The state government has asked Collectors of all districts to remain in full preparedness to meet any kind of eventualities arising out of ...

As a fresh spell of rain could further worsen the flood situation in the Mahanadi basin area, the state government has asked the district a...

"The water level in Hirakud Dam stands at 626.47 feet against the full reservoir level of 630 feet. The reading at Mundali barrage near Cut...

Naveen Patnaik asked officers concerned to ensure "zero casualty" as the state combats floods in the Mahanadi river system with a number of...

Odisha bracing for flood-like situation in several districts, with the water level of the Mahanadi river swiftly rising following heavy rai...

Odisha is accusing its neighbor of choking Mahanadi, which flows through the state, by first passing though the Hirakud Dam with a series o...

Floods in Baitarani have affected around 1,52,721 people in Jajpur district where over 5,500 people have been evacuated to relief centres f...

23 people have so far died in rain-related incidents in the state where vast areas are marooned and road links snapped.

Modi, however, had no plan to go the accident spot. "No, Modi's has no plan to visit the boat tragedy site," BJP state president K V Singhd...

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today visited the site of the boat capsize incident in Hirakud reservoir which claimed 24 lives.

"Eleven bodies have so far been fished out and the number of casualty may rise," Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) P K Mohapatra told.

The forest department on Wednesday released six turtles in the reservoir water of Hirakud dam in Sambalpur district.

The number of the migratory birds at the Hirakud dam reservoir was 60,806 in the last season. Around 52 kinds of species had arrived last y...

The Orissa government on Wednesday reiterated that it has not mismanaged release of excess water from Hirakud dam.

The devastating floods ravaging 19 of the 30 districts and the possible flash flood in the coming weeks has forced the people to decide aus...

Mahanadi, caused at least 7 breaches and swept away many villages.

The industrialisation process in Orissa which has attracted investment proposals worth over Rs 4 lakh crore, was facing a new problem, wate...