Tag: wildlife

Berhampur: Dealing a blow to illegal trade in wildlife articles, forest officials have seized two leopard skins and arrested six persons in Gajapati district. The breakthrough came during two separate ...

Two villagers sustained critical injuries in a fox attack at Dagarpada village in the Balasore district of Odisha early Monday morning.

Bhubaneswar: Two persons were arrested and forwarded to court for selling meat of monitor lizard in Jharpada area of the capital city. The arrested are G Krishna and G Raghav ...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday claimed that there has been no loss of life in forest fire in Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district. Reviewing the measures taken to ...

Bhubaneshwar: Today is World Wildlife Day. The day is observed every year on March 3, to celebrate the world's flora and fauna, and to raise awareness about animals going extinct. ...

Bhubaneswar: After some of his bizarre tweets, it seems the netizens are not happy with their KBC host Amitabh Bachchan these days. Once again, the legendary actor became butt of ...

Bhubaneswar: Eminent environmentalist of Odisha Nadia Chand Kanungo passed away at his residence at Niladri Vihar here on Wednesday after a prolonged illness. He was 83. His last rites were ...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government effected a minor reshuffle in the Indian Forest Service (IFS) cadre by appointing 1987 batch officer Sushil Kumar Popli as Director, Environment, a General Administration notification ...

Bhubaneswar: To bring down the incidents of man-animal conflict and win the trust of the people, the Odisha government has decided to amend the Wildlife (Protection) (Orissa Rules), 1974, to ...