A tree marked for felling Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: The Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change has expressed concern over a proposal to fell more than 2,000 full-grown trees inside NIT Rourkela campus for construction of a new building. The development comes after NIT Rourkela allegedly felled nearly 4,000 trees last year for infrastructure development.Acting on…
Photo for representational purpose Bhubaneswar: With summer approaching, the twin cities have witnessed almost a 50-100% rise in cases of persistent cough with throat irritation and breathlessness with or without fever, body ache and headache, over the last three weeks. Doctors said some mutated viruses of the coronavirus group, which are less virulent, along with…
Law minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Bhubaneswar: Law minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Monday reviewed preparations for the inventory of Jagannath temple’s Ratna Bhandar, set to start on Wednesday. He assured that the govt is fully prepared and the exercise will follow the approved standard operating procedure.The minister highlighted that the jewellery will be digitally preserved and catalogued…
Health minister Mukesh Mahaling in the assembly in Bhubaneswar on Monday Bhubaneswar: BJD and Congress on Monday stalled proceedings in the Odisha assembly demanding resignation of health minister Mukesh Mahaling over SCB Medical College and Hospital fire that killed 12 patients.As soon as the House reconvened, opposition MLAs trooped into the well, waved banners and…
Kendrapada: Coal India Limited (CIL) has planned to establish two additional non-coking coal washeries of a total capacity of 27 MTPA in Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) in Odisha, said minister of state for coal and mines, Satish Chandra Dubey, in Rajya Sabha on Monday. The tentative capacity of these washeries will be 15 million tonnes…
KORAPUT: A 22-year-old tribal man in Odisha’s Koraput district was allegedly forced to pay Rs 90,000 fine, host a community feast, and have his head publicly shaven after marrying a woman, also aged 22, from another tribe. The man, a Class X pass out, does odd jobs. His father, Ananta Khila, a farmer, paid the…
Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Monday submitted a fresh petition to state assembly Speaker Surama Padhy, seeking the disqualification of suspended MLA Ramesh Jena for cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha election.This is the third separate plea filed by the party. Congress had initially moved a joint petition on March 17 against all three MLAs who defied…
Govt quarters in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: There are 199 govt quarters lying vacant in the state capital, while they are planning to build nearly 2,000 more in view of the demand, chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi stated in assembly on Monday. The CM was replying to a query raised on the number of vacant govt quarters…
Berhampur: Ganjam district administration has brought prohibitory orders in at least 16 places under four tehsils to restrict illegal extraction of minor minerals from the areas.Restriction was imposed in the plots under Chikiti, Kanishi, Kukudakhandi and Sanakhemundi tehsils after joint inspections found illegal mining of minor minerals like sand, stone, morum (gravelly soil) in the…
Sambalpur: In a surprise early morning operation, a police raid was conducted at Sambalpur Circle Jail on Monday in the presence of sub-collector and magistrate Pushpanjali Panda.A team led by two additional superintendents of police, Ajay Kumar Mishra and Shrimant Barik, along with SDPO Tofan Bag, officers-in-charge from five police stations, around 15 inspectors, and…
