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Yaas intensifies into very severe cyclonic storm: IMD

Cyclone Yaas intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm on Tuesday evening, India Meteorological Department Director General M Mohapatra said, even as the states of West Bengal, Odisha and......

Bengal, Odisha evacuate lakhs of people as 'Yaas' nears coast

West Bengal and Odisha have evacuated lakhs of people from vulnerable areas to safety as severe cyclonic storm 'Yaas' is nearing the coast and is expected to make landfall near Dhamra Port in......

Saving the crocodiles

Saltwater crocodiles are the world's largest reptiles, and these had already disappeared from the coasts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh by the 1970s. In all of Bhitarkanika, there were......

Odisha: Man, who saved 7 women and kids from drowning, dies

A 40-year-old man who had risked his life to save seven women and children from meeting a watery grave in a crocodile-infested rivulet during the evacuation drive ahead of Cyclone Hudhud, died......

Fire engulfs Bhitarkanika National Park

A major fire engulfed the Bhitarkanika National Park destroying an area of about 3 sq km of mangrove vegetation, official sources said on Tuesday.The fire broke out in the Angani forest block. The......

Posco matter in Orissa govt's court: Minister

Rejecting the ruling Biju Janata Dal's allegation of discrimination against Orissa, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Friday the matter relating to Posco steel project was in the......

Red tape stalls ONGC's Mahanadi basin drilling

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation cannot start the exploratory drilling process in the highly prospective Mahanadi basin, as the environment ministry has not granted it clearance.The environment......

Oil cos stumble on Olive Ridley ground

Oil exploration companies operating in the Mahanadi basin and in the adjoining Krishna Godavari basin may now have to closely watch the path of half-a-million endangered Olive Ridley turtles that......

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Yaas intensifies into very severe cyclonic storm: IMD

Bengal, Odisha evacuate lakhs of people as 'Yaas' nears coast

Saving the crocodiles

Odisha: Man, who saved 7 women and kids from drowning, dies

Fire engulfs Bhitarkanika National Park

Posco matter in Orissa govt's court: Minister

Red tape stalls ONGC's Mahanadi basin drilling

Oil cos stumble on Olive Ridley ground

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