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Cuttack: The alleged kingpin of the Pangolin smuggling racket, Madhab Chandra Patra, was nabbed from Godisahi area under Barang police limits in Odisha’s Cuttack district on Thursday. Informing the media on Friday, Divisional Forest…

Bhubaneswar: In view of the rising man-animal conflict, the Odisha government has decided to set up a new elephant sanctuary in the state. Briefing mediapersons here on Thursday, Chief Wildlife Warden Hari Shankar Upadhyay said that the…

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of the death of five elephants, including four at Nandankanan zoo, due to herpes virus, the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has formed a committee of experts to examine the cause for the outbreak of the virus and its…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will soon launch a scheme, Gajabandhu Yojana, for the safety of elephants. Chief Wildlife Warden Ajay Kumar Mahapatra told the media on Saturday that people will be roped in under the new scheme. Anyone…