PEETHA: Will Naveen Patnaik’s deliciously named pre-poll sop work?

Also the name of a traditional Odia sweet, the ‘Peoples Empowerment – Enabling Transparency and Accountability’ scheme was …

Translocation project shelved after Satkosia loses second tiger from MP

While Sundari was recently captured after it killed two people, Mahavir was found dead yesterday 

Odisha Mining Corporation's fresh attempt to mine Niyamgiri

In May 2013, 12 gram sabhas surrounding the Niyamgiri hills had voted against mining in the region

Fight for Khandadhar

Once rescued from Korean company POSCO, Odisha's ecologically rich Khandadhar hills have now been handed over to the state's mining body. Tribal …

Illegal mining’s ground zero

Rampant mining for over a decade is altering north Odisha’s Bonai forests, and spurring protests

M B Shah Commission report: Odisha's mine of scams exposed

Illegal iron ore mining in Joda circle of Sundargarh district is one of the biggest scams in India, says commission

Phailin, floods, now government apathy

People wait for food, water, medical aid, and assistance to rebuild homes

27 people die in floods in Odisha as rivers flow above danger level

As Hudhud approaches, coastal people move to safer areas

Many people hit by Phailin last year yet to overcome food and water shortages, find source of livelihood

तेंदु पत्ते पर जीएसटी कितना जरूरी?

क्या तेंदु पत्तों से मिलने वाले राजस्व के लालच में इसका व्यापार जंगल में रहने वाले लोगों के हवाले नहीं किया जा रहा है?

3,000 crocodiles born in Bhitarkanika National Park

Forest officers saw 103 nests of saltwater crocodiles this breeding season

Plight of marine fishermen in Odisha’s turtle zone

The seven-month-long fishing ban and the perpetual bad weather are making life difficult for state fisher folk

Bright and black

Female tigers at the Similipal reserve in Odisha are increasingly giving birth to black or melanistic breeds and catching rare worldwide attention

A phoenix of a tribe

A nomadic community in Odisha insisted on its right to live and farm even after forest officials burnt its houses

Odisha, Jharkhand mull iron ore e-auction

Follow Karnataka’s example which raised huge revenues through the initiative

International Sex Workers Day: Odisha’s sex workers get little help amid COVID-19 lockdown

The COVID-19 lockdown means a complete loss of income, struggle for daily survival for sex workers across the country

Revoke stage 1 approval to SAIL, OMCL mines in Odisha: forest panel

Steel authority was illegally using mine lease area in forest for storing and processing iron ore while awaiting clearance

Odisha has jeopardized agriculture to favour industry: CAG draft report

State went on MoU signing spree without considering food security and livelihood of people

Will Olive Ridleys skip Odisha’s Rushikulya this time?

They are already a month late in turning up for mass nesting and experts suggest climate may be the one to blame

How is fodder crisis rendering livestock vulnerable?

Today, India faces an acute fodder shortage that has left drought-hit farmers and livestock vulnerable. Jitendra finds out how fodder crisis has …

Tropical depression that brought floods to Lanka moving north to south India

While it may bring cyclonic rain, it won’t delay the monsoon in India, say experts

Historically prone to cyclones

26 of the 35 deadliest tropical cyclones in world history have been Bay of Bengal storms

Odisha worries over safety of dams in way of Hudhud

Officials try to figure out how to drain water from the dam reservoirs before heavy rains begin Sunday morning

Companies fined heavily for mining over limit in Odisha

State authorities send notices to 103 mines

Vedanta smelter plant: Affected villagers end 12-hr protest after written assurance

Residents of Katikela were demanding rehabilitation, permanent jobs and abatement of pollution by the company