- State PSUs should infuse professionalism: BK Patnaik
Development Commissioner Jugal Kishore Mohapatra suggested that PSUs develop mechanisms for professionalising their management at higher le...
- Industrial land used in other purposes to be cancelled: Government
Facing criticism for alleged arbitrary land allotments in the state capital, Odisha government today decided to cancel all industrial land ...
- Collectors of coal bearing districts told to follow Goa report
Odisha government today asked collectors of four coal-bearing districts to take action to curb illegal mining.
Odisha plans Monorail transit system for Cuttack and BhubaneswarThe construction of monorail facility may involve an investment of only Rs 150 crore per kilometre, sources said.
- Rio Tinto keen to revive joint venture with OMC
Though state-owned Odisha Mining Corporation has rejected a 17-year-old joint venture with Rio Tinto terming as not being lucrative.
- Japanese keen to invest in Odisha's steel sector
Japanese steel makers are keen to invest in Odisha, but would wait till Posco's proposed 12mtpa steel project takes off near Paradip.
- Nalco Foundation pays Rs 2 cr advance for ITI at Damanjodi
Nalco Foundation chairman B L Bagra handed over an advance cheque of Rs 2 crore for initial mobilisation to Odisha Chief Secretary B K Patn...
- Government-Maoist talks resume in Odisha hostage crisis
Odisha govt and Maoist-nominated mediators today resumed negotiation to free the abducted Italian as CM N Patnaik made a fresh appeal to th...
- Odisha CM appeals to Maoists to release Italian tourists
Naveen Patnaik today appealed to the Maoists to release the two abducted Italian tourists in Ganjam district bordering Kandhamal and said t...
- Odisha is looking into unmanned aerial vehicles use for short-notice operations
The Odisha government is looking into use high-tech radio monitoring devices like unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
- Orissa to discourage mineral transportation by road
In a bid to ensure smooth operation of transportation of minerals to the user industries and ports, Orissa government has decided to make a...
- Orissa government submits report to Governor, dismissed mismanagement of Hirakud reservoir
The Orissa government on Wednesday reiterated that it has not mismanaged release of excess water from Hirakud dam.
- Haldia, Vizag ports reluctant to share information on mineral export
"The authorities of ports in Haldia and Vizag are not providing adequate information on export of minerals while Paradip Port Trust has bee...
- Orissa leveraging tech to standardize services, to set up survey training institute
Panchyatiraj Department has set out a comprehensive automation based unified software for monitoring of various developmental schemes.
- No deadlock over Posco project, work continues: Orissa Govt
Temporary suspension of land acquisition for Posco project in the proposed plant site area near Paradip was no "deadlock", said Orissa chie...
- Orissa govt directs collectors to pay out farmers for crop loss
Besides this, the government asked the collectors to look in to the maintenance of the tube wells and repair the faulty ones.
- Patnaik meets rain-hit farmers, promises help
With farmers agitating in several parts of Orissa to press for adequate compensation to crop damage due to unseasonal rains, Patnaik today ...