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.
The duo was arrested on the basis of a complaint filed by the Executive Officer, Barbil Municipality. The complaint had alleged that there was fraudulent and unauthorised transfer of Rs.2,45,60,800 from their official account maintained with Bank of Baroda, Barbil by forging the cheques and the signature of the complainant.
The State now has 419 active cases while two districts- Kalahandi and Puri- have turned Coronavirus-free with no active case, said health officials.
The state on Saturday reported 43 fresh COVID-19 cases at 0.09% test positivity rate while one fresh death was reported in the last 24 hours, said the health and family welfare department.
The endangered Olive Ridley female turtles have begun arriving at the Gahirmatha beach, world’s largest known rookery of these species, to lay eggs with more than 2.45 lakh marine animals’ en-masse arrival for the unique natural heritage in one of the largest single-day arrival of the turtles at the tranquil nesting beach.
The Odisha Human Rights Commission has asked the State government to facilitate creche facilities in all government agencies having fifty or more women staff strength.
