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.
As per the country-wide statistics, 1,795 child marriages were reported from 2018 to 2020 of which Odisha accounted for 68 cases only.
The death toll remained static at 9,121 for the fourth day in a row as no new fatality was recorded since the past 94 hours, the department said in a bulletin.
A total of 6 children were among the newly infected, the health department bulletin said, adding that 25,447 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, a bulletin stated adding that 19 districts did not report any infection.
The cumulative COVID-19 caseload rose to 12,87,701, including 12,78,162 recoveries as 41 patients recovered in the previous day.
Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) ended the financial year 2021-22 on a high note, clocking 168 million tonne coal production with an impressive growth of about 14% over previous fiscal 2020-21.
