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"Will be on cluster tour to Odisha on Feb 22": Defence Minister Rajnath Si
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Taking to his social media handle, Rajnath Singh posted on X, "Tomorrow, February 22, I shall be on a cluster tour in Odisha. Looking forward to addressing Karyakarta Sammelans at Nabarangapur, Berhampur and a public meeting at Mayurbhanj."
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Two arrested with 120 kg of ganja en route from Odisha to Kolkata
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Two persons were arrested for allegedly carrying 120 kg of ganja in Jashipur town in Odisha's Mayurbhanj on Tuesday.
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Odisha: Concern over decline in population of tigers at Similipal Tiger Re
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Similipal Tiger Reserve, Odisha's largest tiger reserve, is located in Mayurbhanj district. Fewer than thirty tigers were recorded living in 1975. The decreasing tiger population has been a matter of concern in the reserve. 29 tigers were counted in a recent tiger census that was done in
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Odisha to establish world's first Melanistic Tiger Safari near Similipal T
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Government of Odisha is set to establish the world's first melanistic tiger safari near Baripada in the Mayurbhanj district, forest department officials said on Wednesday.
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Odisha CM condoles deaths in Mayurbanj accident, announces Rs 3 lakh ex-gr
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
At least six people died and nine were injured after a Jatra party truck overturned at Dharsuni ghat on NH-49 in Mayurbhanj earlier this morning.
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6 dead after truck carrying drama troupe overturns in Odisha's Mayurbhanj
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
According to the Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Sujit Kumar Pradhan, "The accident took place when the truck of a jatra (dance drama troupe) was on its way from Rairangpur to the Jaleswar area of Balasore district. The driver lost control of the vehicle at Duarsuni Ghat on National Highway 4
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Odisha's Similipal Reserve to house rare black tigers in country
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district is the only tiger reserve in India that houses the rare black tiger (pseudo-melanistic), which has distinctive dark stripe patterns due to a genetic mutation. The reserve is located in the Mayurbhanj district, at the eastern end of
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Odisha: This Durga Puja in Mayurbhanj is also a celebration of communal ha
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In a demonstration of communal harmony in Odisha's Baripada town, Muslim and Hindu communities and their families have been coming together to organise and perform Durga puja for the past 39 years at Tulsichaura, part of Baripada Municipality in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district.
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Tiger census begins at Similipal National Park in Odisha's Mayurbhanj
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
S .K. Popli, Indian Forest Service, Principal Chief Conservator Forest(Wild Life) and CWLW Odisha said, "The Odisha Forest Department will conduct a yearly tiger census starting November 1, 2023. The census will be conducted in three phases: sign survey, line-transect survey, and camera trap
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Odisha’s millet mission brand ambassador meets spouses of leaders of G20,
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Subhasha Mahanta- a millet farmer from Mayurbhanj district’s Singarpur village of Odisha, while talking to ANI has expressed her happiness as she got the chance to promote the traditional millet cultivation at the global stage of the G20 Summit in New Delhi.
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Four leopard skin seized by forest department in Odisha's Mayurbhanj, thre
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Baripada forest rangers and DD STR South has arrested three persons and seized four leopard hides and three mobile phones near Bahalda Village in Baripada Forest Division, officials said.
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Odisha: Forest guard shot dead by poachers at Similipal National Park, 2 h
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A forest guard was shot dead by a poacher in Similipal National Park of Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Tuesday.
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