At a recently held District Collectors' conference, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi issued directions to stop illegal sand mining, which bears testimony to the fact that the state has been witnessing growth in sand theft.
State’s Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra, who met the Union Consumer Welfare, Public Food Distribution minister recently in New Delhi, also pressed for the release of Rs 8178.19 crore of pending paddy subsidy claims.
The arrested marine fishermen were natives of the Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts. The trawl and fishing implements used by them for sea voyage in prohibited marine sanctuary areas were seized. Later, they were remanded to judicial custody under relevant sections of the wildlife protection act, 1972, said officials.
Indian Railways regularly undertakes Disaster Management Exercises to reinforce emergency readiness across its divisions. These drills are designed to test emergency preparedness of railway staff, NDRF teams, and local agencies in accident-like situations.
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.
Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre director HR Biswas told, “the jolt was also felt in some areas of neighbouring Nayagarh district.”
The cumulative COVID-19 caseload rose to 12,87,902, including 12,78,605 recoveries as 17 patients recovered in the previous day.
Dibya Shankar Mishra, Minister for Industries; Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises & Home, Hemant Sharma Industries Secretary, Bhupendra Singh Poonia MD IPICOL & IDCO and senior officials of industries department and IPICOL attended the investors meet on 13 and 14 April, which was attended by more than 120 delegates representing various large scale and MSME industries across Jharkhand.
AIIMS-Bhubaneswar has been accorded with the prestigious CAHO-ACE award, said officials of the premiere health institute on Wednesday.
The principal accused Ravi used to trafficking cocaine in different areas of Delhi, procuring from a bigger cocaine trafficker in Delhi.
