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NGT panel to probe illegal laterite mining in Khordha

Bhubaneswar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a joint committee to investigate allegations of illegal and unscientific extraction of laterite stone from the Olasingh Laterite Stone Quarry-C in Khordha district. The committee comprises representatives of the Integrated Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment,...

Anganwadi infra

Odisha to strengthen Anganwadi infra

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has stepped up efforts to combat malnutrition and strengthen early childhood care, with the state government focusing on upgrading Anganwadi infrastructure, completing unfinished centres and expanding digital monitoring under the Odisha Nutrition Mission (ONM). The strategy was discussed at a high-level meeting on...

Excise nab

30 kg ganja seized at City station; two nabbed

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Excise Mobile Unit, in coordination with the Railway Protection Force (RPF), arrested two Uttar Pradesh residents and seized 30.220 kg of ganja during a narcotics check at Bhubaneswar Railway Station Sunday. The arrested persons were identified as Ajab Singh, 29, and Upendra...

Arrest

Odia woman, hubby nabbed in suitcase murder case

Chennai/Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough, the Tamil Nadu police have arrested the primary suspects, an Odia woman and her husband, behind the gruesome murder and dismemberment of a 38-year-old woman whose body parts were discovered inside a suitcase aboard a train earlier this month. The...

Flood

Baitarani in spate: Fresh flood threat looms over Jajpur

Jajpur: A fresh flood threat has emerged in Odisha’s Jajpur district as the Baitarani River continues to rise, triggering concern among residents of Dasarathpur block, which has already endured prolonged flooding this season. At around noon Sunday, the river’s water level at Akhuapada reached 17.82...

Ethanol production behind soaring sugar prices: Minister

Ethanol production behind soaring sugar prices: Minister

Bhubaneswar: State Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra Sunday attributed the rising sugar price to ethanol production in the country. Patra said the increase in sugar prices was being witnessed across the country and was not limited to the state. He said...

Dambaru Majhi

Former min Dambaru Majhi passes away

Nabarangpur: Former Odisha minister and veteran politician Dambaru Majhi (86) passed away Sunday morning at around 5 AM while undergoing treatment at the District Headquarters Hospital in Nabarangpur. Majhi remained a politician in Nabarangpur for many decades and had been elected to the Odisha Assembly...

 

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