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- Telangana
Conservation hit as Kawal reserve sees 8 suspensions in 6 months
Mancherial: Conservation and wildlife protection have been impacted at the Kawal Tiger Reserve with the suspension of as many as eight forest officials within a span of just six months, media reports…
- Top Stories
Forest officials seize pet python from Bengaluru apartment
Bengaluru: An illegally kept python was seized from a residential apartment in Bengaluru’s Kamakshipalya locality during a joint operation by the Forest Department and police officials. Acting on information provided by local…
- Bangalore
Karnataka forest officials save elephant trapped in barricade
Bengaluru: A dramatic rescue operation by the Karnataka Forest Department saved a wild elephant trapped in a railway barricade while attempting to leave the forest near Arekoppa village in Kanakapura taluk. The…
- Hyderabad
Not a leopard: Forest Department clarifies pug marks near RGIA
Hyderabad: The Forest Department on Saturday, June 27, said the pug marks found at a school near the Hyderabad airport did not belong to a leopard but to a wild animal. Panic…
- Telangana
Minority farmers resist forest officials from ploughing their land
Hyderabad: In a shocker from Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district, the forest officials tried to stake control over farmers’ lands by digging up the land using excavators in Pulasa village of Jainoor mandal.…
- India
Karnataka forest officials bust smuggling racket, seize timber worth Rs 28L
Mysuru: Forest department officials have busted an alleged timber smuggling network transporting valuable Beete wood logs illegally from forest regions of Virajpet in Kodagu district. Officials seized a truck carrying timber worth…
- India
Karnataka suspends all trekking routes after 10-year-old killed by leopard
Bengaluru: Following the tragic death of a 10-year-old boy in a leopard attack near Male Mahadeshwara Hills, the Karnataka Forest Department has ordered the immediate suspension of all trekking routes across the…
- Telangana
Telangana forest officials in ACB’s net over Rs 3.5 lakh bribe
Hyderabad: Two forest officials from Bhadradri Kothagudem district were caught by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday, May 7, while allegedly accepting a Rs 3.5 lakh bribe. The officers have been…
- Telangana
Revenue Inspector nabbed by Telangana ACB over Rs 10,000 bribe
Hyderabad: The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday, April 9, arrested a Revenue Inspector from Peddapalli district for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000. According to the ACB, the accused officer,…
- India
Irked by incompetency, Karnataka villagers lock up forest officials
Vexed villagers of Karnataka’s Bommalapura village locked 13 forest officials in a cage for over 20 minutes on Tuesday, September 9, alleging negligence by the department over inadequate steps to trap a…
- Telangana
Forest officials attacked in Telangana’s Adilabad, police denies reports
Hyderabad: Tension prevailed in Keshavapatnam village of Telangana’s Adilabad district after villagers allegedly attacked forest officials and vandalised one of their vehicles on Sunday, January 5. They seized teakwood logs worth Rs…
