Bhitarkanika census finds an increase of 15 saltwater crocodiles from last year
There are now 1,757 crocodiles in the park, the census conducted on January 3, 2020, found. Last year, there were 1,742
After Talabira, tree-felling attempt in neighbouring Patrapalli village
According to a resident, the police attempted to chop trees in the village on December 11, but were thwarted by locals
2019 set to be record-breaking cyclone year for India
Cyclone Bulbul, to hit Andhra and Odisha by November 9, to be seventh such storm this year
Bargarh: How Odisha's rice bowl turned cancer field
Cancer stalks Odisha’s agriculture-intensive Bargarh district raising questions over its link with pesticide overuse
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
Talcher coal mine accident: 1 dead, 4 trapped after landslide
The death toll might go up to 14 as the nine rescued workers are in a serious condition
Odisha’s climate refugees: Activists urge proper rehabilitation policy
Advancing sea puts villagers at risk in Puri, Kendrapada districts
Lives and livelihoods lost to coastal erosion
The wrath of Bay of Bengal has rendered nearly 650 families from Satabhaya in Odisha homeless
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
Solar lanterns to light up all polling booths in Odisha’s Kendrapara
District administration decided to junk older, kerosene-lit lanterns
Health infrastructure weakest in tribal areas: Report
Major shortfall of doctors and nurses at Primary Health Centres in the tribal areas of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, …
Odisha lost 179 elephants to electrocution since 2000
The state lost 102 pachyderms over the last 8 years alone, data shows
'Maha' dispute over the Mahanadi
The plans of both Odisha and Chhattisgarh to usurp water of the Mahanadi river have reached ridiculous levels
Scientists find new eel species in Odisha, name it Odishi
The species may face minimal threat for survival as it was discovered in an unpolluted area
The first wave of African migrants leaving Malkangiri, Odisha—their ancestral region—in search of livelihood
The story of one of the oldest tribes in the world is now taking a new turn
Divine spirits at risk
Instead of identification, the state should allow tribal rights over sacred groves
GST breather for Sal plates, Sabai ropes
Tax on these two minor forest products, a source of livelihood for millions of tribals, has been reduced from 18 per cent to 5 per cent
Odisha ST/SC department raises alarm over FRA implementation
Only 4.76 per cent of the claims for forest land in Odisha have been disposed
Farmers left high and dry as Chhattisgarh & Odisha squabble over Mahanadi water
The tussle between the two states has overshadowed the debate on the increasing defacement and pollution of the Mahanadi
Plantations, CAMPA loom large over community rights
Sal trees, which form an important source of livelihood for the tribal community, have been replaced with teak plantations in an Odisha village
"Stealing" Orissa's prospects
A look at the global sacrifice zone
A report foretells doom for Orissa if the World Bank proceeds with its projects in the state
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A lake full of woes
The Orissa state government and the high court assume different postures even as the local fisherfolk continue to suffer