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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,...

Bhubaneswar: From rooftops and balconies to small patches of land, Bhubaneswar’s growing community of urban farmers came together Sunday to mark World Kitchen Garden Day, making a strong pitch for chemical-free food, nutritional security and sustainable urban living. Organised by the Kitchen Gardener’s Association (KGA),...

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...

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...

Bhubaneswar: Chandrasekharpur police have cracked two house theft cases with the arrest of a domestic help and recovery of stolen gold and silver ornaments, valuables and cash, officials said Sunday. The cases were registered following complaints from residents of Housing Board Colony and Kanan Vihar...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has extended the deadline by a week for farmers' registration to participate in paddy procurement for the kharif season, a minister said Sunday. The state government had set August 31 as the last day for farmers' registration. Now, it has been...