Farmers in Odisha will now reap the benefits of crop insurance coverage free of cost for up to five acres under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for the Kharif 2026 season, with beneficiaries required to pay only Re 1 per plot towards account validation.
The consultation, titled "Mahanadi – Life of Margins," was organised by the Centre for Justice and Equality, Bhubaneswar, in association with Janamangal Mahila Samiti, Puri.
The IMD has issued a red warning for the districts of Sambalpur, Angul, Boudh, Sonepur and Kandhamal, where isolated extremely heavy rainfall is likely until 8.30 a.m. on Sunday.
Police in Odisha's Puri district have removed 97 objectionable social media posts and accounts over the past three days for allegedly circulating morphed and inappropriate content related to Lord Jagannath.
After an 18-day impasse over diesel supply, marine fishermen in Odisha have decided to resume fishing operations following assurances from public sector oil companies that adequate fuel would be made available for deep-sea fishing vessels.
A case has been registered at K Balang police station in this connection, he said, adding that DGP Yogesh Bahadur Khurania rushed to the area on Wednesday to review the situation.
District Voluntary Force (DVF), a special constabulary unit of the Odisha Police, on Thursday arrested an Area Committee Member of the banned Maoist outfit during an exchange of fire with the red rebels, and seized a cache of arms and ammunition, including a sophisticated AK-47 rifle.
As many as 25 wagons of an iron ore-laden goods train derailed near Chimidipalli on Wednesday afternoon in the Araku–Kottavalasa section, which borders Odisha, under the Waltair Division of East Coast Railway, officials said. The incident led to the diversion of several passenger trains.
The Odisha government on Wednesday signed MoUs with leading national and international institutions working in the urban development ecosystem to launch ANKUR (Atal Network for Knowledge, Urbanization & Reform) in a bid to redefine the future of urban development in the state.
The gruesome murder executed by Punjilal Meher, an English lecturer and former principal at Jyoti Vikas College, had triggered statewide furore as death danced in ugly form at the marriage reception function in Patnagarh town with the instant death of the duo on 23 February, 2018.
