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 …
Cuttack: While the Centre on several occasions has made its intentions clear that it was willing to provide all logistic support to the CBI if the country's premier investigating agency is entrusted to probe into the Rs 1,000-crore mining scam in Odisha, its counsel on Thursday sought at least 10 …
CUTTACK: The Mahandi Banchao Andolan against diversion of water from the Mahanadi river to industries on Friday transformed into a full blown agitation with people from across the districts of Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara and Puri converging here to launch the movement. More than 3,000 people, mainly farmers from the areas …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as eviction drive in the city assumes high pitch, for around 11 slums the future harbours good news. They would be relocated at Tangarahuda near Satichoura and settled on an expanse of over 14 acres laced with basic amenities. The process of transfer of the land from the …
CUTTACK: With fast depleting green cover coupled with the industrialisation spree beginning to raise concerns over environmental and ecosystems damage, the Cuttack district administration is all set to launch a massive plantation drive in the region soon. But with a difference. The Mission as it is proclaimed is to ensure …
CUTTACK: Mosquito menace in the millennium city refuses to go, the harsh summer this year notwithstanding. The density of mosquitoes has been unusually high across the city despite the fact that the hot and dry conditions cause a substantial depletion in their population. A joint survey, carried out by the …
SALEPUR: Residents in the western part of Cuttack district are spending sleepless nights due to rising elephant menace in the region. Besides damaging crops, the animals have been injuring people, particularly in Athagarh and Gurudijhatia region. On Monday, 40-year-old Pradip Dalai of Rautarapur village was injured when an elephant attacked …
CUTTACK: The famous Binjharpuri, Motu, Ghumsuri and Khariar cattle as well as the Chilika buffalo of Orissa have finally gained recognition as indigenous breeds of the country. The enlisting of the four breeds of the State for the first time in the National Registry by the National Bureau of Animal …
BHUBANESWAR: With unrelenting heatwave in most parts of Orissa, the death roll in the State due to sunstroke rose to 42 today. Five more deaths were reported from districts. While Cuttack , Jharsuguda, Mayurbhanj reported one death each and two died of heat stroke in Ganjam. The highest number of …
BHUBANESWAR: The blistering heat has gone from bad to worse in Orissa even as the alleged sunstroke toll rose to 17 today. Four more deaths have been reported from the districts in the last 24 hours, the State Revenue Control Room stated. While the fresh death reports are yet to …
BHUBANESWAR: An unrelenting heatwave continued to scorch western parts of the State, while coastal Orissa experienced humid conditions for the third consecutive day. Three western Orissa towns - Sambalpur, Balangir and Titlagarh - saw the day temperature rising past the 43 degree Celsius while reports of four more sunstroke deaths …
JAJPUR: A 20-year-old girl from Binjharpur in Jajpur district reportedly died of swine flu on Sunday. District health authorities confirmed the death, saying the girl
CUTTACK: Carrying forward their efforts to transform Cuttack into a polythene-free city, the district administration and civic authorities today banned use of plastic items in kalyan mandaps and community halls during weddings and social functions. The community facilities are the hub of plastic menace as huge quantity of plastic cups, …
CUTTACK: Even as the recent Tendulkar Committee report labels Orissa as the poorest state with over 57 per cent of the population bracketed in the poor sections and deprived of adequate calorie intake, the focus should be on maximising nutrient absorption from the available food. While the Government has to …
CUTTACK: The dawn of 2010 could see an end to slaughtering and butchering of animals for meat in the open, on the roadsides or in the marketplaces of the millennium city. With public slaughtering raising serious concerns and under the scanner of the Orissa High Court, the civic authorities have …
BHUBANESWAR: Intriguing as it may sound, the H1N1 virus has unleashed itself in a remote pocket of tribal district of Sundargarh with little or no known exposure to outside world. Six days after the Jampali Kanyashram threw up two positive cases, the Health Department is still at its wit
PARADIP: With the Central Government virtually breathing down its neck to expedite work on the much delayed Posco project, the State Government has asked the district administration to convene a meeting of the Rehabilitation and Periphery Development Advisory Committee next month. President of South Korea Lee Myung Bak, is said …
CUTTACK: Even as the Millennium City has shaken off the hangover of the Durga Puja and is all set to plunge into festivities of Kali Puja and the Bali Yatra, conduct of the festivals would this year be bound by restrictions. For Kali Puja, the district and police authorities have …
