The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has voiced opposition against the Polavaram dam project in Andhra Pradesh, citing adverse impacts on tribal communities. A mass protest is planned in Malkangiri district on ...

BJD supports anti-Polavaram platform, Naveen Patnaik likely to join protest on February 28 Party leaders alleged that as many as 12 gram panchayats in these areas would be submerged in the ...

In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the BJD fielded Samanta from Kandhamal, a region from where he has enrolled most of the tribal students of the KISS. He won the seat by about 1.5 lakh votes. But, in the ...

The opposition BJD and Congress on Friday staged a walkout in the Odisha Assembly expressing dissatisfaction with the state Higher Education minister Suryabanshi Suraj’s reply to the debate on the ...

BHUBANESWAR: The govt on Thursday summoned KIIT founder Achyuta Samanta to appear before its three-member investigative committee on Friday. "You are requested to appear before the committee on ...

A deer has to avoid a lot of threats to its life to get old in the wild like this buck has. Patricia Neal / Maryland Department of Natural Resources The oldest wild whitetail ever documented lived to ...

Police arrested local BJD leader Kamal Mallik for allegedly killing 14-year-old Santanu Das after an altercation over chow mein delay in Jajpur. The boy succumbed to injuries on Sunday. The police on ...

Bhubaneswar, Feb 19 (PTI) The Odisha Assembly was adjourned thrice on Wednesday as BJD and Congress members created a ruckus over various issues, prompting Speaker Surama Padhy to warn Opposition ...

While the current deer season is still going strong for some lucky hunters, another calendar year of deer hunting is now behind us. And with the new year upon us, it’s the perfect time to take a ...

Reindeer (also known as caribou) are a member of the deer family, native to the tundra, boreal forests, and mountains of the extreme frigid north. In human culture, they are a staple of northern ...

Deer are abundant in almost every U.S. state, inhabiting forests, grasslands, prairies, and coastal areas. There are several species of deer throughout the country, although white-tailed deer are the ...

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