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.
Under the NMC rules, it was mandatory for all medical colleges to have a Medical Education department to train faculty members to impart qualitative education. IMS and SUM Hospital had a functional Medical Education Unit in the institute for the last 15 years which has been converted into the Medical Education Department.
The NHRC passed the order acting on a petition filed by rights activist and Supreme Court lawyer Radhakanta Tripathy.
Odisha Agriculture Minister Dr Arun Kumar Sahoo put up an advertisement in the newspaper on Tuesday morning stating, "the Odisha government will be releasing Rs 804 crores in the bank accounts of 40 lakh farmers in the state."
The festival will be held in Rourkela (18 &19 June 2022) & in Puri (24-25 June 2022).
Tripathy alleged that Suhail Aijaz Kataria, a Kashmiri student pursuing MBBS course from AIIMS, Bhubaneswar was missing since 9 February 2018.
