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.
Massive infrastructural development was also being done in the courts, Mahapatra said while addressing the Judicial Service Probationers in a one-day exposure session on Wednesday.
This sets the ball rolling on Vedanta Aluminium’s plans to decarbonise its industrial vehicle fleet.
The students of Odisha deserve good teachers and quality education. Undeniably, the ad hocism cracks in the myth of a better and quality education
Acting on a tip-off, the STF and forest teams in a joint operation arrested Duryadhan Pradhan near Kandhakoili village under Purunakote police station jurisdiction of Angul district during a raid and two tusks weighing 4.5 kilograms were seized from his possession.
The death toll stood at 9,126 as no new fatality due to the infection was reported for the 27th consecutive day. Besides, 53 other coronavirus patients have died due to comorbidities so far.
