BHUBANESWAR: With the state government bringing critical changes to the existing Wildlife (Protection) (Orissa) Rules - 1974, the Forest department has asked the territorial and wildlife divisions ...

BHUBANESWAR: Over 4,500 hectare area in Odisha ... for forest and wildlife officials in dealing with the menace. As per the latest forest fire report of the Forest and Environment department ...

The Odisha Forest Department had taken up the tagging exercise in 1999, and at least two tagged turtles then were sighted on the Sri Lanka coast. Later, the tagging exercise was suspended ...

Following Madhya Pradesh, Odisha diverted 24,458.89 hectares of forest land for non-forest purposes accounting for 14 per cent of the total approved area. Telangana and Gujarat followed ...

Following an incident last week, when an elephant entered Nilakottai town and damaged a building as well as a vehicle, the Forest Department has taken steps to mitigate negative human-animal ...

"The Urban Development Department will be informed, and a formal request will be made to the government to enforce this restriction," he said. The meeting also discussed on the safety of the Ratna ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all states and union territories to constitute special investigation teams to examine if any reserved forest land in possession of the revenue department was ...

Bhubaneswar: In a remarkable journey across the Indian coastline, an Olive Ridley sea turtle tagged with a satellite tracking device at Odisha’s Gahirmatha beach has travelled nearly 1,000 ...

The video footage of the incident showed the MLA issuing threats to the forest department official in the presence of police officers, including a DySp. "There is a limit to everything.