PRADIP DAS, OP Bhograi: The Subarnarekha River is facing a growing threat from rampant illegal sand extraction, with hundreds of trucks allegedly transporting sand to West Bengal every day. Illegal extraction of sand from the riverbed is reportedly altering the course of the river and...
KARTIK SAHU Kataka: Students in Kataka staged a protest demanding a reduction in the annual membership fee of the newly constructed Biswanath Pandit Central Library at Badambadi. The annual library membership fee, which was earlier Rs 100, has been increased to Rs 2,900 even before...
Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: India’s overall large-carnivore population has increased, but the east-central region does not appear to have kept pace. A recent Wildlife Institute of India (WII) study found that leopards continue to face threats such as habitat destruction, poaching and human-wildlife conflict. Sponsored by the Odisha...
ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: As the Capital City gets ready to welcome Goddess Durga, puja committees across the City are racing against time to give their pandals finishing touches. At Bomikhal, the celebrations are set to take visitors on a journey to the glittering skyline...
PRATAP CHANDRA SWAIN, OP Mahakalapada: The population of the rare blue-blooded horseshoe crab, which comes to the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary along the Kendrapada coast for mating, is reportedly declining, raising concerns among environmentalists over the species’ survival. The Gahirmatha and Bhitarkanika areas of Kendrapada are...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Journalists’ union (OJU) has demanded a high-level probe into the alleged assault on journalist Kshirod Chandra Das in Mayurbhanj, saying he was attacked in retaliation for his news reports. Das, an OJU member and correspondent of a local vernacular daily in Sarasakana...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police have intensified action against criminals, anti-social elements and illegal activities across the state as part of the special ‘Daman’ operation launched ahead of the upcoming festive season. According to the State Police Headquarters, the operation, launched September 21 on the direction of...
Bhubaneswar: Setting aside the premature retirement of a senior OAS officer, the Orissa High Court has directed the state to treat him as having continued in service until his normal retirement date and extend the consequential retirement benefits. Quashing the premature retirement order, the Court...
Bhubaneswar: Officials of the Rural Development Department allegedly made irregular payments to contractors without verifying mandatory bitumen purchase receipts, causing a loss of Rs 84.42 crore to the state exchequer, a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has revealed. Government guidelines require contractors to submit...
Brahmapur: A 28-year-old man was allegedly killed by a fast-food shop owner at Nimakhandi village in Ganjam district late Saturday night, police said. The deceased, Tuna Nayak, was allegedly attacked by Raghav Sahu, 32, also from Nimakhandi. Police arrested Sahu Sunday and seized two knives...
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