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Phulbani (Odisha), March 14 Three people were killed by separate groups of elephants in the jungles of the Kandhamal district, forest officials said on Saturday.Two people died in the Damba forest in the Petapanfa gram panchayat on Friday evening, while another man met a similar fate in the...

Kodagu (Karnataka), March 13 The wild elephant that caused the death of a 49-year-old coffee farmer was captured on Friday by the Forest Department in a coordinated operation, officials said.Ganapathi was trampled to death by the same wild elephant on Thursday afternoon when he went to his...

Raipur, March 13 Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has ordered strict action after cases of illegal opium cultivation surfaced in three places in the state in the past couple of weeks, an official said on Friday.Illegal cultivation of narcotics will not be tolerated under any...

New Delhi, March 13 The Environment Ministry has amended forest conservation norms by removing the mandatory requirement of having a nodal officer conduct a field inspection for every project involving more than 100 hectares of forest land diversion.With this move, it has now allowed...

Hyderabad, March 13 – After a lengthy legal battle, the Telangana government has declared the Gurramguda forest area in the Amangal division of the Rangareddy district as a reserve forest, a senior official said on Friday.The state government has issued a Government Order (GO) notifying 424...

Chaibasa, March 13 A wild elephant killed a pregnant woman in the Goilkera area of Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, a police officer said.The incident occurred on Thursday night when the 30-year-old woman, Rani Boipai, came out of her home in Kuida village, suspecting the presence of an...

Amaravati, March 12 – Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday directed district collectors to focus on investment proposals and continuously take measures to attract industries across districts.During the second day of the sixth District Collectors' Conference, the CM...

Madikeri (Karnataka), March 12 A 49-year-old coffee farmer died in an elephant attack on Thursday, officials said.The incident occurred around midday when Ganapathi went to his coffee plantation near Siddapura in the Virajpet taluk of the Kodagu district, they said.According to the forest...

Jaipur, March 12 A leopard entered a residential area in the Sikar district of Rajasthan on Thursday and attacked a 65-year-old woman inside a house, police said.The incident occurred in Ward 23 of the Reengus town, causing panic among residents. The leopard, estimated to be around 5 years...

Amaravati, March 12 – Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday directed district collectors to focus on investment proposals and continuously take measures to attract industries across districts.During the second day of the sixth District Collectors' Conference, the chief...

Chandigarh, March 12 A late-night sighting of a wild animal, suspected to be a leopard, near a dargah in Sector 29 here has put forest and wildlife department officials on alert, prompting a search operation in the area.An official said on Thursday that the animal was spotted in CCTV camera...

Ballia (UP), March 12 A social forestry department employee drowned in a pond while bathing in the Sukhpura area here, police said on Thursday.Lalji Ram, who was working as a field assistant, had gone to bathe in a pond belonging to the forest department on Wednesday when he went too deep and...

Bengaluru, March 12 – A discussion on compensation for deaths caused by wildlife took place in the Karnataka Assembly during the Question and Answer session on Thursday, with Congress MLA Puttarangasetty urging the government to provide financial relief to all victims of snakebites, regardless...

Baripada (Odisha), March 11 Officers from the Odisha forest department arrested a man on Wednesday for allegedly setting fire inside the Similipal Wildlife Sanctuary in the Mayurbhanj district, officials said.While patrolling the Nedam forest on Tuesday evening, staff from the Pithabata North...

Mumbai, March 11 – Congress Legislative Party Leader, Vijay Wadettiwar, launched a scathing attack on the Maharashtra government on Wednesday, exposing alleged malpractices, rising corruption, and administrative chaos within the Revenue, School Education, Medical Education, and Forest...

Kendrapara (Odisha), March 11 A 48-year-old fisherman was killed in an attack by a saltwater crocodile in a village on the outskirts of the Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapara district, Odisha, a forest officer said on Wednesday.Forest and fire brigade personnel later retrieved the...

Gandhinagar, March 11 Ghana has launched the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign after being inspired by India, Gujarat’s Forest and Environment Minister Arjun Modhwadia told the state Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.Responding to a question raised by a legislator, Modhwadia said the tree-planting...

Itanagar, March 11 The Arunachal Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday constituted a committee to study the increasing human-animal conflicts in the state and recommend measures for wildlife protection.Announcing the formation of the committee, Speaker Tesam Pongte said senior BJP MLA Wanglin...

Ahmedabad, March 11 A five-year-old boy was killed by a lioness in the Amreli district of Gujarat, a forest official said on Wednesday.The incident occurred at Manavav village in the Dhari taluka on Tuesday evening.The lioness attacked the son of a farm labourer from Madhya Pradesh. As...

Imphal, March 11 Security forces arrested six militants, belonging to various banned groups, from three districts of Manipur, a police statement said on Wednesday.Three active members of the banned People's Liberation Army were apprehended on Monday in the stretch between BP-75 and BP-80 in...