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Berhampur (Odisha), March 22 Panic gripped villagers in the Patrapur block of Odisha's Ganjam district after a video of a suspected leopard sitting on a nearby hill went viral on social media.However, forest officials said they found no footprints or received any reports of livestock being...

Ranchi, March 22 Jharkhand's Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force, Sanjeev Kumar, emphasized the urgent need to balance development with sustainability on Sunday, and called for widespread adoption of green technology to reduce environmental damage.With continuous...

Ranchi, March 22 Jharkhand's Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force, Sanjeev Kumar, emphasized on Sunday the urgent need to balance development with sustainability, and called for widespread adoption of green technology to reduce environmental damage.Due to continuous...

Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh), March 22 As many as 15 deer were killed after a pack of stray dogs attacked them inside an enclosure at an animal rescue center in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh, officials said on Sunday.The forest department has suspended four officials, including a deputy ranger...

Wayanad (Kerala), March 22 The Forest Department has launched an operation to tranquilize and capture a wild elephant that has repeatedly raided crops and posed a threat to human lives in Vadakkanad, officials said on Sunday.According to forest officials, efforts are being made to capture the...

Kota, March 20 The carcasses of 12 peacocks, ranging from two to seven days old, were found in the buffer zone of the Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve in the Indergarh range of the Bundi district on Friday afternoon. Officials suspect that a disease may have caused the deaths.Meanwhile, seven...

Udhagamandalam (Tamil Nadu), March 20 A tourist was rescued in the early hours of Friday after falling into a 150-foot-deep gorge while attempting to take a selfie at the Oosimalai Viewpoint near Gudalur in the Nilgiris district.The victim, identified as Sivagurunathan of Chengalpet district...

Bengaluru, March 20 A veterinarian at the Tavarekoppa Lion and Safari Zoo in Shivamogga died after being attacked by a hippopotamus while providing medical care to the animal inside its enclosure.The deceased, Dr Sameeksha Reddy (26), had recently been appointed on a contract basis, according...

Kohima, March 19 Nagaland Forest Minister C L John on Thursday called for urgent action to address the rising human-elephant conflict and deforestation, as he stressed the need for stronger community engagement and stricter enforcement measures to protect the state's biodiversity.Addressing...

Una (HP), March 19 According to villagers, approximately 1,000 Khair trees, worth crores of rupees, have allegedly been cut down in the forest in the Jhamber Panchayat area of the Una district.The issue came to light on Wednesday when villagers went to the forest and discovered that a large...

Mathura (UP), March 18 The Uttar Pradesh forest department has stepped up measures to tackle the monkey menace in Vrindavan and Govardhan here in view of President Droupadi Murmu's visit, with langur cut-outs to be placed at vulnerable points to deter monkeys, officials said on Wednesday...

Mumbai, March 18 Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray alleged on Wednesday that authorities were carrying out fake replanting and compensatory afforestation, and demanded a halt to the felling of mangroves for the Versova-Bhayandar Coastal Road in North Mumbai.Raising the issue in the...

Mumbai, March 18 – Congress Legislative Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar raised serious concerns in the Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday over organized teak smuggling syndicates, alleging they operate with political patronage in Naxal-affected regions of the state.Speaking during the Question...

Mirzapur (UP), March 17 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inspected the construction work of Maa Vindhyavasini University on Tuesday and directed officials to complete it by May 31.According to an official statement, the CM also instructed officials to ensure the construction of...

Chamarajanagar (Karnataka), March 17 A tigress is believed to have died due to electrocution on farmland in a village in this district, officials said on Tuesday.The incident occurred in Padaguru village in the Gundlupete taluk, near the Bandipur Tiger Reserve, they said.The tigress was...

Ranchi, March 17 Jharkhand Minister Yogendra Prasad said on Tuesday that the state government has approved the repair of over 1.44 lakh hand pumps across the state in preparation for the summer season.Funds for this purpose have also been released, he said."There will be no water shortage...

Shimla, March 16 BJP state president Rajiv Bindal accused the Himachal Pradesh government on Monday of "shielding" the accused who illegally felled more than 300 trees in the Shillai assembly constituency of the Sirmaur district.He said that the way in which hundreds of pine trees were cut...

Mumbai, March 16 A 9-foot-long crocodile entered the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay campus early on Monday and was later rescued by wildlife experts, officials said.IIT security staff spotted the reptile on the campus, located in Mumbai's Powai area, and immediately alerted the...

Morena, March 14 – A coordinated and quick response from emergency services – 'Dial 112' and the police – has ensured timely medical aid for a peacock, India's national bird, who had sustained injuries due to unknown causes in the Morena district of Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Saturday...

Jammu, March 14 Director General of the Territorial Army, Lt Gen Girish Kalia, visited the 'Chinar Eco Warriors' ecological battalion in Samba district on Saturday to review its role in the greening of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said.The program is being implemented in close...