File photo of laterite mining Cuttack: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered a joint probe into alleged illegal mining of morrum and laterite stones in Odisha’s Khurda district, taking note of claims that large-scale extraction has been carried out without statutory clearances and in close proximity to an ecologically sensitive zone.The NGT’s east zone…
Balasore: Two fishermen were killed due to the suspected inhalation of toxic gas emanated from a rotten fish at Naupalagadi under Balaramgadi marine police station limits in Balasore district on Monday. The deceased were identified as Prabhakar Mallick (35) of Adhua village under Basudevpur police station limits in Bhadrak district and Mangala Soren (32) from…
Minister Krushna Chandra Patra speaks in the assembly in Bhubaneswar on Monday Bhubaneswar: There is no shortage of LPG cylinders for domestic consumers in the state, said food and civil supplies minister Krushna Chandra Patra while asking people not to panic on Monday.He informed that the govt has started providing 40% of the commercial gas…
Heavy rush at an Aahar centre in Bhubaneswar on Monday Bhubaneswar: Govt-run Aahaar centres across the city are witnessing an unusual surge in footfall as the ongoing LPG crisis continues.For many, especially students and young migrant workers, the subsidised meals of rice and dalma, priced at just Rs 5 — on which mostly daily wagers,…
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…
