Olive Ridley turtles turn up in millions for mass nesting along the Odisha coast every year. Gahirmatha is acclaimed as the world's largest nesting ground of the reptiles.
The 6 am-6 pm strike is being observed for demanding simplification of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) procedure and the e-way bill mechanism, among other issues.
Filmmaker Nila Madhab Panda’s Odia film ‘Kalira Atita’ (Yesterday’s Past) talks about his own trauma of witnessing the ferocious sea gobble up village after village
Expressing concern over the series of pachyderm deaths, CM Naveen Patnaik directed the Forest officials and Environmentalists to consult experts of the Odisha
Loudspeakers in the Congress rally blared the recorded question from an old speech of Modi and the man with white hair and beard enacted it with hand gestures
The preliminary investigation has suggested that Shibani, the daughter of Giri, was involved in the illicit liquor trade because of which their relationship began to turn sour.