As Cyclone Dana barrels toward the coasts of Odisha, threatening to impact nearly half of the state's population, the government is racing against time to execute a massive evacuation plan aimed at......
In a move to strengthen coastal security, the Odisha government has asked fishermen to paint their boats and trawlers with a specific colour pattern for their easy identification. The ‘colour......
With the arrival of more than six lakh endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles, the serene and idyllic Gahirmatha beach in Odisha’s Kendrapara district has re-established itself as the......
Preparation for the test firing of super-sonic cruise missile BrahMos, likely to be held on Sunday, reached its final stage on Saturday at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near Orissa.......
Amidst mounting threat of infiltration from the coastal belts, the Centre has sanctioned Rs 500 crore to set up over 70 marine police stations equipped with speed boats and modern equipment.Tamil......
Orissa government said on Tuesday it would 'examine' the high court judgement that quashed the land acquisition procedure for the proposed Vedanta university along the Konark-Puri Marine Drive."We......
The explorations by the world's biggest diamond producer De Beers and the country's largest iron ore miner NMDC have found traces of kimberlite and lamproite in Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and......
The Anil Agarwal-owned Vedanta Resourcesannounced on Sunday that it would continue with its Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500-billion) investment plans for Orissa despite the global meltdown. The plan......
In what could further delay South Korean giant Posco's plan to set up a $12-billion steel plant in Orissa, a green panel on Tuesday decided to defer decision on its fate citing absence of......
In a bid to win over angry villagers at the proposed plant site area near Orissa's Paradip, Posco-India plans alternative engagement for landless people of the area, company sources said.......
'I am a gadha (donkey)! But God has been on my side and I have managed to produce players,' Dronacharya Awardee Merzban Patel tells Laxmi Negi/Rediff.com. IMAGE: Merzban Patel's enthusiasm for......