Similipal

Baripada: The Odisha government has started its own tiger census in the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in the Mayurbhanj district. This scientific enumeration of the wild cats in the tiger reserve starts on Wednesday and will end on…

Bhubaneswar: The tiger census will be conducted in Odisha in the month of October this year. This process for the enumeration of tigers will continue for around one and a half months. The training programme for the tiger census will…

Baripada: Initiating a major anti-poacher crackdown, the Mayurbhanj district police arrested 21 poachers and seized 165 guns from their possession in the past two months. This effort is continuing under poacher-free Similipal campaign.…

Baripada: A live pangolin was rescued from the clutches of wildlife smugglers in Rairangpur of Mayurbhanj district by a joint team of the Similipal Tiger Conservation Project personnel and the Forest department staff. Eight persons involved…

Bhubaneswar: As part of the continuing anti-poaching tirade, Mayurbhanj district police reportedly seized 28 country-made guns from two different places situated on the outskirts of the Similipal Similipal Tiger Reserve on Tuesday.…

Mayurbhanj: Jashipur police have arrested three forest department employees on charges of murder of the witness of Similipal elephant poaching. They were arrested after their anticipatory bail petitions got rejected. The arrested accused…

Mayurbhanj: The wife of the deceased eyewitness of Similipal's alleged elephant poaching and burning of its carcass has leveled murder allegations against the three accused. The deceased, identified as Turam Purty was the only eyewitness…

Mayurbhanj: Days after the elephant poaching incident and cover-up in Similipal, the Special Task Force (STF) seized a Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT) skin from an arrested poacher. A Special Task Force (STF) unit seized a Royal Bengal Tiger…

Bhubaneswar: Adding new wings to the future of air travel in Odisha, a new airstrip will come up at Rasagobindapur in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district. The land on which this airstrip will be constructed was under the Defence Research and…

Mayurbhanj: The Similipal National Park in the Mayurbhanj district, which remained closed for several months has now reopened for tourists. Visitors are allowed to enter the sanctuary through Jashipur and Pithbata gates from 6 am and…