Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
The Odisha High Court has instructed Balasore Alloys Limited (BAL), one of the leading ferro alloy producers of the country, to move to Grievance Redressal Forum (GRF) to settle its dispute with the NESCO over electricity dues to the tune of Rs 167 Cr within three weeks. In a bid …
The fear of a flash flood loomed large over the northern parts of Balasore on Saturday following incessant rains in the catchment areas of Subarnarekha river. The people in riverside villages are scared with the weathermen predicting heavy rainfall for next a couple of days. The water level in the …
In its bid to increase mangrove cover along the Odisha coast, the State Government has decided to take up plantation over 1,000 hectares in four districts. The Mangrove Action Committee of the State Government has recommended mangrove plantation over 500 hectare in Bhitarkanika and Mahanadi Delta in Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur …
Bhubaneswar: With 11 of the 30 districts in Odisha recording deficit rainfall, the Centre on Tuesday offered to increase the fertiliser quota to help farmers in overcoming the situation. Though 11 districts recorded deficit rainfall, the situation was gradually improving in eight districts due to recent rainfall in the state, …
The third edition of HIV-awareness train, best known as the Red Ribbon Express, completed its journey in the State on Friday with a record high 5,97,788 people visiting the train in all the districts that it had touched. The train, on a mission to create awareness among the people on …
BALASORE: People from rural pockets of coastal Balasore district commute daily to the town and work as masons, labourers at construction sites and get back home by evening. Even as this has solved labour problem in the construction sector, it dented the Union Government’s flagship programme - Mahatma Gandhi National …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday cautioned public to avoid venturing out of their houses between 11 am to 3 pm due to intense heat wave as the death toll in sunstroke mounted to 19, official sources said. Heat wave condition may prevail in some parts of interior Odisha during …
BARIPADA: Forest officials are all set for this year’s elephant census. It will be conducted simultaneously in Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts besides West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand between June 1 and June 3. The synchronised census has been aimed at averting the overlap since pachyderms migrate across boundaries in search …
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday requested the Centre to clear several pending projects in the irrigation sector in view of their significance for the tribal and backward regions and areas affected by left wing extremism (LWE). The Chief Minister met the Union Minister for Water Resources Pawar Kumar …
Bhubaneswar: An alert was sounded along the Odisha coast on Wednesday with warnings issued to fishermen and people following the massive earthquake off Sumatra coast. The alert was issued to the administration in six districts - Balasore, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Ganjam and Puri, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) P K Mohapatra …
BHUBANESWAR: Balasore district is all set to lay the course for achieving increased agricultural productivity and consequent income enhancement for the farmers. A massive exercise will soon go underway in the district to change the dynamics of agriculture by empowering the farmers with latest technology inputs and implements, quality seeds …
BALASORE: Residents of at least seven villages in Balgopalpur area in Balasore district have accused the authorities of Balasore Alloys Limited (BAL) of illegally acquiring their land for its proposed expansion project. The land losers alleged that the plant management has purchased the land at a cheaper price through a …
BALASORE: The summer is likely to pinch the Balasore farmers hard this time. With no measures taken yet to repair the defunct lift irrigation projects (LIPs) the farmers are apprehensive of bad crop. As many as 1,043 lift irrigation projects out of 2,147 have gone defunct. The State Government has …
Emami Paper Mills Ltd is hopeful of getting environmental and water clearances for its Rs 1,600 crore proposed expansion project at Balasore in Odisha by the end of this year. The company had earlier announced its plans to set up a 1, 85,000-tonnes a year wood-based pulp and paper mill …
BALASORE: The injections, which you take hoping that it would cure you of diseases might just prove fatal. In Balasore district headquarters hospital crystal-like substances and fungus were found floating in a couple of life saving injections stocked there. More shocking is that the injections have two more years of …
Bhubaneswar: The proposed all-weather multipurpose port near the Subarnarekha river mouth in Balasore district has received environmental clearance of the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). The project is to be developed by Chennai-based Creative Port Development Limited (CPDL), and a company has been …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government on Monday defended Nesco, one of the three subsidiaries of the Reliance Infrastructure Limited (RIL) in power distribution business, which is accused of showing undue favour to a power-intensive company. ‘’The allegation that Balasore Alloys Limited (BAL), a defaulter of Rs 161 crore, is being allowed …
BALASORE: Dry fish, a popular delicacy in the State, has become a cause for concern for thousands of residents in and around Chandipur and Balaramgadi areas of Balasore district. Even as the toxic substances used as preservative in dry fish have been banned by the Fisheries Department, a dry fish-processing …
BHUBANESWAR: With the World AIDS Day theme of ‘Getting to Zero’, the State Government on Thursday started a number of initiatives to meet the goal of “zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths” in the State. At a function organised to mark the event, Health and Family …
BALASORE: India on Tuesday added another feather in its strategic defence profile by successfully test launching a new generation missile Agni-IV, first of its kinds in the world, with a high accuracy, from a defence base off the Odisha coast. Having a strike range of over 3,000 km, this indegenously …
