3 states, 300 kms: Tigress Zeenat gives birth to 4 cubs after making an extraordinary journey. Her story is a reminder that, ‘sometimes, giving wildlife a second chance is all it takes.’Tigress Zeenat has given birth to four cubs at Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha. Zeenat was translocated from Tadoba National Park. Her jo...
03 Jun, 2026, 06.11 PM IST
‘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...
23 Apr, 2026, 12.37 PM IST
Vir Vikram Yadav appointed new Directorate General of Civil Aviation chiefVir Vikram Yadav is the new chief of DGCA. This appointment is part of a major reshuffle of senior bureaucrats. Twenty-five civil servants ...
31 Mar, 2026, 06.36 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee requests Odisha to rescue tiger entering BengalWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee requested Odisha to send a forest team to rescue a tiger that entered Bengal. The previous rescu...
06 Jan, 2025, 07.33 PM IST
Tiger from Maharashtra walked 2,000 km across four states to reach Odisha!This marks a historic moment for Odisha, as the state has previously reported tiger dispersals from neighboring Chhattisgarh, but this is t...
24 Nov, 2023, 05.18 PM IST
Odisha's forest cover increases by 537.44 sq km in two yearsOdisha's forest cover has increased by 537.44 square kilometre between 2019 and 2020 due to various initiatives under the Joint Forest Mana...
14 Jan, 2022, 11.23 AM IST
Centre eases export ban norms for Odisha to ship 810 tonnes of red sanders wood in log formAccording to a notification of the directorate general of foreign trade (DGFT), the state's forest, environment and climate change departme...
08 Oct, 2021, 02.24 PM IST
Panel of experts being sent to help Odisha govt manage forest fire: Environment ministerAnnouncing it on Twitter, Javadekar also said he met Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan and other parliamentari...
10 Mar, 2021, 04.51 PM IST
Royal Bengal Tigers spotted in three new locations in OdishaForest and environment minister, Bijayshree Routray said on Saturday that RBTs presence have been reported from Hemagiri forest in Sundarga...
30 Sep, 2018, 10.34 AM IST
Odisha's Bhitarkanika may be in world heritage site listOften described as nature's gift, Bhitarkanika is enriched with a variety of habitats and conditions not found anywhere else in the country.
13 Aug, 2015, 01.29 PM IST
Forest department asked for utilisation of corpus in 8 mineral-rich districtsThe direction was issued by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik last evening after reviewing the performance of the Forest and Environment Depart...
19 Jun, 2015, 03.41 PM IST
65 nesting sites of estuarine crocodiles spotted in OdishaAround 65 nesting sites of estuarine crocodiles have been spotted in Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district and the num...
03 Jul, 2014, 01.45 PM IST
Live webcast of Olive Ridley sea turtle nesting in OdishaDRDO and Odisha's forest department will jointly live stream the annual event of the mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles in Gahirmatha nes...
19 Mar, 2014, 09.42 PM IST
- 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...
25 Jan, 2014, 05.14 AM IST
Odisha govt's drive to plant 12 crore treesOdisha government on Saturday set a target of planting more than 12 crore trees during 2014-15 following the loss of above 26 lakh trees in...
09 Nov, 2013, 09.39 PM IST
32 nesting sites for crocodiles foundWildlife personnel in Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district have spotted 32 nesting sites of estuarine crocodiles as t...
25 Jun, 2013, 10.08 PM IST
Elephants' death: Railway claims it was informed about just after mishapRejecting Odisha government's claim that railway was alerted about movement of elephants near Subalaya in Ganjam district where six pachyde...
02 Jan, 2013, 10.55 PM IST