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- Telangana
‘Haritha Haram’ is yielding amazing results in restoring forests: KCR
Hyderabad: The Telangana government’s ambitious programme ‘Haritha Haram’ is yielding amazing results in restoring forests and increasing the green cover with the support of all sections of people, said Chief Minister K.…
- India
People seen with sick leopard in MP, video goes viral
Bhopal: Some people in Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh were seen, in a viral video, walking along with a leopard who apparently seemed sick. In the viral video, the leopard is seen…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: ‘Elephant numbers in state up by 350’, says minister
Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology Eshwar B. Khandre on Wednesday said that the number of elephants in the state has gone up by 350. A census was conducted as…
- India
Wild tusker ‘Arikomban’ is healthy, says TN forest official
Chennai: Rogue tusker ‘Arikomban’ captured by the Tamil Nadu forest department near Cumbum in Theni district and relocated in Forest range in Kalakad Tiger Reserve in Tirunelveli district is healthy. All is…
- Bangalore
Photo of fishing net stuck to deer antlers in Karnataka goes viral
Mysuru: A photo of a fishing net stuck to the antlers of a deer in Karnataka’s Nagarhole Tiger Reserve has gone viral on social media, raising concerns over illegal fishing activity in…
- India
Protests in TN over likely release of rogue elephant Arikomban
Chennai: Local people are in protest near the Manimuthur Checkpost in Tamil Nadu after the forest department brought the rogue elephant Arikomban to the Manimuthar Tiger Reserve for releasing it there. Manimuthur forest…
- News
SP MLA finds another Sarus, wants it to partner with Arif’s crane
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Ravidas Mehrotra seems to have found a partner for the male sarus crane that Amethi farmer, Mohd Arif, had rescued in March and is presently at the…
- India
MiG-29’s additional fuel tank dislodges during training, falls in forest
Kolkata: An additional fuel tank of a MiG-29 aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) got dislodged during a training session on Monday, and fell in a forest area near the Kalaikunda…
- India
MP: Tiger dead in Panna reserve, territorial fight suspected
Panna: A tiger was found dead in the Panna Tiger Reserve of Madhya Pradesh, forest department officials said on Monday. The carcass of T-7, in the 3-4 months age group, was located…
- Telangana
Telangana: Rescued sloth bear released in forest
Hyderabad: Telangana Forest Department has rescued a sloth bear which was hiding in a house in Suryapet and released it in forest, officials said on Tuesday. The District Forest Officer, Suryapeta rescued…
- India
NHAI enables FASTag-based payments at forest entry points
New Delhi: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has enabled FASTag-based payments at forest entry points to facilitate seamless and efficient process for vehicles entering the forest areas. Indian Highways Management Company…
- India
Maha: Man mauled to death by tiger in Chandrapur forest
Chandrapur: A 50-year-old man was mauled to death by a tiger in a forest in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district on Sunday, an official said. The victim Bhajandas Parohi had ventured into Junona forest…
- India
Elephant herd force Niligiri Mountain train to stop in middle of the track
Coimbatore: The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) train, which left from Mettupalayam near here, has to stop in the midway as a herd of elephants was standing across the railway track on Friday.…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP Forest dept shifts tiger cubs to in-situ facility in Tirupati
Tirupati: After failing to reunite four tiger cubs found in a village in Nandyala district of Andhra Pradesh with their mother, the Forest department has safely shifted the litter to an in-situ…
- India
Karnataka: Forest watcher dies in wild elephant attack
Mysuru: A forest watcher has been killed in Karnataka’s Mysuru district after he was attacked by a wild elephant while he was on patrolling duty, an official said on Saturday. The incident…