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 STF had made a seizure of around 810 kilograms of cannabis (locally called ganja) on 7 August 2021. Two accused persons arrested then in this connection had spilled the beans and revealed that it was Singh who was operation the drug racket from UP, said Deputy Inspector General of police, STF, Mr. Jai Narayan Pankaj.
The Special Task Force (STF) wing of Odisha police on Monday rescued a live pangolin and arrested a wildlife smuggler in Boudh district.
Chief Secretary Mahapatra and Principal Secretary Energy Nikunjabihari Dhal took up the matter with Gridco, OPTCL, OHPC, OPGC along with other power producing companies and DISCOMs.
The criminals managed to snatch a gold chain from Pathak. However, they assaulted him with weapons as he tried to offer resistance to the robbery bid.
A case was registered under the Wildlife Protection Act for illegal possession of wildlife articles and attempting to sell trophies of scheduled animals.
