Mines minister Narendra Singh Tomar meets state representatives to implement MMDR OrdinanceTomar urged states to revive mining given the falling levels of iron ore production in the country.
Government urges plan to complete geo-physical and geo-chemical mapping of national resourcesUnion steel & mines minister has called for a time-bound action plan to complete geo-physical and geo-chemical mapping of the country’s nat...
Some 3,000 applications for mining leases pending in heavy minerals industryV Subramanian of VV Minerals said that protracted mining lease application process involving 28 ministries and depts leads to a total gesta...
Government considering changes in MMDR Act to revive mining: Vishnu Deo Sai, MoS steel & minesThe government will present amendments to the MMDR Act in the Parliament to revive the mining sector, particularly iron ore and meet the hu...
BJD ahead in 112 Assembly seats, BJP, Cong far behind in OdishaChief Minister Naveen Patnaik was leading in Hinjili by 15,656 votes while the state president of Congress was trailing and that of BJP was...
Four Indians reach men's singles prequarters in Malaysia GPGFour Indian shuttlers, including Sourabh Varma, advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the men's singles competition in the $120,000 Malaysia...
Bhupinder Singh's decision an "act of opportunism": CongressCongress today said that departure of its senior leader Bhupinder Singh, who switched over to ruling BJD, will have no impact on the party'...
Leader of Opposition in Odisha Bhupinder Singh quits, joins BJDBhupinder Singh along with legislature party secretary Anup Sai resigned from the Congress today sending shockwaves in political circles in...
Exodus from Congress to continue in Odhisa: BJDOdisha PCC vice-president-cum-spokesman Sarat Rout, however, said the party is not worried over those who quit it.
Congress leader of opposition, CLP secretary join BJD in OdishaIn a jolt to Cong in Odisha ahead of state assembly and LS elections, its two senior leaders Bhupinder Singh and Anup Sai - joined the ruli...
Opposition moves privilege notices against CM Naveen Patnaik and othersSpeaker Pradip Amat said that the time for the no-confidence motion debate was allocated according to the decision of the business advisory...
BJD, Congress MLAs compete to champion farmers cause in AssemblyMaharathy and Ghadai got support of many members from the treasury bench who alleged that farmers were left at the mercy of the nature.
- Odisha to extend RSBY to MGNREGA workers and other labourers
The Odisha government today said it has decided to include MGNREGA beneficiaries and unorganised sector workers under the Rastriya Swastha ...
- Opposition blasts Naveen for ‘failing law and order’ situation
The Opposition in the Orissa Legislative Assembly on Wednesday blasted Naveen Patnaik saying that the rule of the law in the state had comp...
- Normalcy restored in Orissa Assembly after 12-days
Orissa Legislative Assembly on Thursday returned to normalcy after 12 days of pandemonium with the Opposition taking part in the business o...
- CEC describes mining scam 'a cane of worms'
The Central Empowerment Committee [CEC] of the Supreme Court has come down heavily on Orissa government describing the mining scam “a cane ...
- Naveen Govt rejects CBI probe into mining scam
The Naveen Patnaik government on Monday rejected the Opposition Congress and BJP’s demand to order a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ...