1,500 dead Ridleys wash up on Odisha coast | Bhubaneswar News

Kendrapada: Around 1,500 carcasses of Olive Ridley sea turtles recently washed ashore along a 25km stretch from the Jatadhari river mouth in Jagatsinghpur district to Eakakula beach within Gahirmatha marine sanctuary in Kendrapada, which is the world’s largest rookery of the species.Kapilendra Pradhan, the forest range officer of Gahirmatha sanctuary, said, “The turtles got entangled…

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Crimes against women went up 139% in city last year: Cops | Bhubaneswar News

Bhubaneswar: Violence against women surged by an alarming 139% in Bhubaneswar in 2025, painting a grim picture of women’s safety in the capital city. In contrast, neighbouring Cuttack— part of the twin city commissionerate police system — recorded a 9.8% decline in such cases, according to official data.Crimes including rape, attempted rape, molestation, sexual harassment,…

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