Mahanadi, Gobari rivers face ecological crisis amid encroachment
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 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.
What was once considered an unavoidable occupational hazard for sanitation workers in Odisha is gradually becoming a thing of the past.
Six criminals posing as anti-corruption vigilance wing sleuths conducted a fake raid at the house of an octogenarian physician and decamped with cash, gold ornaments, and household valuables at his native village in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, police said on Friday.
It was alleged that the accused Chief Manager (Mining), Mahanadi Coal Limited (MCL), Akhilesh Kumar Verma demanded a bribe of Rs.30,000 from the complainant for facilitating the release of compensation fund amount of Rs.11,37,595 (Rs 11.37 lakh) in favour of the relative of the complainant towards compensation in a land acquisition matter.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Odisha Police arrested a man from Punjab on the charge of defrauding a man in Odisha’s Koraput district of Rs 7.50 crore on the pretext of higher return in a fake Initial Public Offering (IPO) scheme.
In a social media post on X, the firebrand TMC leader claimed that such detentions never happened under the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD rule but have become a daily occurrence under the BJP rule.
The incumbent President of the Odisha unit of the BJP, Manmohan Samal, was on Tuesday reelected unopposed for the party’s top post.
