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 death toll stood static at 9,126 as no new fatality due to the infection was reported for the 20th consecutive day. Besides, 53 other coronavirus patients have died due to comorbidities so far.
The concerned departments have been directed to operationalise the common facility centre and Testing Laboratory before mass harvesting, Mahapatra said, asking the authorities concerned to expedite fixing of fish landing floating jetty in a time bound manner.
The accused persons identified as Jitendra Kumar was apprehended near Karni Khunti village in between Bhawanipatna-Madanpur road under Narla police station limits. He was nabbed while carrying out a deal to sell the protected animal, said STF officials on Sunday.
The seat aspirant promptly paid them the sum little knowing that she has been ensnared in the trap laid by the fraudsters.
The number of cured patients accounts for 3.01% of the country's total recovery. Odisha has so far reported 1.75% of the country's Coronavirus deaths.
