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Gondia, Apr 11 A 7-year-old boy was killed in a leopard attack in the Arjuni Morgaon tehsil of the Gondia district, a forest department official said on Saturday.The incident took place around 8 pm on Friday when Prajwal Govardhan Meshram was playing in front of his house in the Dhabetekdi...

Bahraich (UP), April 11 A woman and a boy were injured in two separate incidents of leopard attacks within the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary area in the Bahraich district, officials said on Saturday.According to an official, a total of five incidents involving injuries to civilians caused by...

Jamshedpur, April 11 A man was killed by a herd of wild elephants in the Seraikela-Kharsawan district of Jharkhand on Saturday, police said.The incident occurred in the Chandil forest area of Saparoom village, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Tiruldih police station."The deceased...

Jaipur, April 10 A two-day special health check-up camp for elephants began on Friday at Hathi Gaon in Jaipur, with a team of expert veterinarians conducting detailed examinations, officials said.The camp is being organized by the forest department to monitor the health of elephants housed at...

Jaipur, April 10 The forest department has barred three guides and three vehicle drivers from entering the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve after tourists allegedly surrounded a tiger during a safari, officials said on Friday.The action follows an incident reported on April 2 during the evening...

Balrampur (UP), April 10 A 45-year-old man was killed in a leopard attack in a forest area adjacent to the Rehra village in Balrampur district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday, officials said.The victim, identified as Harikant Yadav, had gone to collect flowers in the nearby Sohalwa forest area in...

New Delhi, April 10 The Delhi government will involve religious institutions in a campaign to plant over 70 lakh saplings across the city to boost green cover and tackle air pollution, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Friday.The government will encourage plantations at...

New Delhi, April 10 – Amid concerns about the low survival rate of transplanted trees, the Delhi government has commissioned a scientific study to understand survival trends and plans to import advanced tree transplanting machines from abroad to make the process more effective.Officials said...

Gumla (Jharkhand), April 10 A 28-year-old man was killed by a wild elephant in the Gumla district of Jharkhand on Friday, police said.The incident took place in the forest area of Burhu village, part of the Belagarha panchayat under the jurisdiction of the Ghaghara police station, this...

Bhopal, April 10 A total of 149 leopards died in Madhya Pradesh over the 14 months starting January last year, with accidents accounting for the highest number of fatalities, according to data provided in response to a Right to Information query.While activist Ajay Dube, who filed the RTI...

Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), April 10 – In a tragic incident, 14-year-old Srinanda from Kerala, who had gone missing while trekking with her parents in the mountain ranges of the Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka, was found dead in a mountain gorge on Friday.Authorities, who had been...

Jammu, April 9 – The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has raised serious concerns about the deteriorating condition of lakes in Jammu and Kashmir, revealing that over 74% of the 697 natural lakes in the region – specifically 518 lakes – have either disappeared or significantly shrunk since...

Bengaluru, April 9 Karnataka Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment, Eshwar Khandre, has instructed authorities to formulate a standard operating procedure (SOP) for trekking safety, intended to serve as a national model.The Minister issued the instruction in writing to the chief...

Nanded, April 9 A group of people with disabilities has demanded the cancellation of the transfer of Indian Administrative Service officer Tukaram Mundhe, who served as Secretary in the Divyang Kalyan (Disability Welfare) Department.The group protested outside the Nanded collector's office on...

Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), April 8 A search operation was launched after a 10th-grade student from Kerala went missing during a family trip to Manikyadhara Falls in the Chandradrona hill range, police said on Wednesday.The girl was part of a group of around 40 relatives who had travelled from...

Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), April 8 A search operation was launched after a 10th-grade student from Kerala went missing during a family trip to Manikyadhara Falls in the Chandradrona hill range, police said on Wednesday.The girl was part of a group of around 40 relatives who had traveled from...

Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu), April 8 A herd of Indian bison has left three houses destroyed and six people injured at a tribal settlement near the Government Botanical Garden in this district, officials said on Wednesday.The incident occurred at Garden Mund, a traditional Toda tribal settlement...

Hyderabad, April 7 Telangana DGP B Shivadhar Reddy visited the Karreguttalu hills, a densely forested area in the Mulugu district of Telangana bordering Chhattisgarh, on Tuesday, and declared the area free from Naxal influence.During the visit, he laid the foundation stone for multiple...

New Delhi, April 7 Over 225 acres of forest land in the national capital has been made encroachment-free across multiple forest divisions, according to official data, with the bulk of the clearance reported from the southern parts of the city.Data compiled by the forest department shows that...

Mumbai, April 7 A leopard was spotted inside a residential society near the IT park in the Malad (east) area of Mumbai in the early hours of Tuesday, a forest official said.CCTV cameras at Raheja Heights captured the feline roaming in the parking area between 3 AM and 4 AM. The video of the...