Environment in elections: Dhinkia ‘acid test’ for ruling BJD as betel farmers unhappy with JSW steel plant land acquisition

They accuse CM Naveen Patnaik-led government and police of colluding with the company and destroying the area’s ecological treasure 

How Odisha is providing 24X7 ‘drink from tap’ quality water for its urban population

This video analyses how the mission works on the ground and whether Puri and Bhubaneswar can be used as models to implement such …

Book Excerpt: How Odisha achieved the seemingly impossible feat of ‘Water for All’

A state once infamous for drought is now providing international standard drinking water to lakhs of homes, with an aim to do so for every household

Create a million person days under MGNREGS: Patnaik to officers

He also asked them to ensure food security for migrant workers returning to the state

Odisha’s climate refugees: Activists urge proper rehabilitation policy

Advancing sea puts villagers at risk in Puri, Kendrapada districts

Indian states in the grip of floods; 400,000 people affected

In just one week, flooding in multiple states has caused at least 32 deaths

Seven die of cholera in Odisha’s Rayagada in a fortnight

The outbreak started on July 7 & spread to other districts

UN praises Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik again for saving lives during Cyclone Yaas

The UN had earlier praised Naveen Patnaik after Cyclone Phailin had hit Odisha in 2013

Odisha declares journalists as ‘frontline COVID-19 warriors’, announces ex-gratia

More than a dozen journalists have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in Odisha recently

Cyclones to heat waves to starvation deaths: The Odisha model for survival

It's important to remember what happens when a government lets people die in a disaster

Sizzling Odisha: 26 places hit 40°C+

Schools to remain shut from tomorrow

COVID-19: 15 new cases in a day poses biggest challenge for Odisha

State government admits shortage of personal protective equipment

After CM’s warning, Odisha Police goes after COVID-19 rules violators, collects fines

Some 1,374 COVID-19 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours in Odisha

UN felicitates Odisha for its disaster management model during Phailin

State first in Southeast Asia to get a thumbs up by the international body

Share iron ore mining profits with communities: Patnaik

Writes a letter to PM

Phailin: crop loss assessed at Rs 2,300 crore

Families in severely affected villages to get rations and cash assistance

Corruption taint mattered little

People vote in politicians accused in illegal mining activities in Karnataka, Odisha

COVID-19: Odisha becomes first state to extend lockdown

Approximately 3.1 million families receive food grains from 12,556 fair price shops

Heat wave claims over 600 lives

Odisha, Andhra request Centre to recognise heat wave as natural calamity

COVID-19: Naveen wants to bring back Odisha migrants

State government to provide Rs 2,000 incentive to those who complete 14-day quarantine

POSCO faces fresh litigation, protest

Uncertainty looms over its $12 billion steel plant project in Odisha

POSCO, a better tomorrow?

Sayantan Bera captures the mood at Jagatsinghpur, Odisha (Photos from June 16 and 17)

Mixed reactions from wildlife experts after ‘black tiger’ safari announced by Odisha government

Some have applauded the move; others dislike the idea of putting the rare felids on display in enclosures

Odisha home to 30 tigers, 8 cubs, shows state census; 10 more than last NTCA count

National census report of 2022 put the tiger population at 20 in Odisha

Odisha CM rules out lockdown, shutdown, but urges people to take masks seriously

Let masks be Odisha’s most important safeguards during second wave of COVID-19, Naveen Patnaik says