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 Railway Station Building was also damaged due to the derailment.
Through the films, children expressed their concerns about climate change and also highlighted climate actions to help cope with climate change and build resilience.
The apex human rights watchdog passed this order acting on a petition filed by Supreme Court Lawyer and Rights Activist Radhakanta Tripathy.
Each of the more than 48 Lakh beneficiaries will receive the allowance in their bank accounts through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).
The EOW probed into an allegation of Sakti Prasad Dash of Bhubaneswar regarding the harassment, extortion, mental torture by the recovery agents of the digital loan app “Kredit Gold” by sending the humiliating, abusive messages and morphed photographs, it said.
