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'Birdman' traffic cop feeds thousands of pigeons every day in Mayurbhanj
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Baripada (Odisha) [India], Jan 12 (ANI): A traffic police officer in Baripada town of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha is popularly known as 'Birdman' in the area, owing to his habit of feeding a large number of pigeons and other birds in the city every day for the last 10 years.
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Odisha: 72-year-old tribal woman lives in toilet
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India]. Dec 10 (ANI): A 72-year-old tribal woman in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district has been residing in a toilet from the last three years after failing to get an accommodation form the state government.
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Village in Odisha faces water woes, residents fetch water from brook
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], Dec 8 (ANI): Residents of Patihinja village of Odisha's Mayurbhanj district are facing water woes and have to walk for miles to fetch water for their families.
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Odisha: Professor held for sexually harassing girl student in Mayurbhanj
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Baripada (Odisha) [India], Nov 22 (ANI): Odisha police on Friday arrested a professor for allegedly sexually harassing a girl student in the state's Mayurbhanj district.
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Odisha: Snake rescued from house in Mayurbhanj
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], Oct 28 (ANI): A cobra was rescued from the residence of a family in Baripada, Mayurbhanj district on Sunday. The reptile was later released into the wild.
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Odisha: Wild elephants create mayhem in Mayurbhanj village
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Residents of Karanjia village in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha have claimed that a herd of wild elephants wreaked havoc in the area by destroying crops and even damaging houses.
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Village in Odisha's Mayurbhanj facing lack of basic amenities for survival
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], Jan 25 (ANI): Development is still a far cry for more than 700 villagers of tribal-dominated Mayurbhanj district in Odisha. As claimed by villagers, the village is facing lacks of basic amenities for survival.
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Odisha: Similipal tiger reserve loses 75 tigers in 12 years
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], Dec 30 (ANI): Odisha's Mayurbhanj district holds the major population of the tiger within the state. Sustainable protection measures and management initiatives have resurrected the dwindling population of tigers.
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Dressed in polythene bags, Odisha man raises awareness of plastic hazards
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], Nov 12 (ANI): In an attempt to create awareness of how much waste is generated by plastic products, a 36-year-old resident of Mayurbhanj district is dressing himself using polythene bags and roaming on the streets of the district on his bicycle.
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Two Russell's viper snakes rescued in Odisha's Baripada
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Barpada (Odisha) [India], Nov 11 (ANI): Two Russell's viper snakes were rescued on Saturday afternoon from the circle jail campus of Baripada under Mayurbhanj district, Odisha.
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Students forced to study inside a hut-turned-school in Odisha
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], Oct 9 (ANI): Thirty-three students of different classes jostle for space inside a small hut-turned-school in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha.
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Odisha: Ailing local carried on cot to hospital
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], Sept 28 (ANI): In a situation highlighting lack of adequate infrastructure, locals from poll-bound Odisha's Mayurbhanj district were seen carrying another local on a cot to the hospital.
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