GST breather for Sal plates, Sabai ropes

Tax on these two minor forest products, a source of livelihood for millions of tribals, has been reduced from 18 per cent to 5 per cent

Odisha ST/SC department raises alarm over FRA implementation

Only 4.76 per cent of the claims for forest land in Odisha have been disposed

Farmers left high and dry as Chhattisgarh & Odisha squabble over Mahanadi water

The tussle between the two states has overshadowed the debate on the increasing defacement and pollution of the Mahanadi

Plantations, CAMPA loom large over community rights

Sal trees, which form an important source of livelihood for the tribal community, have been replaced with teak plantations in an Odisha village

Price of seafood spikes in coastal Odisha due to annual two-month fishing ban

Odisha observes a two-month ban on trawling and mechanised fishing every year to help sea fish spawn

Deep percolation pits in Odisha forests harmful for local flora, fauna, say experts

‘Human intervention is unnecessary and forests have thrived without them for years’

Green protocol not being followed in Odisha local body polls: Activists

Candidates used non-biodegradable election materials such as flex posters and also nailed campaign materials to trees, claim activists

A Super Cyclone ravaged Odisha 22 years ago on this day: Our learnings and way forward

There should be a proper audit and inspection of the cyclone shelters before the disaster season, among other measures

Konark will now light up its Sun Temple with solar energy

Odisha plans to make the coastal temple town a 100 per cent solar town and also place it among India’s first few zero …

In photos: Millet laddoos help fight malnutrition in rural Odisha

Dhinkia on the boil: Opposition, rights workers stopped by cops

The police had baton-charged farmers in Dhinkia January 14, who were protesting the forced acquisition of their betel vineyards

Pollution bouncing back in middle and lower Indo-Gangetic Plain: CSE

After a decline in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha are seeing a resurgence in pollution

DTE Ground Report: After Posco, women of Odisha’s Dhinkia village take on Jindal Steel

Women of villages affected by JSW’s steel project in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district are unequivocal in their opposition 

Don’t raise legal age of girls’ marriage to 21: Odisha body to parliamentary panel

Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights urges parliament panel to keep 18 as minimum legal age for marriage of girls and boys

Odisha bird poaching: 2 arrested with carcass of migratory birds in Chilika

Around 5 poachers have been arrested in the state since October 

Dhinkia steel plant: Villagers block entry points with bamboo structures to oppose JSW project

The resistance came after police officials entered Dhinkia to arrest “anti-industry” villagers December 4

First December cyclone in 130 years: Odisha gears up for Cyclone Jawad

As many as 879 floods and cyclone shelters in the coastal pockets have been readied to house villagers, says official 

Odisha prepares for Cyclone Jawad predicted to make landfall December 4

Yeloow alert issued for several states for December 4 and orange for December 5

Illegal fishing in Gahirmatha: 3 forest guards allege injury in mid-sea assault

Crew members of fishing trawler attack forest guards when asked not to fish in the sanctuary, 9 arrested  

Illegal leopard skin trade continues unabated in Odisha

Special Task Force officials have seized 16 leopard skins in the state in last one year

Rushikulya dirtier this year, might drive Olive Ridleys away: Research

Rushikulya beach, the second-largest rookery in India, was found to have more solid waste that previous years in a research conducted by …

June-August dry spell, heavy September rain signs of climate change: Odisha experts

Erratic rainfall, floods, water-logging, cyclones and sea erosion are factors that make Odisha a state highly exposed to climate change,…

Jumbo graveyard: Odisha registers 282 elephant deaths since 2018

As many as 2 Bengal tigers and 15 leopards also died in the state in the same period  

Bhitarkanika will die if freshwater extraction by industries continues: Activist

Bhitarkanika, the second-largest mangrove forest in India will be destroyed if freshwater continues to be extracted from the Brahmani river basin

Odisha’s Kendrapara now India’s only district to have all 3 species of crocodilians

A baby gharial was found in a Kendrapara river on August 29; the district is already home to saltwater and mugger crocodiles