Tag: forest

Bargarh: An eight-year-old girl was found dead in a jungle in Bargarh district on Monday. The body of the girl, Kousalya Pandey, was recovered near Jogendranathpur village under Paikamal police ...

Koraput: Security personnel on Monday seized a huge cache of explosives from a forest near the border between Koraput and Malkangiri districts. Koraput SP Mukesh Kumar Bhamoo informed that BSF and ...

Khurda: Police on Wednesday detained six persons from a forested area in Ranpur of Nayagarh district in connection with the murder of a bar staffer, on the outskirts of Khurda ...

Bhubaneswar: To bring down the incidents of human-elephant conflicts, the Odisha government has decided to train villagers residing on the peripheries of sanctuaries. Forest and Environment Secretary Mona Sharma told ...

From a basket case to a trillion-dollar economic powerhouse. Odisha appears to be set for the big leap. With a steady growth rate averaging upward of eight per cent, the ...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is planning to implement a 'home-stay' policy for places near wildlife sanctuaries and eco-tourism destinations like Similipal, Bhitarkanika, Chilika, Daringibadi, Satkosia and other places. The government ...

Bhubaneswar: Two Odisha boys have given the US just what they need, especially after the raging forest fires in California. Pratyush Mallick and Pramit Kumar Bhuta have designed a device, ...

The state is stitching together a development agenda for 2036 – towards hundred years of Odisha state formation. FRA (Forest Rights Act) presents an opportunity to set up a new ...

Phulbani: Three polling parties in Kandhamal district returned from their respective booths to the district headquarters covering a distance of 15km on foot through the forest on Friday morning. Reports ...

Malkangiri: Six polling parties were left to their fate and they managed to reach the district headquarters in Malkangiri from the polling booth on Friday morning after covering a distance ...