The Anti-Corruption Vigilance Wing of Odisha Police on Saturday arrested an Odisha Transport Engineering Service (OTES) officer posted at Cuttack for allegedly amassing assets to the tune of 143 per cent more than his known sources of income.
In a refreshing turn of events in the turtle conservation programme, the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles have reappeared at Eakakulanasi Island of the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary for mass nesting after a gap of 33 years.
The eastern zone bench of National Green Tribunal has directed the Odisha Government agencies in Nayagarh district to reclaim the encroached patches reserve forestland and slap environmental compensation against the violators for damage caused to forest classified land.
Two women scientists on Saturday took over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's social media account to share their work and experiences with their countrymen on International Women's Day.
The Odisha government and Meta India on Friday collaborated to launch a unified WhatsApp chatbot that will offer all public services to more than 4.5 crore people in the state.
To counter Naxal threat, the state government has raised three Battalions of ex-servicemen OSSF (Odisha Special Striking Force). Vacancies in other ranks of police are also being filled up, in a time-bound manner.
Expressing strong displeasure on the unresponsive official attitude over the death of a minor student by falling in a hot dal vessel in July last, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has warned Odisha’s Gajapati District Collector for initiation of an inquiry into the official conduct under relevant section of Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993.
The Orissa High Court has directed the State Government to expeditiously dispose of the huge backlog of pendency in land cases by holding the revisional courts for a minimum period of three days in a week.
Bus services in 14 districts of Odisha will remain suspended for 24 hours on Monday following the strike call by the private bus owners’ associations.
Ample opportunity exists in Odisha for the state to become a defence manufacturing hub as India advances towards self-reliance in the production of equipment and components for the armed forces, defence experts said on Saturday.
