Increase in green cover, says report

India has 28,000 ha more forests than last year, according to the Forest Survey of India

Land of sufferance

People of a village in Orissa wage a battle against mining companies to protect their lands

PROMISE BROKEN

Blast-off

India successfully tests the Agni II missile

Olive Ridley deaths

Asthma cases rising

INDIA

Shun simplification

Giving women a voice in water user bodies does not necessarily empower them

Bhitarakanika sanctuary in Orissa has faulty conservation policy

Controversial pay-out

Japan bank sanctions Rs 560-cr loan for Orissa forestry sector

Value lost in sea

In Court

More baby dolphins in Chilika

Lost rhythm of health

88,000 fake ration cards

Orissa government to save Rs 40 crore by cancelling them

POSCO enhances compensation package

Activists want steel plant to shift site

How many can India relocate?

Probe Vedanta land deal, says Lok Pal

Questions land acquisition by state for private university  

Hello Point in Odisha: A tale of digital India or ignorant India?

Odisha has the highest number of inhabited villages without access to mobile networks  

Monsoon 2022: Erratic rains may delay Odisha Kharif crops

Dry June led to late paddy transplantation; More than half of targetted acreage lie uncultivated    

Villagers unaware of forest rights find it ‘too good to be true’

Odisha village applies for forest rights title 15 years later; many villages still unaware, says NGO  

There’s a human hand in every tenth elephant death in Odisha

34 elephants were killed by poachers, 30 died after being hit by trains and six died in road accidents in the last 10 years

Amphan causes heavy damage in coastal Odisha’s districts

The districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara were the worst-affected due to the cyclone

Fishing trawler with dead sharks seized in Odisha

Coast Guard seized the trawler carrying the carcasses of 250 endangered bull, hammerhead and spot tail sharks in the Gahiramatha Marine Sanctuary

Rare Long-Billed Plover bird sighted in Odisha’s Bhitarkanika national park

Sighting of this rare migratory bird during the annual bird census is baffling wildlife officials and ornithologists