Similipal becomes India's 107th national park, Odisha's 2nd

Apr 25, 2025

Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha has been conferred the status of National Park. With this declaration, Similipal becomes the state's second national park after...

Odisha: Similipal National Park reopens for tourists in Mayurbhanj

Oct 18, 2025

Asia's second-largest biosphere, Similipal National Park, re-opens for tourists on Saturday in Mayurbhanj, Odisha.

Odisha: Forest guard shot dead by poachers at Similipal National Park, 2 held

May 23, 2023

A forest guard was shot dead by a poacher in Similipal National Park of Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Tuesday.

Tiger census begins at Similipal National Park in Odisha's Mayurbhanj

Oct 18, 2023

S .K. Popli, Indian Forest Service, Principal Chief Conservator Forest(Wild Life) and CWLW Odisha said, "The Odisha Forest Department will conduct a yearly tiger...

148 Lichen species with potential anti-cancer properties identified in Simlipal National Park; highest ever in Odisha

Feb 08, 2026

Researchers from Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University in Baripada found 148 lichen species in Similipal National Park, the highest ever in Odisha.

Odisha: 10 poachers held for murdering forester at Similipal National Park

Jun 25, 2023

Giving details of the murder of the forester, SP Batula said, "On the intervening night of June 16 and June 17, the accused entered...