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Orissa wants stay on Polavaram

State says environment ministry’s approval overreaches apex court

Blackbuck haven in Odisha: Protection by locals triple numbers

No poaching case reported in several years in Ganjam district

Last pangolins

The world is running out of time to save its only scaly mammal

Movement for worse

The marginalised from Western Odisha who migrate out of the state lead difficult lives

Valley of despair

Unrestrained chromite mining takes Sukinda valley to the edge of an abyss

Orissa calling

H1N1 caught India sleeping

Global warming turns its heat on Orissa

Let forests be mined: coal ministry

It asks Cabinet to remove restrictions on mining areas

Tussle over coal blocks in forests

35 per cent of nine coalfields are ‘no-go’ areas

Mission Millet: Odisha employed a holistic agri-strategy to procure 600,000 quintals of ragi

Farmer producer organisations, crop intensification methods play key role in process

Cyclone Sitrang: 7 Odisha districts on alert, evacuation efforts intensified

The cyclone is expected to make landfall on Odisha coast October 23-24

International Girl Child Day: Crimes against girls on the rise in India, especially eastern states

Strenghening community-based child protection systems imperative

Global Eco Watch: Reindeer may have been domesticated 2,000 years ago

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Parties steal Congress show

BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh enacts its own food security law, non-Congress states to follow

Acquisition made easy

Model development

Every village has its own way of protecting the forests, but each one is a success story

Forest eviction issue gets thornier

Promises and lies

Supreme Court stays government's sham deal of promising land to tribals

No healthcare for Simplipal tribals in Orissa

Floods spell losses for states

Anti-POSCO group attacked, police cordon villages

Orissa government withdraws elephant reserve plan

POSCO officials in Orissa kidnapped