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Snana Yatra 2026: Puri gears up for Deba Snana Purnima ahead of Rath Yatra - Rituals, significance, and other detailsPuri gears up for the grand Deba Snana Purnima on June 29, a pivotal ritual before the Rath Yatra. The sibling deities will undergo a sacre...
Near Odisha's Puri, a rare elephant trunk-like waterspout emerges from the sea. Tourists stunned. How does it form?Tourists witnessed a rare waterspout off Odisha's Astaranga coast. The funnel-shaped column descended from dark clouds, creating a vortex o...
‘Ramlal’ the elephant strolls into poll queue, adds colour to Bengal votingPolling in West Bengal's Jhargram saw an unusual interruption. A wandering elephant, Ramlal, briefly paused voting at Jitushol Primary Scho...
India's first DNA elephant census finds 25% drop in population, warns of rising habitat lossIndia's first DNA-based elephant census reveals a nearly 25% population drop over eight years, estimating 22,446 elephants. The new scienti...
Man-animal Conflict: MP villagers to be taught easy techniques to scare away wild elephantsIn a bid to prevent human-elephant conflict and crop destruction by wild jumbos, residents of Madhya Pradesh villages adjoining Chhattisgar...
Third tusker dies of electrocution in three days in OdishaThe middle-aged tusker came in contact with a live wire allegedly laid by a poacher in the forest area, about 500 meter away from Jagannath...
India lost 329 tigers in 3 years, including 29 due to poaching: GovernmentThe data showed that the number of poaching cases has reduced over the years from 17 in 2019 to four in 2021. The minister reported that th...
Elephant kills woman in Odisha, tramples her body at funeralAn elephant kills a woman and later vehemently tramples her corpse and subsequently her home.
6 elephants die in 14 days in Odisha sanctuary; CM asks authorities to take stepsDivisional Forest Officer (DFO) Kalahandi South Division Ashok Kumar and his team and veterinary doctors are camping in the area undertakin...
Beating the summer heat: 21 ponds dug up for elephants in OdishaTo quench the thirst of elephants and other wild animals during summer, the forest department has dug 21 water bodies in Athagarh forest di...
Elephants to arrive in Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary next monthWildlife enthusiasts willing to visit Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary to watch elephant herds in action from close will have to wait for some more...
- Govt ropes in agency to study jumbo habitat
The state government on Saturday roped in a private agency to conduct a "carrying capacity" study of elephants to ensure a sustainable habi...
- Human, elephant conflict takes a new dimension
The eerie silence at Bankura's Borjora forest is broken by the sound of a forest jeep being brought to a sudden stop.Forest guard Ganesh Sa...
Solar fencing to prevent elephants being run over by trainsThe move comes after at least six elephants were crushed to death by an express train near Subalaya a place within the five km railway line...
Odisha seeks speed restriction of trains to save elephantsOdisha government today asked the railway board to revisit its advisories on prevention of train accidents involving the animals.
- Poachers electrocute two elephants in Odisha
A female elephant and a six-month-old male calf were killed on Saturday after they came in contact with an electric trap laid by poachers i...
- Jumbo headcount jumps to 1930 in state
Here is some good news for elephant lovers.Odisha has witnessed a jump in pachyderm population, from 1886 in 2010 to 1930, according to the...
- Elephant carcass found in Odisha jungle
The carcass of a female elephant was found today from Chakara ghati jungle in Tarsingi Forest range in Ganjam district.
- Solar fencing to stop man-elephant conflict
Odisha government has decided to make solar fencing in Ganjam to arrest increasing man-elephant conflicts in Ganjam district.
Man-elephant conflict in OrissaThe conflict between men and elephants came to the fore once again in Odisha's Ganjam district when wild tuskers trampled to death a 57-yea...