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.
This decision is aimed at ensuring the effective and speedy disposal of cases related to land acquisition and compensation in the Talcher coalfield, benefiting farmers and land owners in the region, the Ministry of Coal said on Friday.
Assailing the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) for furnishing misleading statement to the Court on issues pertaining to lack of civil amenities in Cuttack, the erstwhile capital of the state, the Orissa High Court has warned its officials of stern action, saying that such act amounts to ‘misadventure’.
The accused was apprehended by the STF in Boudh district on 20 January with a skin of leopard, a protected animal, while he was about to deliver it to a prospective client
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the previous Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal government over the malnutrition issue.
Speaking at the concluding day of the two-day Collectors’ Conference here on Saturday, CM Majhi said: “People in general and women in particular who are coming to police stations to register complaints and get justice should be accorded polite and courteous treatment."
