forest department

Bhubaneswar, April 6 Expressing dissatisfaction over the lack of meaningful action to stop illegal activities along the Mahanadi riverbed and floodplain in Cuttack, Odisha, the National Green Tribunal has constituted a joint committee to examine the matter and submit a report within 15 days...

Mumbai, April 6 A six-foot-long crocodile was rescued from a dry pit after a 15-hour operation by the Forest Department in a village near Murbad in Thane district on Monday, officials said.The reptile had been sighted multiple times in the past few months in and around Masle Talao, an ancient...

Balodabazar, April 5 A volunteer program launched by the forest department in the Balodabazar-Bhatapara district of Chhattisgarh to strengthen community participation in wildlife conservation has received an encouraging response since its launch last month, an official said on Sunday."The...

Agartala, April 4 – Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, after visiting the house of an elderly woman who was killed by a wild elephant in the state’s Khowai district on Saturday morning, said the state government would do everything possible to help the affected tribal family.The incident took...

Jaipur, April 4 Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma said on Saturday that the state government aims to plant 10 crore saplings this monsoon season under the 'Mission Hariyalo Rajasthan'.Chairing a review meeting of the forest department, Sharma directed the officials to complete all...

Pilibhit (UP), April 3 A father risked his life to save his teenage son from a crocodile here, officials said on Friday.The incident took place in Nagariya Sahgawan village in the Jehanabad area when the boy, Mohit Kumar (around 14 years old), was attacked by a crocodile while accompanying his...

Pauri, April 3 – A four-year-old girl was killed in a leopard attack in the Pauri district of Uttarakhand, officials said on Friday.The incident occurred around 9 pm on Thursday in the Bhatkot village in the Pokhra area, where the child, Drishti Rawat, was having dinner with her sister and...

In Jammu and Kashmir, over 18 million acres of land have been illegally occupied, with only 29,000 acres recovered so far.According to official data, a total of 18,38,735.42 acres of land, including 17,22,993 acres of state land and 1,15,742.42 acres of forest land, have been illegally...

Gaurela (Chhattisgarh), April 3 A 55-year-old man was killed by a wild elephant in the Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district of Chhattisgarh on Friday, according to forest officials.Trilochan Singh, the victim, was collecting mahua flowers in the forest near his house in Dandiya village, under the...

Jaipur, April 2 A barking deer has gone missing from the Nahargarh Biological Park near Jaipur for the past two days, and forest officials have yet to locate the animal.According to officials, the deer was found missing from its enclosure two days ago, causing concern among the staff of the...

Rishikesh, April 2 The Uttarakhand government has sought permission from the Union environment ministry to cut down over 19,000 Sal trees within the Dehradun Forest Division that have been damaged by the larvae of Sal borers, and to conduct a "Tree Trap Operation," said the state's Forest...

New Delhi, April 2 The Delhi government has drawn up an action plan to intensify tree plantation and greening activities across schools for the 2026–27 academic session, setting a target of planting 3.5 lakh saplings.According to the plan issued by the Directorate of Education (DoE), the...

Ranchi, April 2 A sub-adult elephant, which fell into a 45-foot-deep well in the Ranchi district of Jharkhand, was rescued after a three-hour operation on Thursday, a forest department official said.The elephant, which was part of a herd of four, fell into the well around 1 am at the Saryad...

Nainital, April 2 The Uttarakhand High Court directed the Mussoorie municipality not to cut down any trees without obtaining the necessary permission from the forest department, and asked the state government to file their responses in this matter.A division bench of Chief Justice Manoj Kumar...

Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), April 2 An official in the Forest Department has come under scrutiny after a video surfaced allegedly showing him demanding a bribe from a farmer who lost areca nut and banana crops in an elephant attack.The video, now widely circulating on social media, purportedly...

Chaibasa, April 2 A fully grown elephant was found dead under mysterious circumstances in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand on Thursday, a police officer said.Villagers informed the forest department about the carcass of the elephant on Thursday morning.Sub-Divisional Police Officer...

Jaipur, March 31 Jungle safaris in Rajasthan will become more expensive for tourists starting April 1, as the forest department has increased entry fees by 10% across all national parks, tiger reserves, and wildlife sanctuaries, officials said.The revised rates, which will be in effect for two...

Mumbai, March 31 Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Tukaram Mundhe was transferred by the Maharashtra government on Tuesday, his 24th posting in 21 years of his career in the civil service.Mundhe, considered an honest civil servant, was among several IAS officers who were...

Bahraich (UP), March 31 Forest department personnel recovered the carcass of a female elephant in the Bichhiya area of the Katarniaghat wildlife sanctuary here on Tuesday morning, a senior official said.The elephant, estimated to be 20-25 years old, died under natural circumstances, and there...

Itanagar, March 31 A 12-member expert team from Karnataka has been deployed in Deomali, in the Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh, to track and relocate an elephant that has been responsible for several human casualties in the area over the past two years, officials said on Tuesday.The team...