Wanted Maoist held in Koraput forest with AK-47 | Bhubaneswar News
Koraput: Kunjam Hidma, a hardcore Maoist wanted in multiple cases across Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh, was arrested by security forces in the early hours of Thursday following an exchange More...
Dharmendra urges forest min to upgrade Sambalpur zoo to medium category | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has written to the Union forest and environment minister, Bhupender Yadav, urging him to upgrade Sambalpur zoo into a medium category one.In the letter, More...
‘Poachers’ kin destroyed evidence after forest guard killing’ | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: The gang of poachers that killed forest guard Prahlad Pradhan in Dhenkanal early on Saturday organised a feast after hunting a prey animal, a forest personnel on duty that night said. They were planning More...
Forest staff seek dedicated panel for reforms and better grievance redressal | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: After a forest guard was shot dead by poachers in Dhenkanal’s Hindol range, the Odisha Non-gazetted Forest Service Association has demanded the formation of a forest commission to bring reforms More...
Forest staff need better arms training: Experts | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: After a forest guard was shot dead by poachers in Dhenkanal district on Saturday, wildlife experts expressed surprise that despite being armed, forest personnel are being subdued and at times being More...
Poachers who gunned down forest guard in Dhenkanal arrested | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: A day after four poachers shot dead a forest guard in Rajmohanpur forest under Hindol range in Dhenkanal district, police and forest officials on Sunday arrested all the accused.A country-made gun More...
NGT forms panel to probe ‘illegal’ felling in protected forest in Khurda | Bhubaneswar News
Cuttack: National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently constituted a “fact-finding committee” consisting of the Khurda district collector and divisional forest officer to probe allegations of illegal felling More...
Forest guard shot dead by poachers in Dhenkanal | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: A 37-year-old forest guard was shot dead by a gang of four poachers with his own firearm during a melee in Rajmohanpur forest in Dhenkanal district early on Saturday.The deceased was More...
Vigilance searches recover Rs 8.3 lakh, 390g of gold from forest officer | Bhubaneswar News
Rourkela: Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday recovere Rs 8.37 lakh in cash, around 390 grams of gold, bank and other deposits worth Rs 60.2 lakh, and two high-value plots during searches at properties More...
Project to map state’s forest lands in final phase: Officials | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: The geo-referencing (mapping) of Odisha’s forest land has entered its final phase, with around 95% of the work already completed, officials said. The project, covering 60,000 sq km of forest More...