Dengue cases touch 65 in Chikiti block
BERHAMPUR: The number of dengue affected persons has been gone up to 65 in Girisola of Chikiti block of the district. As many as 15 persons, including nine minors of Girisola, tested positive for dengue.
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Odisha draws flak for failure to check dengue outbreak
Bhubaneswar: Union minister of state for health and family welfare, Faggan Singh Kulaste on Saturday criticized the Naveen Patnaik-led government for not doing enough to prevent dengue outbreak in the
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Odisha district in throes of child malnutrition
Government opens free kitchen and health camp as five children of Jajpur die in 20 days The Odisha government is struggling to provide health care in Nagada village and adjoining hamlets, perched on
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Odisha dengue situation remains critical
Number of people affected has crossed 500 with 375 samples from the town of Barbil alone testing positive for dengue virus Outbreak of dengue in different parts of Odisha, particularly in Cuttack and
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Kendrapada sheep gets rare status
KENDRAPARA: A threatened breed of sheep found only in coastal Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara districts of Odisha has been conferred 'rare and singular species' tag by the central government. The National
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Diarrhoea claims three lives in Balasore district
AT least three persons, including two women, died of diarrhoea while 26 persons were affected in a remote village under Oupada block of Balasore district on Thursday. Though the reason behind the sudden
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Post-Niyamgiri, Vedanta to rejig Odisha operation
Firm plans $400 per tonne cut in cost of making aluminium Vedanta, which has invested Rs 50,000 crore in Odisha to set up alumina and aluminium-cum-power complexes on expectations of bauxite from the
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Heat wave intensifies in Odisha, Sonepur records 42.6 degree C
Heat wave intensified in Odisha on Tuesday with the mercury soaring above 41 degree Celsius at around a dozen places in western region with Sonepur recording the hottest at 42.6 degree C. Titlagarh
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Centre to work with States on water access
Given that water is a State subject, it will take the exercise of “cooperative federalism” to achieve the Modi government’s big-ticket agenda of providing piped drinking water to all households by the
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Centre asks state govt to expedite mining auction process
Bhubaneswar The Centre on Thursday asked the state government to expedite the process of auctioning mines as Odisha is far behind other mineral-bearing states. "We have asked the state government to
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1,040 Odisha Panchayats to be Free of Open Defecation
The State Government has set a target to convert at least one block in each district and 1,040 gram panchayats as open defecation-free under Swachh Bharat Mission during the current fiscal. The State
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding sanitation and solid waste problems faced by residents of Kalinga Nagar-8, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 24/08/2017
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Kalinga Nagar Residents Welfare Association Vs Ministry of Urban Development & Housing, Govt. of Odisha &
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Cattle Disease Spreading Fast in Odisha, Veterinaries Face Vaccine Crunch
The outbreak of foot and mouth disease of cattle locally called as ‘fatua’ in Nischintakoili block has put the veterinary officials in a tight spot as they face inadequate stock of vaccine coupled with
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NGT slams Odisha govt over shops on Puri beach
The National Green Tribunal has slammed Odisha government and the state pollution control board for permitting shops to operate on Puri beach. "You have 1,000 shops on the beach and all of them generate
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Strategic roadmap for development of ESDM sector in Odisha
Since its inception in 2004, the India Electronics & Semiconductor Association (IESA) has played an important role in facilitating the growth of electronics and semiconductor ecosystem in the country.
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Odisha: 39 jumbos die in a year, wildlife dept clueless
Bhubaneswar: The wildlife wing of the forest department seems clueless about the deaths of 39 elephants even months after their carcasses were found. Sources said at least 39 elephants died within a
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Centre Grants Rs 591 Crore for Rural Housing in Odisha
BHUBANESWAR: The uncertainty over Central assistance for rural housing scheme under Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) for the current fiscal is finally over with the Ministry of Rural Development sanctioning Rs
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El Nino effect: Mass death of marine species in Odisha
EI Nino refers to warming of the eastern tropical Pacific, whichdisrupts the local climate and has a wider effect on general weatherpatterns. The opposite of this term is La-Nina. The La Nina implies tocooling
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Tribals tread arduous road for forest rights
Odisha has the unique distinction of being one of the few Indian states where thousands of local communities are actively protecting and conserving their forests. These people, who meet their own livelihood
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Government plans fail to contain infant, maternal deaths
BHUBANESWAR: Despite implementation of separate programmes with heavy budgetary allocations, the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) remain distressingly high in the State.