Tag: Chandaka

Terming the eviction drive launched in their village as illegal, the villagers of Udaynagar put up a strong opposition to it while demanding permanent land documents under Jaga Mission

Bubaneswar: Eyeing 2019 general elections, the Odisha BJP launched its ‘Mo Booth Sabuthu Majboot’ (my booth is the strongest) programme today to strengthen party base at grassroots level. Union minister Jual Oram  kickstarted the campaign from Chandaka in Bhubaneswar. Hundreds of tribal people joined the party on the occasion. “They received primary membership of the […]

Bhubaneswar: Forest officials arrested a person on charges of poaching deer inside Chandaka wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of capital city here on eve of Utkal Divas. As per sources, the arrestee identified as Jyotiranjan Mohanty, a resident of Daruthenga village on the outskirts of the city here had gone to the forest along with […]

Bhubaneswar: Even after acquiring land at subsidised rates from the Odisha Government for industrial purposes, ventures at more than half of the allotted area are dysfunctional informed Industries Minister Debi Prasad Mishra, in his reply to a question posed by Jajpur BJD Debasis Nayak, in the Odisha Assembly on Thursday. Many small and large scale […]

Bhubaneswar: The death of an adult python due to cruelty during a ‘rescue operation’ in the Dampada range of the Chandka forest on the outskirts of the State capital, has invited sharp reaction from animal activists who demanded immediate action against the perpetrators. The General Secretary of Snake Helpline, a leading reptile rescue body, Subhendhu […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the Odisha government has pooh-poohed the claims on the raging fire in the Simlipal National Park by terming all the brouhaha over it as nothing more than mere perception, the burning fact to the fore today is within 96 hours (March 3- March 7) the number of large fire events in the […]