Earlier today, the Sixth State Finance Commission called on the Chief Minister and sought his valuable suggestions for empowering the local bodies of the State.
With the Crocodile Conservation Programme set to observe its 50th anniversary on Tuesday, Odisha, the only state to house all the three species of crocodiles, finds pride of place in implementing the most successful conservation project of saltwater crocodiles.
Odisha’s sea fishing hubs bounced back to life on Sunday with the resumption of sea-fishing voyage after the withdrawal of two-month long breeding season fishing prohibition.
Senior BJD leader and former minister Pramila Mallick alleged that incidents of rape, kidnapping, murder, and sexual assault involving women are frequently making headlines in newspapers and electronic media.
An improvised explosive device (IED) blast claimed the life of a central paramilitary personnel during an anti-Naxal search operation, cops said.
In an attempt to reduce traffic snarls and prevent environment pollution, the Odisha Government has decided to launch double-decker electric bus service in urban road routes of the state, said an official of state-run Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT).
With as many as 857 elephants perishing in the last decade, Odisha has virtually turned into a graveyard for elephants, although national heritage animal status has been accorded to tuskers.
During the period spanning from 2019 to November 2024, the state registered 769 cases of online trading fraud with 59,437 people losing their hard-earned money to scammers, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the Assembly on Monday in a written reply.
Against the requirement of 91,392 hospital beds, as per the National Health Policy- 2017, only 32,767 beds (64 percent shortage) were available in the State.
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has detected a series of infrastructure deficiencies stating the human resources, available in hospitals across the state, were not in consonance with the Indian Public Health Standard (IPHS) norms.
