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Gondia, March 30 The Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) in Gondia, Maharashtra, will gain control of the buffer zone surrounding it from April 1, which officials said on Monday will improve the operational efficiency of the facility.The decision to transfer control of the buffer zone was...

Jodhpur, March 27 Emphasizing a reformative approach in criminal justice, the Rajasthan High Court has granted bail to two accused arrested in January this year in an alleged ATM theft case, while directing them to plant five trees daily for a month and ensure their upkeep through community...

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), March 29 Days after a seven-year-old girl was killed in a leopard attack here, the forest department has captured the big cat suspected of being involved in the attack, officials said on Sunday.The leopard was trapped in a cage in the Sinhauna village of the Singahi area...

Bhopal, March 29 A tiger fitted with a radio collar has allegedly been poisoned to death near the Satpura Tiger Reserve (STR) in Madhya Pradesh, following which police have arrested five individuals, officials said.The accused, who laced the tiger's carcass with poison, allegedly took this...

JAMMU, MARCH 28: Minister of Forests, Ecology, and Environment, Javed Ahmad Rana, stated that the Wildlife Department has implemented measures to mitigate the conflict between humans and wild boars around the Dachigam National Park, including the New Theed village.These measures include a 3 km...

Nashik, March 28 A leopard wandered into a residential area in Satpur, Nashik, on Saturday, causing panic among residents, officials said.The leopard was tranquilized after a four-hour effort by personnel from the forest, police, and district administration, they added.The big cat was...

Satna, March 28 A female sambar deer was killed by a pack of stray dogs in a rice paddy field in Satna district, Madhya Pradesh, on Saturday, according to a forest department official.The incident occurred in the morning in ward number 15 of Chaubepur village, near the Chitrakoot nag...

Jammu, March 27 Two government officials – a forester and a forest guard – were arrested after they were caught red-handed taking a bribe in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said.The two were caught after the ACB laid a trap following a...

Jaipur, March 27 – A cheetah that strayed from Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park has entered Rajasthan, causing panic in the Pipalda Sammel village under the Madanpura panchayat in the Sultanpur area of the Kota district.The cheetah, KP-2, was spotted moving through fields and residential...

Ranchi, March 26 – The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday criticized both the state government and the Forest Department for their lax attitude towards tiger conservation at the Palamu Tiger Reserve.Hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), a bench of Chief Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice...

Patna, March 25 – An atmosphere of fear has gripped the Nawada district as a herd of wild Asian elephants continues to cause havoc in rural areas in search of food due to shrinking habitats and deforestation.In the village of Suartoli, under the Rajauli Hardiya Panchayat, a 30-year-old man...

Shravasti (UP), March 24 Police have arrested six more people in connection with allegedly preparing and disposing of non-vegetarian food during an iftar party near the Sonpathri Ashram Temple here, bringing the total number of arrests to 10, officials said on Tuesday.Four people were arrested...

New Delhi, March 24 Four greater one-horned rhinos were released from a rehabilitation area into a suitable grassland habitat at the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh during a relocation exercise conducted on Monday and Tuesday.With this, the total number of rhinos in the wild at the...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 24 The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has directed authorities to expedite the issuance of a legal heirship certificate to enable the disbursement of the remaining compensation to the family of a mahout who was killed in an elephant attack in Kottoor recently...

Bhubaneswar, March 24 More than 14,433 hectares of forest land have been diverted for 176 mining projects in Odisha over the past 10 years, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia told the state Assembly on Tuesday.During this period, more than 11,214 hectares...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, March 24 Following a series of attacks by honeybees near the world-famous Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra, the forest department has appealed to visitors to avoid loud noises and strong perfumes that attract the insects, and has announced plans to launch an awareness...

Mumbai, March 23 Maharashtra Forest Minister Ganesh Naik said on Monday that it was the state government that asked Reliance Foundation to accommodate leopards in its Vantara facility and added that 25 big cats have already been sent there.Speaking in the legislative council during the...

Baripada (Odisha), March 23 The Odisha forest department has arrested nine people and seized the skin of a rare melanistic tiger during a crackdown in the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR), an official said on Monday.The arrests and seizure were made on Sunday by the special enforcement wing of...

Bhubaneswar, March 23 The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has sought a report on the alleged proposal to fell more than 2,000 mature trees for the construction of a new building at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, from the Odisha Forest...

Shivamogga (Karnataka), March 23 – The Karnataka government has decided to honor trainee veterinarian Dr. Sameeksha Reddy, who died in a hippopotamus attack last week at the Shivamogga Zoo, by naming a newborn elephant calf after her.Chairman of the Karnataka Zoo Authority, N. Rangaswamy, made...