White paper on farmers' suicides, if required: BJDBiju Janata Dal today said if required, it would publish a white paper on the farmers' suicide allegedly due to crop loss and debt burden.
03 Nov, 2015, 09.34 PM IST
Odisha's identifies 4 more districts as drought-hit, total 16A day after Naveen Patnaik announced Rs 1,000 crore package for farmers hit by drought, Odisha government identified four more districts fa...
15 Oct, 2015, 04.39 PM IST
Naveen Patnaik takes oath as Chief Minister for fourth term in OdishaNaveen Patnaik, who steered BJD to a landslide victory in the Odisha Assembly elections, was today sworn in as Chief Minister for a fourth ...
21 May, 2014, 12.58 PM IST
- Allow stray tiger to mate in zoo, experts say
Wildlife experts have criticized the state government for preventing a tiger, which strayed into Nandankanan on April 30 last year, from ma...
15 Feb, 2014, 12.54 AM IST
- Wildlife lovers irked over postcard errors
They alleged the mistakes had been overlooked by state forest and environment minister Bijayshree Routray, a philatelist himself, who relea...
14 Feb, 2014, 05.21 AM IST
- Prohibitory orders at Bhushan Steel plant in Odisha
Prohibitory orders were imposed and protesters removed from the private Bhushan Steel Plant where a worker was killed in a fire and blast l...
18 Nov, 2013, 10.40 PM IST
- Bhushan Steel Ltd CEO Atulya Kumar Verma arrested, new blast furnace area sealed
Besides BSL CEO Atulya Kumar Verma, blast furnace in-charge Naveen Tyagi and operating head Meghpal Singh were arrested, SP Manoranjan Moha...
14 Nov, 2013, 07.24 PM IST
Bhushan Steel Ltd CEO arrested, new blast furnace area sealedBSL CEO Atulya Kumar Verma and two other company executives were arrested after an accident at the private steel plant in Dhenkanal distric...
14 Nov, 2013, 05.28 PM IST
- Odisha unhappy over 'meagre' fund release from CAMPA
Concerned over the release of "meagre" amount by the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), Odisha gove...
28 Jun, 2013, 06.04 PM IST
Pug marks of escaped tiger found near Nandankanan safari areaThe Bengal Tiger which recently escaped after jumping an 18-ft high enclosure at Nandankanan Zoo has been found to be roaming around the pa...
12 Jun, 2013, 09.22 PM IST
- Wild tiger escape: Minister clean chit to Nandankanan staff
A day after the wild male tiger walked into freedom, scaling an 18-foot-high iron wire mesh at Nandankanan, forest and environment minister...
03 Jun, 2013, 02.23 AM IST
Odisha signs MoU with Wildlife Trust of India to save elephants from train hitsIn a bid to check growing number of cases of elephants being fatally hit by trains, Odisha government today signed an MoU with the Wildlife...
10 May, 2013, 08.08 PM IST
- Odisha to extend RSBY to MGNREGA workers and other labourers
The Odisha government today said it has decided to include MGNREGA beneficiaries and unorganised sector workers under the Rastriya Swastha ...
07 Mar, 2013, 11.21 PM IST
Elephants' death: Railway claims it was informed about just after mishapRejecting Odisha government's claim that railway was alerted about movement of elephants near Subalaya in Ganjam district where six pachyde...
02 Jan, 2013, 10.55 PM IST
Five elephants crushed under speeding train in OdishaA herd of five elephants and a foetus were mowed down after being hit by a speeding train near Subalaya in Ganjam district, about 50 km fro...
31 Dec, 2012, 03.43 AM IST
Odisha identifies 111 mining companies violating green normsMining in Odisha has virtually come to a grinding halt with the state government limiting iron ore mining only for captive consumption.
29 Nov, 2012, 06.11 AM IST
- Naveen Patnaik hints at Odisha ministry expansion
"Ministry reshuffle is likely soon ... sooner or later. It will be done at the right time. You will be the first to know about it," the chi...
08 Jun, 2012, 03.11 PM IST