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- Hate Crime
Telangana: Husband, woman kill Dalit youth, dump body in forest
Hyderabad: A 31-year-old Dalit man was allegedly murdered by a married couple and the wife’s cousin and later discarded in Telangana’s Karimnagar district. The decomposed body of the victim, Joola Vamshi, was…
- India
Grief and anger after leopard kills Bengaluru boy at Male Mahadeshwara Hills
Bengaluru: The final rites of eight-year-old Harshith Gowda, who was killed in a leopard attack during a pilgrimage, were performed in Bengaluru on Monday, may 11, The incident has sparked outrage among…
- Telangana
The man who built a forest from scratch in Telangana was almost murdered in it
Hyderabad: A lifelong effort to create a forest, several government accolades and half a century of environmental activism that inspired generations. None of it was enough to protect Dusharla Satyanarayana from the men…
- Telangana
No toilets, tribal kids brave snakes in forest: NHRC asks Telangana to explain
Hyderabad: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday, May 5, took cognisance of alleged human rights violations at a Tribal Welfare Residential School in Bommareddygudem village, in Telangana’s Sangareddy district, directing the…
- Telangana
Telangana to implement satellite-based crop planning from next season
Hyderabad: Telangana Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said the state will implement satellite-based crop planning from the next agricultural season. He said satellite imaging will be used to estimate crop acreage across…
- India
57-year-old woman mauled to death by leopard in UP village, locals hold protest
Bijnor: A 57-year-old woman was mauled to death by a leopard while she was working with her husband in a field near a forest here, police said on Saturday, March 28. The…
- Telangana
Five-member gang caught for hunting wild boar in Penuballi mandal
Hyderabad: Forest officials have apprehended a group of five people for allegedly hunting a wild boar on Peddacheruvu hillock in Tallapenta village of Penuballi mandal on Wednesday, March 18. Acting on a…
- Telangana
Gurramguda area in Telangana’s Rangareddy declared reserve forest
Hyderabad: After a long legal battle, the Telangana government has declared Gurramguda forest area in the Amangal division in Rangareddy district as a reserve forest, a senior official said on Friday, March…
- Hyderabad
Telangana: TFDC to conduct walk-in interviews for naturalists on March 7
Hyderabad: The Telangana Forest Development Corporation (TFDC) will conduct walk-in interviews for the posts of naturalist and juniour naturalist on March 7 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Roles and responsibities According…
- Telangana
Vana Prakshalan drive promotes forest cleanliness in Vikarabad
Hyderabad: A forest cleanliness and awareness initiative titled Vana Prakshalan was successfully conducted at the Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple. The programme brought together volunteers, officials and support staff to promote sustainable waste…
- Telangana
Telangana MP seeks forest project clearances from Environment Minister
Hyderabad: Telangana MP from Peddapalli Vamsi Krishna on Friday, February 13, met Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav and sought clearances for major forest and rural projects in the state. The two leaders…
- Hyderabad
Tipai: A weekend getaway where wildlife meets luxury
Hyderabad: When you think of tiger reserves or about going to watch wildlife, luxury or food aren’t usually that come to mind first. But honestly, the two nights I spent at Tipai…
- India
Assam: Second phase of eviction at Rengma forest begins
Golaghat: The Assam government on Monday started the second phase of eviction inside Rangma reserve forest in Golaghat district to remove encroachments from around 26 hectares of land, displacing 41 families, an…
- India
Tigress found dead in MP’s Kanha National Park
Mandla: A tigress has died after getting stuck in a gap between two rocks on a hillock at the Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Wednesday. The big…
- Featured News
Development or prosperity? Hyderabad’s forests ask a bigger question
By Anjana Divakar Somewhere between the sleek glass towers of Hyderabad’s IT corridor and the ever-expanding urban sprawl lies a vanishing piece of the city’s soul—its forests. The clearing of nearly 400…
