With Odisha recording an all-time yearly high record of 94 elephant deaths in 2024-25 (till 18.3.2025), the state has acquired the dubious distinction of being the elephant graveyard of India.
The program even grabbed the attention of Bill Gates, who came to the Mission Shakti store in Bhubaneswar and appreciated its efforts in taking agricultural produce to urban consumers.
In a social media post on 'X', Srivastava thanked Patnaik for reposing faith in him.
A stretch of 7.5 acres of government land has been sold and resold as many as 27 times.
The ASI of Odisha’s Puri circle is awaiting permission from the high court-appointed Committee to carry out the work after the opening of both the outer and inner chambers of the Ratna Bhandar.
The apex rights panel taking cognizance of a petition filed by human rights lawyer Radhakanta Tripathy sought for an action taken report within the next four weeks.
The major sea fish landing centres in Paradip, Kharinasi, Astaranga, Balaramgadi, Dhamra and Gopalpur are now abuzz with activities.
Doors of Odisha Secretariat, the epicentre of State’s administration, were thrown open for journalists on Wednesday hours after Mohan Charan Majhi was sworn in as the eastern State’s first BJP Chief Minister.
The development of this nature comes in the wake of BJP putting an end to the 24-year-old BJD Government in Odisha by securing a majority with 78 seats in 147-member House.
The IAS officers R Balakrishnan and Suresh Chandra Mahapatra, who enjoyed unbridled power in important posts in the Naveen Patnaik government resigned after BJD lost the polls.
