Odisha Mining Corporation bats for Vedanta: questions rejection of bauxite mining proposal in Niyamgiri hills

Says Union environment ministry does not have powers to overrule Supreme Court which cleared the project

Better late than never

After not appearing for three years, the Olive Ridley turtles return to the Orissa coast for mass nesting. Conservation efforts seem to have …

Orissa's stick is Chhattisgarh's carrot

orissa might well be at the receiving end of one of Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi's pre-poll sops meant to benefit his own states's …

Coconut courier service

The economy of a village is built around coconuts—delivered free to a shrine via buses

Path lab in a tablet

Kanav Kahol, an expert on biomedical informatics, quit his teaching job in the US and came back to India to create a technology that would …

Bhubaneswar metro: Will it be an effective transport solution or become the state’s white elephant?

Smaller cities need a much more comprehensive strategy to make metro systems viable

In remote tribal habitations, age-old health practices takes precedence amid stiff challenges

Traditional healing system faces challenges of being lost and slid into oblivion

More than 100 days of dry spell have caused 200 forest fires in Odisha since January 1: Data

There has been a 250% rise in fire incidents in India this year compared to 2022

Sizzling Odisha: 26 places hit 40°C+

Schools to remain shut from tomorrow

Extreme weather: Over 5 million hectares of crop lost due to rain in 2021

Karnataka worst-hit, followed by Rajasthan, West Bengal, Bihar and Maharashtra

Police rescue 51 women being trafficked from Odisha

The women were being taken to Tamil Nadu to work in a garment factory

Drought scare looms large over a fifth of India

Till 2020, 7.86% of India’s land was under drought-like conditions  

Cyclone Yaas fells hundreds of trees in Bhitarkanika, hit on fauna being assessed

National park hit hard by cyclone 3rd year in a row

Odisha makes negative RT-PCR report must for entry into state

Hospitals urged to treat only emergency cases

Talcher thermal power plant shuts down, NTPC says modern unit will replace it

The 460-megawatt power plant was commissioned in 1967

Goods train driver booked after two female elephants mowed down in Odisha

Forest officials said the animals were killed becuase the train was speeding 

Houses damaged, power supply and road transport hit due to tornado in Odisha

The tornado hit seaside villages in Kendrapara district at 4 pm on June 15

Odisha on FRA claims: No time to collect evidence, no hearing, just rejection

The state has rejected 10,000 claims

Supreme Court fines illegal miners in Odisha, directs fund to be used for tribal benefit in mining districts

Also directs Centre to revise National Mineral Policy to regulate mining effectively

21 villages inside Simlipal Tiger Reserve granted community forest rights

Exercising the rights however, might prove to be a challenge

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Losing signals

Wetlands or wastelands?

Ridleys at risk

The Orissa government appears to be in no hurry to implement measures to save the turtles