The gram sabha of Cavelossim Village Panchayat on Sunday opposed the land acquisition proposal of the Fisheries Department for the proposed construction of ship building, docking and repairs of boats at Mobor.
Sarpanch Edwin Cardozo said the proposal to acquired 17800 square metres for the proposed ship building project has been unanimously opposed by the villagers.
He said the land acquisition

AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO
BHUBANESWAR

Tribal residents belonging to Juang and Bhuyan communities went on dharna in the Keonjhar district collectorate on Sunday protesting large-scale plantation of commercial trees like acacia, eucalyptus and teak in local forests after cutting down natural sal trees.

Subhomoy Bhattacharjee

Raipur: The sal seed harvested by tribals through large parts of Naxalism-affected districts of Orissa and Chhattisgarh is bought by global chocolate manufacturers. But those chocolates cannot come to India.

Under the Food and Adulteration Act, use of butter extracted from sal seed in place of cocoa is prohibited in the country.

On the allegation of misappropriation of 167.980 tonnes of Sal seeds worth about Rs 2.94 lakh by falsifying the accounts and official records, a Vigilance case was registered against Ratnakar Das, a former Sectional Supervisor in charge of Nabarangpur Sal Seeds Central Godown, Golak Behari Barik, former Sectional Supervisor in charge of Papadahandi Sal Seeds Central Godown and Trinath Prasad Sahu,

As the summer draws to a close, there is a distinct gaiety in most parts of Orissa. There is a spring in the steps of people as they go about preparing for the Jagannath Utsav. In Majhiakhand village