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Village committee seeks IREL rehab, coastal erosion action

Chhatrapur: The Sana Aryapalli Village Committee has approached the Ganjam district administration, demanding immediate implementation of the displacement policy by India Rare Earths Ltd. (IREL), construction of houses at designated rehabilitation sites and a permanent solution to coastal erosion. The committee Monday said the decisions...

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Kharif 2026: PMFBY enrolment deadline extended to Aug 15

Bhubaneswar: In a major relief for farmers, the enrolment deadline for the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for the Kharif 2026 season in Odisha has been extended from July 31 to August 15, 2026, official sources said. The extension was approved by the Ministry...

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Green signal for Rs 5,000 crore economic region project in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has approved the project proposal report (PPR) for the development of the Bhubaneswar-Kataka-Puri-Paradeep Economic Region (BKPPER). The meeting of the State-Level Project Monitoring Committee (SLPMC), chaired by Chief Secretary Anu Garg, Monday discussed taking the ambitious project forward under the External Aided...

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Woman goes missing from river; crocodile attack suspected

Pattamundai: A 47-year-old woman has gone missing after she went to a river for her morning ablutions in Kendrapada district Monday, with family members and residents suspecting that she was dragged away by a crocodile. The woman, identified as Suchitra Das of Damodar Patana village...

Farmer dies while checking flood-hit paddy field in Bhadrak

Bhadrak: As floodwaters slowly began receding, a farmer's desperate attempt to check whether his paddy field had survived ended in tragedy. Abhimanyu Mallick, who set out with the hope of saving his crop, drowned while crossing a flood-swollen canal to reach his farmland in Odisha's...

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President Murmu arrives in Odisha on three-day official visit

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu arrived in Bhubaneswar Monday on a three-day visit to Odisha, during which she is scheduled to attend a series of official, educational and religious events in Bhubaneswar, Kataka and Brahmapur. President landed at the Biju Patnaik International Airport aboard a special...

 

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Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram seeks 2-month extension for Aravalli committee deadline

New Delhi: The Akhil Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram has sought that the chairperson of the high-powered committee constituted under the ...

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