COVID-19 lockdown hits Patachitra artisans of Odisha crafts village hard
Artisans in Raghurajpur near Puri, who make the traditional paintings, have suffered huge losses due to the lockdown
Elephants fall prey to Odisha mineral rush
Three elephants were killed while crossing a national highway on August 22 when they were hit by trucks laden with iron ore
Four decades later, bamboo rice shows up in Odisha
The rare variety, which was last harvested in Chandaka-Dampara Wildlife Sanctuary in 1979, grows twice or thrice in a century
Illegal leopard skin trade continues unabated in Odisha
Special Task Force officials have seized 16 leopard skins in the state in last one year
Smells like a fortune: Rising demand for kewda oil a blessing for 200,000 people in Odisha’s Ganjam
Price of a litre of kewda oil increased to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 4.5 lakh last year
IMD predicts more rain in Odisha amid grim Mahanadi floods
Floodwaters have inundated more than 24,000 hectares of farmland in the state
Odisha recorded the most forest fires in India last season
A total of 345,989 forest fires were recorded across the country.
Woman dies in violent wild bear attack in Odisha’s Nuapada
Villagers blocked a road and demanded the forest officials capture the animal
Coronavirus outbreak impacts Odisha: Migrant workers, tourism suffer
Thousands of Odisha's migrant workers go to west Asia to find work as plumbers
Odisha begins process to extract oil from grounded ship in Chilika
The Malaysian ship has been lying grounded in the lake since August 7
Cyclone Fani damages Odisha’s seaside Balukhanda Sanctuary
The deer that fled the cyclone into areas inland have begun to return
Elephant kills five in Odisha
The victims were asleep on their verandahs when the tusker trampled them
Mass nesting of Olive Ridleys starts in Odisha’s Gahirmatha
The natural phenomenon will last till March 8, 2019
Trawler with live Olive Ridleys seized by forest guards in Gahiramatha
Six fishermen were arrested on charges of trafficking the endangered turtles that were released back into the sea
June-August dry spell, heavy September rain signs of climate change: Odisha experts
Erratic rainfall, floods, water-logging, cyclones and sea erosion are factors that make Odisha a state highly exposed to climate change,…
Price of seafood spikes in coastal Odisha due to annual two-month fishing ban
Odisha observes a two-month ban on trawling and mechanised fishing every year to help sea fish spawn
Deep percolation pits in Odisha forests harmful for local flora, fauna, say experts
‘Human intervention is unnecessary and forests have thrived without them for years’
Dhinkia on the boil: Opposition, rights workers stopped by cops
The police had baton-charged farmers in Dhinkia January 14, who were protesting the forced acquisition of their betel vineyards
Dhinkia steel plant: Villagers block entry points with bamboo structures to oppose JSW project
The resistance came after police officials entered Dhinkia to arrest “anti-industry” villagers December 4
First December cyclone in 130 years: Odisha gears up for Cyclone Jawad
As many as 879 floods and cyclone shelters in the coastal pockets have been readied to house villagers, says official
Illegal fishing in Gahirmatha: 3 forest guards allege injury in mid-sea assault
Crew members of fishing trawler attack forest guards when asked not to fish in the sanctuary, 9 arrested
Jumbo graveyard: Odisha registers 282 elephant deaths since 2018
As many as 2 Bengal tigers and 15 leopards also died in the state in the same period
Bhitarkanika will die if freshwater extraction by industries continues: Activist
Bhitarkanika, the second-largest mangrove forest in India will be destroyed if freshwater continues to be extracted from the Brahmani river basin
Odisha’s Kendrapara now India’s only district to have all 3 species of crocodilians
A baby gharial was found in a Kendrapara river on August 29; the district is already home to saltwater and mugger crocodiles
Quail farming brings joy to Koraput’s tribal residents in COVID-19 times
Quail farming requires little capital and labour and involves less risk of disease, say experts