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Palakkad (Kerala), March 10 A forest guard was killed in an attack by a wild elephant in Palakkad district, Kerala, on Tuesday, police said.The deceased, identified as Shaiju (28), had been working as a guard in the department for the past three years.The incident occurred at Chenerikkunnu...

Chandrapur, March 10 A 48-year-old man was killed in a tiger attack in the buffer zone of the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra on Tuesday, according to officials from the forest department.The deceased, identified as Jagan Dhurve, a resident of...

Gairsain, March 10 Uttarakhand Forest Minister Subodh Uniyal stated on Tuesday that from the formation of the state in 2000 to January this year, 1,296 people have lost their lives due to human-wildlife conflict.Uniyal was responding to a question raised by BJP MLA Braj Bhushan Gairola in the...

Bengaluru, March 10 Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre said on Tuesday that a 7-km railway barrier has been approved for the Madikeri division and 20 km for the Nagarhole division in 2025-26 to reduce human-elephant conflict in the region.Responding to a proposal raised by BJP MLC Suja...

Ranchi, March 10 A five-month-old tribal girl died and her mother sustained injuries after a wild elephant pushed down the wall of their house in Jharkhand's Gumla district, police said on Tuesday.The incident occurred in Patratoli village under Sargao Panchayat on Monday night, when a wild...

Panaji, March 10 The Goa government will draft a policy on managing human-animal wildlife conflict after studying the models adopted by states like Kerala and Karnataka, Forest Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Tuesday.He was responding to a question raised by Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao in...

Jaipur, March 9 A four-year-old male tiger was tranquilized and captured by forest department teams on Monday evening after it ventured into agricultural fields in Ranthambore.Deputy Conservator of Forests (Ranthambore First Circle) Manas Singh said that the tiger, fitted with a radio collar...

Kodagu (Karnataka), March 9 A 55-year-old woman was killed after she was attacked by a wild elephant in this district on Monday, officials said.The deceased, identified as Jalajakshi, was a resident of Balegundi in Valnoor village of Kushalnagar taluk.According to forest department...

Yerravaripalem (Andhra Pradesh), March 9 Two elephants died from electrocution on Monday, allegedly after coming into contact with illegal electric snares near the Talakona Reserve forest in the Tirupati district, the forest department said.The elephants, reportedly around 12 years old, were...

Morena, March 9 A fully grown crocodile was rescued after it wandered into a wheat farm, causing panic among villagers in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh, a forest official said on Monday.The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon in Masoodpur village in the Sarai Chola area when some...

Jaipur, March 8 A tiger from the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur district strayed out of the forest and reached the vicinity of a five-star hotel early Sunday, officials said.The big cat was first spotted on camera installed near a farmhouse around 4:30 am. It...

Mumbai, March 8 Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad alleged on Sunday that the Maharashtra government was extending repeated concessions to a prominent conglomerate despite claiming financial strain due to welfare schemes.In a statement on X, Gaikwad said it was not the government's...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 8 The Kerala government has extended the validity of orders permitting the controlled culling of wild boars that stray into human habitations and cause damage to life, property, and crops by one year.According to a recent order issued by the state Forest Department...

Dhar (MP), March 7 A sub-tehsildar and a Public Works Department (PWD) sub-divisional officer were among five people bitten by a monkey in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, on Saturday, an official said.The incident occurred in Badnawar, about 50 kilometers from the district headquarters, he...

Palghar, March 7 A meeting of the Vasai Taluka Mangrove Conservation Committee in Palghar district was held on Saturday to review measures for protecting mangrove forests and preventing encroachments in the Vasai-Virar region, an official said.The meeting, which took place in the SDO office in...

Ranchi, March 7 The Jharkhand forest department is expecting approval from the NTCA this month for its proposal to relocate three tigers, 50 bison, and 50 sambar deer from Madhya Pradesh to the Palamau Tiger Reserve, and plans to begin the process after the summer season, an official said on...

Mumbai, March 7 The Maharashtra government has decided to send 50 leopards to the Reliance Foundation's Vantara wildlife rescue and conservation center, located in Jamnagar, Gujarat, sources close to state forest minister Ganesh Naik have said.The forest department made the decision to...

Mumbai, March 6 The Maharashtra government has decided to send 50 leopards to Reliance Foundation's Vantara wildlife rescue and conservation centre, located in Jamnagar in neighboring Gujarat, sources close to state forest minister Ganesh Naik said on Friday.The decision was made by the forest...

Panaji, March 6 – Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant presented the state's budget for 2026-27 in the assembly on Friday, with an outlay of Rs 30,195 crore and a revenue surplus of Rs 1,666 crore.He asserted that the coastal state has significantly benefited from support from the Union...

Lucknow, March 6 To promote the conservation of the sarus crane – the state bird of Uttar Pradesh – and to boost eco-tourism, the Yogi Adityanath government is establishing a Sarus Circuit in the state, officials said on Friday.The Sarus Circuit, being developed in the wetlands of the Mainpuri...