Baripada, August 31 (Odisha.in) The forest personal of Simlipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Orissa’s Mayurbhanj district spotted two dead bears from the roadside of the NH-5 near the Bisoi range, official said. The bear and her one year child spotted Thursday night believed to have been killed by some explosion, local forest official told Odisha.in. […]
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Police rescues 12 labourers from Gujarat
Baripada, August 28 (Odisha.in) Police Tuesday rescued at least 12 Orissa labourers from Gujarat’s Bhalsad area, official said. The labourers who belong to Mayurbhanj district had migrated to Gujarat in search of job. They were detained by their employer. The employer was physically and mentally torturing them providing very low wages, district collector Suresh Kumar […]
Mid-day meals make 52 students ill
Baripada, August 26 (odisha.in) At least 52 students of Batapandhugandi primary school in Orissa’s Mayurbhanj district have developed illness after eating cooked eggs supplied to them as a part of the mid-day meal scheme, health official said Sunday. The students developed illness after eating the food Saturday and were brought to the government health centre […]
Farmers spot endangered dolphins at Budhabalanga river
Baripada, August 16 (odisha.in) Rare Ira wadi Dolphins have been sighted in Budhabalanga river near the Budhabalanga bridge on Baripada-Udala Highway. The farmers who are cultivating vegetables on the river bank informed odisha.in that though earlier three adult dolphins were sighted in this stretch of the river ,located at a distance of 30 km from […]
Flash flood affects hundreds
Baripada, August 14 (Odisha.in) Flash floods caused by over flowing of Khard- khai and Bankanala river past two days have affected over three hundred families in Orissa’s Mayurbhanj district, official said. The flood waters rushed to the villages in the low lying areas after one-hundred-year old bridge of the Kharkhai river collapsed Monday night, a […]