Affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Sisir Kumar Panda Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/05/2025. The issue pertained to the removal of illegal construction/obstruction caused by the state authorities as well as the private persons in the ecological sensitive zone …
At a time when the dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh is raging on over sharing of the Mahanadi water, it has come as a blessing in disguise for Odisha to further up its ante against the Centre's ambitious plan for Mahanadi-Godavari link. The state government is opposing the interlinking project …
A state green panel has given first-stage clearance to Orissa Integrated Power Ltd (OIPL) for diverting 17.02 hectares of revenue forest land to set up a 4,000-MW UMPP in Sundargarh district in Odisha at a cost of Rs 29,000 crore. As per the proposal, the ultra mega power project (UMPP) …
ROURKELA: IN a bid to mitigate the impact of industrial pollution, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), under its pilot initiative, has started working on carbon sequestration (removal or segregation) project through afforestation. The RSP, a blue chip steel manufacturer of SAIL, is moving ahead with implementation of the project to assess …
As the different Opposition parties continued to blame the BJD government for the death of 19 tribal children in Nagada village due to malnutrition, the BJP on Thursday urged Governor S.C. Jamir to direct the State government to implement the welfare schemes meant for the benefit of the downtrodden people. …
The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) has decided to postpone its first Raahgiri event as the city continues to grapple with dengue fever outbreak. "The CMC had decided to launch the much awaited Rahagiri event in July, and identified the venue for the programme. However, in the wake of the outbreak …
BHUBANESWAR: The shocking spate of deaths among Juang infants in mineral-rich Jajpur’s Nagada has exposed the slow progress achieved by the State in ensuring appropriate nutrition for its tribal populace which is reflected in the level of stunting, wasting and weight among children. Over the last 10 years, there has …
BERHAMPUR: The number of dengue affected persons has been gone up to 65 in Girisola of Chikiti block of the district. As many as 15 persons, including nine minors of Girisola, tested positive for dengue. They have been admitted in a private hospital at Visakhapatnam in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Though …
BHUBANESWAR: Jindal Steel & Power Ltd's raw material woes seem to continue as Odisha has decided to challenge the company's claim to 12 million tonnes of iron ore. The state's decision comes three months after the Odisha High Court directed JSPL be allowed access to the ore, worth nearly Rs …
The blood samples collected from disease-affected under-weight children in Nagada village in Jajpur district have tested positive for Immunoglobulin M (IgM) confirming prevalence of measles. Health officials collected the samples from children under three years of age and an adult following death of 18 Juang children allegedly due to malnutrition …
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission's (KERC) recently approved mechanism for forecasting, scheduling and deviation settlement is likely to pose a challenge for wind and solar power generators in Karnataka, says ICRA. "The recent KERC regulations pose a challenge to wind and solar energy generation entities in Karnataka due to the …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) on Saturday slapped closure notice on nine hotels here for failing to deposit the penalty amount it had imposed on it in May for violating pollution control norms. The OSPCB, acting on the direction of National Green Tribunal, had given four weeks …
Bhubaneswar: Union minister of state for health and family welfare, Faggan Singh Kulaste on Saturday criticized the Naveen Patnaik-led government for not doing enough to prevent dengue outbreak in the state even as 106 more people tested positive for the mosquito-borne disease in last 24 hours. Total number of cases …
Kolkata: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, has sought a report from the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) on the status of two sweet water aquifers on the Puri beach. In an earlier report, CGWB had stated that anything between two and six per cent of the sweet …
Cuttack, With dengue situation remaining critical here, Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) today issued show cause notice to a newsprint manufacturing unit in Jagatpur Industrial Estate for allegedly causing public nuisance by keeping its premises unhygienic. The number of dengue patients at government-run Sriram Chandra Bhanj Medical College and Hospital crossed …
Government opens free kitchen and health camp as five children of Jajpur die in 20 days The Odisha government is struggling to provide health care in Nagada village and adjoining hamlets, perched on a hilltop in Jajpur district, where five children have died in the past 20 days. While the …
Keonjhar: A cluster of tribal settlements in the remote hills of mineral-rich Keonjhar district saw light some years ago, thanks to the rural electrification drives of the state and the Centre. With these villages being lit after years of darkness, the aspirations of its residents got wings. They started dreaming …
The Indian arm of the Amnesty International, a global NGO on human rights, on Wednesday released a comprehensive report on flip side of coal mining operations in Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand, highlighting a pattern of human rights violations in open-cast mines run by different subsidiaries of the state-owned Coal India …
Cuttack: The first dengue death was reported from the city on Wednesday. The deceased, Lal Kisore Suna, 35, a resident of Saintala area in Balangir district and working at a paper mill at Jagatpur, was admitted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday. His condition was critical. He …
Odisha has successfully deployed geo-synthetic tubes along its coast to tackle sea erosion. The geo-synthetic tube, a soft engineering technique in contrast to the hard engineering options like sea-wall, is first of its kind in the State. The 505 metre-long coast, which has been covered with geo-synthetic tubes, is expected …
Bhubaneswar: An autorickshaw driver near the East Coast Railway (ECoR) headquarters here recently requested the driver of a car behind him not to honk unnecessarily. The request fell on deaf ears. Even the passengers protested but the driver continued to honk. A number of vehicles had piled up near the …
