Bhubaneswar, April 6 The Odisha government appointed chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of Special Development Councils (SDCs) in 23 districts on Monday, officials said.According to a list shared by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), Basistha Nayak has been appointed chairman of the SDC in the...
angul district
balasore district
bargarh district
bolangir district
boudh district
deogarh district
dhenkanal districtdistrict appointment
gajapati district
ganjam district
jajpur district
jharsuguda district
kalahandi district
kandhamal district
keonjhar district
koraput district
malkangiri district
mayurbhanj district
nabarangpur district
nayagarh district
nuapada district
odisha government
rayagada district
sambalpur district
sdc chairperson
special development council
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tribal art
tribal culture
tribal heritage
Jagdalpur, April 3 – Just 48 hours after writing her Class 12 board exams, the 17-year-old Alish Ekka found herself on the podium with a silver medal around her neck at the Khelo India Tribal Games (KITG) 2026 in Chhattisgarh. For the teenager from a nondescript village in Odisha’s Sundargarh...
alish ekka
athletics
birsa munda athletics stadium
chhattisgarh
class 12 exams
education
family
khelo india tribal games 2026
medal
mother's sacrifices
odisha
race walk
race walking
sports
sundargarhdistrict
Simdega (Jharkhand), March 28 A 30-year-old man from Odisha was allegedly strangled to death and his body set on fire in Jharkhand's Simdega district, police said on Saturday.Jharkhand Police have arrested three persons from Odisha in connection with this incident, a senior officer said.The...
Bhubaneswar, March 17 Odisha Minister of Forests, Environment and Climate Change, Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia, on Tuesday informed the assembly that 344 wild elephants have died in the state due to various reasons, including poaching and accidents, from April 2022 to March 10, 2026.In a written...
angul district
animal deaths
anti-poaching
artificial intelligence
cuttack district
dhenkanal district
elephants
environment
forest protection
forests
government response
keonjhar district
mayurbhanj district
odisha
poaching
sambalpur districtsundargarhdistrict
wild elephants
wildlife conservation
Bhubaneswar, March 12 The Odisha vigilance department has arrested a police assistant sub-inspector for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a dhaba owner, officials said on Friday.The arrested officer, identified as Arupa Nanda Das, who was stationed at the Badagaon...
Rourkela (Odisha), February 25 A scuffle broke out between a group of people and police personnel during a protest against mining expansion work in the Sundargarh district of Odisha on Wednesday, an official said.Residents of areas near Lanjiberna have been opposing the expansion of dolomite...
bival toppo
district administration
dolomite mining
gram sabha
land acquisition
land dispute
limestone mining
local resistance
mining expansion
odisha
police
private company
protest
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sundargarhdistrict
Rourkela, February 17 Five people were arrested in the Sundargarh district of Odisha for allegedly killing a wild boar as part of a ritual during Shivratri, officials said on Tuesday.Around 80 kg of meat and the skin were seized from them.Personnel from the Forest Department conducted a raid...