Tag: Tiger

Bhubaneswar: The Bahubali fever has gripped people worldwide  so much that even officials of Nandankanan Zoological Park here named one of the seven one-year old tiger cubs  as ‘Bahubali’ today in a naming ceremony. The other six tiger cubs at the zoo including three females were named as Sahil, Adyasa, Vicky, Chinu, Mousumi and Kundan. Around […]

Bhubaneswar: On account of the 57th foundation day today, the Nandankanan Zoological Park authorities unveiled a slew of new facilities including online ticketing system to attract more footfalls. The launch of the online ticketing services would allow the visitors to book their tickets by visiting www.nandankanan.org .  As part of this initiative, visitors will be […]

There is good news for wildlife lovers in Odisha. For the first time, a tiger has been spotted in Juniyani forest under Lefripada forest range in Sundargarh district

Preliminary investigation suggests that ‘Joy’, the male giraffe brought to the Nandankanan zoo from the Alipore zoo in Kolkata on February 24, died this morning of heart stroke, said sources in the expert team formed to probe the death on Monday

Bhubaneswar: The male giraffe ‘Joy’ brought from Alipore Zoo to Nandankanan six days ago for mating with the lone female giraffe ‘Khusi’ died at its enclosure in the zoo today. Though the reason for the death is yet to be established, Forest and Environment minister Bikram Keshari Arukh directed the PCCF (wild life) to probe […]

Good news for animal lovers. A male giraffe is being brought from the Alipore zoo in Kolkata to the Nandankanan zoo here in exchange for four tigers

Bhubaneswar: Row over head count of tigers intensified after State principal chief conservator of forests (Wildlife) S.S. Srivastava claimed today that there are around 60 big cats roaming in the forests of Odisha, thereby negating the report of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). The All India Tiger Estimation Report-2014, released in January this year, had […]

Bhubaneswar: Surprised over the recent tiger census report of Union ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) showing a sharp fall in the big cats’ population in Odisha when the enumeration process is still on in the State, the principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF) has shot off a letter to the ministry questioning the veracity […]

A sloth bear came face to face with a tiger. Raising its forelimbs, the bear could scare away the tiger.

Bhubaneswar: The biennial census of the big cat began today across different forests of Odisha, forest officials said. The census will continue till February 22 and more than 900 cameras will be used to carry out he census, they said. The state government has joined the National Tiger Census Authority (NTCA) to count the big […]

With the All India Tiger Estimation Report, 2014 reporting a fall in big cat population in Odisha, the state government today said it will examine the matter and take up the issue with the Centre

Mumbai: Actor Riteish Deshmukh has joined the cast of the forthcoming action drama “Baaghi 3”, which features Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor. Producer Sajid Nadiadwala, who backs the “Baaghi” franchise, said he was thrilled to have the actor on board. “Ritiesh has been a part of my ‘Housefull’ franchise and now he joins the ‘Baaghi’ […]

Bhubaneswar: Hinting that the State government will carry out another tiger census in next summer season, Odisha Chief Wildlife Warden Ajay Kumar Mohapatra today stated the tiger census carried out by the central agencies have ignored many forest divisions where big cats have been spotted. A controversy has emerged after the Central government claimed in […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: The proposal of Odisha and Chhatisgarh to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to notify the Sunabeda wildlife sanctuary as a tiger reserve is a welcome move but the state government needs to move with caution in this regard after its recent experience in Satkosia which is our second tiger reserve […]

Mumbai: It’s been only three days since “War” was released and the film has entered the Rs 100-crore club. Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh on Saturday tweeted: “‘War’ Hindi: Wednesday Rs 51.60 cr, Thursday Rs 23.10 crore, Friday Rs 21.30 crore. Total: Rs 96 crore…Tamil + Telugu: Wednesday Rs 1.75 cr, Thursday Rs 1.25 crore, […]