farmers are worried over khariff crop. | This is for the second consecutive year the monsoon is playing trua...
India vetoes mining in tribal region Irish Times | RAHUL BEDI in New Delhi | INDIA'S ENVIRONMENT minister yesterday vetoed a controversial mining project that threatened the survival of one of the country's most isolated tribes. ...
Vedanta taps Gujarat for bauxite for Orissa refinery Deccan Herald Bhubaneswar, Sep 2 (IANS) Thursday, September 02, 2010 --> | Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources has begun talks with the Gujarat government to ensure long-term supply of bauxite for its refinery in Orissa's Kalahandi district after its mining project...
Vedanta stops Orissa plant ops after attack by workers The Times Of India KOLKATA: Vedanta Resources’ alumina refinery and power plant at Lanjigarh in Orissa, stopped operations on Tuesday after an irate mob of around 2,000 contract workers vandalised the plant following a central government ban. | The contract workers h...
Unified Commands for Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, W.Bengal Newstrack India | New Delhi, Sep.1 (ANI): Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram on Wednesday said Unified Commands have been created in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal. | Presenting the monthly report of the Home Ministry for the month of August, M...
Life returning to normal in Kashmir The Times Of India SRINAGAR: Life in the Kashmir Valley was on Saturday limping back to normal with people defying the strike called by the separatists. | Curfew has been lifted from the entire Valley but prohibitory orders have been imposed in Anantnag and Pulwama district towns as a precautionary measure. | Although the hardline faction of Hurriyat Conference led b...
Rising gold prices trigger mining rush in India The Times Of India KOLKATA: As gold prices reach record highs, it is adding new lustre to prospects for gold mining. While moves are afoot to revive state-owned Bharat Gold Mines (BGML), closed since 2001, Deccan Gold Mines, the country’s only listed private gold miner, is also stepping on the gas to start gold production. | Also, the Karnataka government-owned Hut...
