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 …
Superstitions reign supreme in tribal hamlets in Odisha’s Malkangiri district Silence greets visitors at the Potrel and Usakapalli hamlets in Korukonda block of Odisha’s Malkangiri district. These hamlets border Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. After 24 children aged below five died of a disease suspected to be Japanese encephalitis in less …
With 24 children dying of a mysterious disease during last two months in Malkangiri district, the government has launched a drive to create health awareness and conduct medical examination in the tribal-dominated district. "We have collected blood, water and mosquito samples in the affected areas to ascertain the reason behind …
With 24 children dying of a mysterious disease during last two months in Odisha's Malkangiri district, the government has launched a drive to create health awareness and conduct medical examination in the tribal-dominated district. “We have collected blood, water and mosquito samples in the affected areas to ascertain the reason …
The State Government’s aim to provide services on farmers’ doorstep failed because of disparities in the establishment of agro service centres (ASCs). The State Agriculture Policy of 2008 envisaged setting up of ASCs to provide services on farmers’ doorstep for farm mechanisation on hire basis. During 2006 to 2011, 550 …
Escalation of an old dispute with Andhra Pradesh over the Polavaram dam project has come as a much-needed respite for Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik who is grappling growing dissidence in the BJD. It has also given Naveen ammo to hit back at Opposition Congress which is cornering the CM over …
While there is a need to lay over 45,000 km of rural roads to provide all-weather connectivity to all the habitations having population of at least 250, the State Government has set an ambitious target to develop at least 9,000 km of roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana …
Maintaining that the Polavaram multi-purpose project is of no good for Odisha, the state government today said it did not require water from the dam over river Godavari as offered by neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. "Odisha does not need Polavaram project. The state also does not require water from the AP …
Bhubaneswar: Seeking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention into the dispute between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh over the Polavaram project, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday demanded stop of tendering process till matters pending in the Supreme Court were disposed off. I request your kind personal intervention in the matter. Immediate …
BHUBANESWAR: As high as 45.5 pc of males in the State chew tobacco. The number of females is no less with not less than 30 pc addicted to chewing-tobacco. More than 38 per cent population of Odisha is addicted to chewing tobacco. The habit is more prevalent in rural areas …
Bhubaneswar: Normal life was crippled on the day as heat wave continued in most parts of Odisha with mercury touching 46.6 degree Celsius in the state capital of Bhubaneswar and Talcher. The state's highest temperature of 46.6 degree C was recorded here and Talcher while as many as seven towns …
With Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on their side, the Orissa government has sidestepped the concerns expressed by Central intelligence agencies and the Home Ministry to work with gram panchayat heads who were elected unopposed. Panchayat polls in February had seen a jump in the number of candidates winning unopposed …
With contractors avoiding rural road projects in Naxal-hit districts, the Union Rural Development Ministry plans to entrust local panchayats to execute them under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). “If there are no contractors ready to construct rural roads in these areas despite repeated tenders, we are ready to …
MALKANGIRI: The Odisha Government must follow the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Area (PESA) Act and the decision of the Palli Sabha regarding setting up of any industry in the scheduled area should be final, said Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh. He was speaking to PRI representatives on the premises …
BHUBANESWAR/MALKANGIRI: As a part of the Centre’s initiative to contain the spread of Maoism by taking up developmental projects in the affected areas, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday visited Malkangiri district ahead of launching the Special Area Development Plan (SADP) project by the ministry in the region. …
BHUBANESWAR: The gruelling heatwave claimed nine more lives in Odisha on Saturday as day temperature soared across the State. The official death toll jumped from 10 to 19 on a single day. Such has been the impact of the scorching conditions that even Malkangiri, Odisha’s southernmost district, faced the heat. …
MALKANGIRI: Hundreds of animals have reportedly died of an unknown disease in the past one week, at many villages of Tandiki panchayat under Korukonda Panchayat Samiti. So far, 100 animals, including cows and goats, have died, said Unga Podiami, Korukonda-I Zilla Parishad member. Nuabandiki, Bandiguda, Dhangadgata, Gurageta, Chidipalli, Danguda, Tentuliguda, …
Bhubaneswar: The CBI has placed before the Supreme Court its report on the investigation into alleged corruption in utilisation of Central funds by six districts of Odisha for the rural job guarantee scheme under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme. The report in a sealed cover was …
BHUBANESWAR: Baunsipada is like any other village in remote Khairiput block of Malkangiri district inhabited by Bondas, the primitive tribal group (PTG). Home to just 26 Bonda families, all that the village has are some rows of neat mud houses. But, each of these houses is treading a success story …
A report on hunger and malnutrition in 112 districts across nine states of the country has revealed that 42.3 per cent children under the age of five years are underweight, 58.8 per cent are stunted and 11.4 per cent are “wasted”. Releasing the report prepared by Hyderabad-based Naandi Foundation here …
Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has pointed to “operational” shortcomings in the government’s efforts to tackle the decades-old Maoist insurgency through developmental work and urged greater political involvement to deal with it more effectively. The minister made the suggestion in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after touring Left-wing …
