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Poor states, which are home to most of the country's coal resources, are poised to benefit from the ongoing auction of coal blocks whose allotments were earlier cancelled by the apex court, Coal Secretary Anil Swarup said Tuesday. "Coal…

The Orissa High Court has asked the state government to take adequate steps to prevent the jaundice menace in the state. The court asked the government to ensure that the disease does not spread to other areas. The HC was hearing a petition…

The Odisha Government has proposed the names of six cities in the state to be included in PM Narendra Modi's ambitious Smart City project. The cities selected are Puri, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Berhampur and Sambalpur. Housing…

The State Project Monitoring Group (SPMG) constituted by Government of Odisha under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary has emerged as a successful strategy in expeditious removal of the bottlenecks for grounding of investment projects both…

The Supreme Court Monday asked the government to take steps, within eight weeks, for implementation of e-voting by NRIs after being told the government has accepted the poll panel's recommendation to this effect. The government has…

PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti, has made it virtually clear that the next Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir will be from the PDP only. She also claimed the support of over 55 MLAs in the 87-member assembly, but refused to take any decision in…

The National Conference (NC) led by Omar Abdullah, which has 15 MLAs in J&K Assembly, continued to have a wait and watch policy, as Governor NN Vohra invited PDP and BJP for talks over the government formation in the state. Omar had…

After its key reform bills were blocked in Rajya Sabha, thanks to the religious conversion row, the Narendra Modi government has given the nod to bring ordinances to undertake the reform process in Coal and Insurance. The Cabinet also…

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which received the mandate to form the government in Jharkhand, has also decided to explore all possibilities to form the government in Jammu & Kashmir where it has won 25 seats, all in Jammu region. It…

Thanks to continuous decline in diesel prices in the last couple of months, the Odisha Government has reduced the bus fare in the state by 2 paise. This is the third reduction in bus fare in recent months. The decision was announced by…