Prakash Jena

Odisha has witnessed a disturbing surge in elephant poaching, with 117 tusks seized between 2020-21 and February 2026. Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj districts are hotspots for these seizures. Experts highlight the urgent need for a dedicated elephant protection force to combat professional poachers and address the alarming decline in elephant populations, particularly in the Similipal landscape.

Following a devastating fire that claimed the lives of 12 ICU patients at SCB Medical College and Hospital, the government has suspended three fire service personnel and an electrical engineer. This action comes after a fact-finding report cited lapses in fire alarm and sprinkler systems, as well as electrical faults.

Police on Thursday arrested former Congress corporator prakash jena inside a polling station at Rasulgarh here and seized Rs 21,000 from him.

The employees of the State Pollution Control Board recently staged the Odia play, Kuhudi Nai at Rabindra Mandap, Bhubaneswar as a part of their Annual Day celebration.

The mishap occurred as the driver lost control over the van which was carrying twelve passengers.

Anti-land acquisition villagers released four employees of Posco on Wednesday, more than 12 hours after abducting them at Dhinkia on Tuesday evening.

A 19-year-old youth was arrested on Sunday for allegedly stabbing his room-mate to death before stuffing his body in a carton and dumping it on the field outside the horticulture office near Rental Colony market.

Sixty-six per cent of the electorate cast their votes in the three-tier panchayat elections at Dhinkia, the epicentre of the anti-Posco agitation, on Tuesday.

Sixty-six per cent of the electorate cast their votes in the three-tier panchayat elections at Dhinkia, the epicentre of the anti-Posco agitation, on Tuesday.

Voters at Dhinkia gram panchayat, the epicentre of anti-land acquisition movement in Jagatsinghpur district, have elected anti-land acquisition leaders as sarpanch, panchayat samiti members and ward members.

A man performing funeral rites in Puri was fatally stabbed after a verbal dispute escalated near Swargadwar. Ranjan Kumar Das, 38, died from a knife attack, while his friend Manas Nayak sustained injuries. The accused, Tanmay Mahapatra, 30, was apprehended by police following the incident. The altercation reportedly began over loud conversation.

A sleepy river side village under Garadapur block in Kendrapara district of Odisha has turned into a safe habitat for endangered bats. Not long back poaching of bats was rampant in these areas.

Did unrequited love drive doctor Madhabilata Pradhan to jump in front of a speeding train?

The resignation of Damodar Rout has evoked mixed reactions in Jagatsinghpur, his home turf. While those gunning for him for his alleged "anti-dalit" remarks are happy, his supporters are quite upset.

Water level of rivers in Kendrapada and Jagatsinghpur that feed irrigation canals have gone dangerously low, following the failure of monsoon.

Large numbers of anti-land acquisition villagers on Monday criticized the statement of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assuring South Korean President Lee Myung- Bak in Seoul to help Posco to build a steel plant in Dhinkia.

People of Dhinkia, Nuagaon and Gadakujang gram panchayats in Jagatsinghpur district are fearing eviction with the Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh on Monday approving diversion of forest land for the Posco steel plant.

District and additional sessions judge GJ Akarte sentenced four persons to life imprisonment and also slapped fines on them while convicting them in a murder case on Monday.

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