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Bhubaneswar: Marking an unsuccessful end of the country's first inter-state tiger translocation project, tigress 'Sundari' will finally return to its home state Madhya Pradesh from Odisha. Sundari and tiger ‘Mahavir’ were brought to…

Athagarh: The kingpin of pangolin smuggling in Odisha, Madhab Chandra Patra, has revealed vital information during a marathon eight-hour grilling by Forest department officials on Monday. “The kingpin told us about the involvement of 10…

Bhubaneswar: In a major blow to the tiger translocation programme to increase big cats' population in Odisha, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has asked the state government to immediately send back tigress Sundari from…

The state government has decided to start Jungle Safari inside Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district. According to sources, the safari, covering Gudgudi to Devastali, will be 25 km long. The Forest and Environment Department has…

Bhubaneswar: A first-of-its-kind eco-village in the state has been set up in Muduligadia village of Nayagarh district alongside Satkosia gorge region, just 2 km from Badmul Sands Resort & Nature Camp Ecotourism project. Nestled on the…

Bhubaneswar: The community-based Nature Tourism in Satkosia Tiger Reserve on the banks of the Mahanadi, touted as a success story, is now embroiled in a controversy with the Wildlife Society of Odisha alleging that it violates guidelines…

Bhubaneswar: Experience tourism is the new buzzword and Odisha is leaving no stone unturned to provide this motivation through encounters with new places and leisure activities for travellers heading to the state . It won’t be long before…

Angul: Forest Department arrested seven persons including three women and seized venison and deer hide from Satkosia Wildlife Sanctuary in Angul on Monday. According to sources, all the accused belong to Kolha Sahi. They had hunted a deer…

Bhubaneswar: The Forest Department on Monday released five Gharials (fish-eating) crocodiles of the Nandankanan Zoo in Satkosia, Tikarpara and Sunakhania in the upper catchments of Mahanadi. Informing this to the media here, Principal…

Bhubaneswar: The prospect of releasing tigress Sundari, kept in an enclosure in the core area of Satkosia sanctuary in Odisha’s Angul district, into the wild appears uncertain. The state forest department and the National Tiger…