Mayurbhanj district the largest district of Odisha by area of 10,418 km². Mayurbhanj district shares it boundary to Jharkhand and West Bengal. Thick green forests, extensive meadows, twinkling waterfalls, meandering rivers, high peaks – entire diversity of nature is in one place. It was once the hunting place of the Maharaja of Mayurbhanj. Mayurbhanj is best known for Simlipal National Park which is the 7th largest national park in India. It is also considered as one of the main tiger project in India and UNESCO listed Biosphere Reserves. The park is home to Bengal tiger, Asian elephant, gaur, and chausingha. The undulating terrain and its perennial sources of water are the two striking features of the entire area. Even the quality of the forest in the buffer zone at Similipal is superior to most other forests in the country. Mudhi (puffed rice) and Mansa (mutton) combination is a popular food in the district.
Forester Mati Hansda was shot dead allegedly by poachers inside the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) on June 16.
Meanwhile, on getting information Karanjia police reached the spot today and rescued the woman and the youth who were held captive by the locals.
Apart from holding the protest, the agitating forest department employees also demanded fulfillment of their five-point charter of demands at the earliest.
As per initial reports, an exchange of fire broke out between a team of forest department officials and a group of poachers on late Friday night. The incident occurred when the forest department team was carrying out patrolling inside Similipal Sanctuary at Gamuchajharan.
Earlier, an inconclusive meeting was held in this connection in the presence of the Mayurbhanj Collector and the SP, and members of Bhanja Sena.
With the photos going viral, it was seen as a serious lapse in the security of the President. Taking it seriously, Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO), Mayurbhanj, Rupabhanu Mishra suspended the pharmacist.
"There is the possibility of a conspiracy behind this. But we can’t tolerate the insult. We would bring out the truth behind it,” said MSCBU Vice Chancellor Santosh Kumar Tripathy.
Former Minister Saraswati Hembram alleged that the university authorities have insulted her by not allowing her into the hall after inviting her to the event.
During her address, the President also said that the world today is going through complex situation of global warming and climate change which have emerged as major challenges.
“I was born at Uparabeda. And, I was reborn at Rairangpur. You showered your love and affection on me so generously that I became a councillor. Three years later, it was you who sent me to the Odisha Legislative Assembly,” said the first citizen of India.
The accused duped job aspirants by opening a consultancy firm Near Hanspal in Bhubaneswar. However, he was arrested after one of the job aspirants lodged a complaint against him accusing Palai of cheating.
As per Chinmayee, the President’s villagers must be on cloud nine for her visit there.
Murmu was given a ceremonial welcome at the Badampahad helipad by Governor Ganeshi Lal, Union Minister Bisheswar Tudu, Odisha steel and mines minister Prafulla Mallick and local MLAs.
President Droupadi Murmu has arrived on a three-day visit to her home district Mayurbhanj on Thursday and visited her in-law's village Pahadpur in
“Under the influence of a prevailing low-level moist easterly from Bay of Bengal and middle and upper-tropospheric westerly trough, an increase in thunderstorm activity is very likely over districts of Odisha during next 4-5 days,” said IMD.
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