🚨 ODISHA MEIN ADANI KA CONSERVATION PUSH! 🐢 Adani Foundation, Dhamra Port aur WII ne Odisha coast par Olive Ridley turtles ke liye ek major scientific report release ki hai. 🔹 High-Tech Tracking — 10 turtles ko satellite se track kiya; ek female 6,719 km travel karke Sri Lanka tak pahunchi! 🔹 Ground Survey — 1,390 turtles ko directly monitor kiya gaya. 🔹 Green Vision — Dr. Priti Adani ne Odisha ke natural heritage aur environmental sustainability par direct support dikhaya. Mega-infra ke sath ecology ka balance hi asli vikas hai!

In Odisha's Debrigarh region, Maithili Bhue Ji's journey from depending on forest produce to becoming part of eco-tourism has inspired several women to contribute towards forest conservation. #MannKiBaat#

#WATCH# | Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi extended Diwali greetings to the people of the state, wishing them happiness, peace and prosperity. He urged people to celebrate a safe, green and pollution-free Diwali while protecting the environment. (Source: CMO)

STORY | Odisha evacuates over 30,000 people as cyclone Arnab triggers alert in southern districts The Odisha government has evacuated over 30,000 people to safety, with the entire southern region of the state remaining on high alert on Wednesday after the landfall process of very severe cyclonic storm Arnab was completed along the Andhra Pradesh-Yanam coast, a minister said. Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said the state expects the cyclone to affect all southern districts, with Malkangiri likely to be the worst hit. READ:

STORY | Odisha evacuates over 30,000 people as cyclone Arnab triggers alert in southern districts The Odisha government has evacuated over 30,000 people to safety, with the entire southern region of the state remaining on high alert on Wednesday after the landfall process of very severe cyclonic storm Arnab was completed along the Andhra Pradesh-Yanam coast, a minister said. Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said the state expects the cyclone to affect all southern districts, with Malkangiri likely to be the worst hit. "The cyclone is presently within Andhra Pradesh, and it will later in the afternoon touch Odisha," Pujari said, adding that personnel and equipment had been mobilised at vulnerable locations and evacuation was continuing. The government’s focus is on Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts, where people from low-lying and landslide-prone areas are being shifted to shelters, he said. Schools and anganwadi in 16 of the state's 30 districts remained closed for the day. As many as 2,037 cyclone shelters have been kept ready, with arrangements for food, drinking water and other essential facilities. The administrations in Kalahandi, Kandhamal and Nuapada districts are also on alert, the minister said. The government has received reports of trees being uprooted in some southern districts, but there has been no report of major damage or casualties so far, Pujari said. READ:

Supreme Court to Odisha government in the Dara Singh case "Let him also celebrate Independence Day." Dara Singh led the mob that killed Graham Staines and his two young kids, Philip, 11 and Timothy 8. The young boys were burnt alive and the mob prevented anyone from rescuing them

#WATCH# | Puri, Odisha | Devotees participate in large numbers in the immersion (Visarjan) procession of Maa Dakshinakali being taken out from Sakhi Gopal to the designated immersion site at Chandanpur.

#WATCH# | Puri, Odisha: Earlier this morning, devotees rushed to witness the Mangal Aarti of Lord Jagannath at the Shree Jagannath Temple. The morning Mangal Aarti of Lord Jagannath was performed at the Temple in a spiritually vibrant atmosphere. Bhajans and kirtan by devotees added to the devotional ambience, while thousands of devotees from different parts of the country rushed to the temple and gathered early in the morning, to have the holy darshan of Lord Jagannath.

#WATCH# | Bhubaneswar, Odisha: Commissioner, Secretary of Sports & Youth Services Odisha, Bhupendra Singh Poonia says, "... The government is continuously working to strengthen the sporting culture and ecosystem, and we are beginning to see results. We hope more young people will take up sports and win medals for the state and the country. Our focus is on grassroots development, encouraging more children to participate so that we can identify and nurture talent from an early age."