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Pilibhit (UP), March 6 A forest department patrol team was allegedly attacked by suspected timber smugglers and villagers in the Mala range of the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, leaving five forest officials injured, police said on Friday.However, the villagers accused the forest department team of...

Lucknow, March 6 – The Sarus Crane, the tallest flying bird primarily found in the Gangetic plains, which have recently been facing survival threats, are part of a comprehensive plan by the Uttar Pradesh government to conserve them and protect their natural habitats.The Yogi Adityanath...

Banaskantha, March 6: Gujarat is set to establish its first high-tech nursery in the Davas village of Deesa taluka in the Banaskantha district, covering approximately 13 acres at an estimated cost of Rs 3.5 crore.The project, overseen by the Gujarat Forest Department and the Social Forestry...

Uttarkashi, March 5 A 28-year-old man died on Thursday after being struck by falling rocks on the Gangotri National Highway, allegedly caused by a forest fire in the area, officials said.According to officials from the District Disaster Control Room, the incident occurred between Ganeshpur and...

Korba (Chhattisgarh), March 5 The in-charge of a paddy procurement center was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Korba district, Chhattisgarh, in the early hours of Thursday. His wife and a few employees narrowly escaped the attack, officials of the forest department said.The incident...

Chennai, March 5 – The Tamil Nadu government has announced a major initiative to promote the cultivation of high-value timber trees on agricultural lands to help farmers diversify their income while expanding the state's green cover.The move also aims to simplify existing regulations governing...

In the world-renowned tourist town of Kullu in Himachal Pradesh, the state government is developing unexplored tourist destinations in the Kullu district under its Eco-Tourism initiative. The Forest Department, Kullu Circle, has identified more than 16 eco-tourism sites. Of these, five...

The state government in Himachal Pradesh is developing the relatively untouched tourist destinations in the Kullu district as part of its eco-tourism initiative. The Kullu Circle of the Forest Department has identified over 16 eco-tourism sites for this purpose. Five of these sites have been...

Seoni, March 3 A tiger killed a woman and partially consumed her body on Tuesday in the Beharai forest range of Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, according to an official.Anita Chaudhary, the woman, was collecting forest produce with her husband Roopkumar near the Pandharwani village when the...

Agartala, March 3 Tripura Forest Minister Animesh Debbarma said on Tuesday that the state government will construct four "elephant passes" in Mungiakami, in the Khowai district, to allow for their free and safe movement.Mungiakami, located at the foothills of the Atharamura range, has been...

Lucknow, March 3 – The Yogi Adityanath-led government is on a mission to transform Uttar Pradesh into a ‘green state’, and this is evident from the large-scale tree planting initiatives in recent years.According to official estimates, over 242 crore saplings have been planted across the state...

Malkangiri (Odisha), March 2 Officers from the Odisha forest department rescued 210 live Indian flap-shell turtles on Monday, allegedly being smuggled in a vehicle in the Malkangiri district, officials said.During a search operation, forest personnel intercepted an SUV inside a forest near...

Khunti, March 2 A sub-adult elephant, which fell into a 20-foot well, was rescued after a three-hour operation in Khunti district, Jharkhand, on Monday, a forest department official said.The incident occurred at the Serengdih village, under the Sadar police station, around midday."After a...

Hyderabad, March 2 Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on Monday alleged serious irregularities, procedural lapses, and legal violations in the e-auction of mining blocks in Suryapet district of Telangana.In a letter addressed to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, the...

Khunti (Jharkhand), March 2 – A wild elephant that had wandered into a residential area of the district headquarters in Khunti, Jharkhand, fell into an open well in the Dandtoli (Anigara) locality on Monday afternoon, causing panic among residents.The animal was safely rescued by the Forest...

Korba, March 2 A 26-year-old man was attacked and killed by a bear in the Korba district of Chhattisgarh, a forest official said on Monday.The body of Santosh Kumar Gond, a resident of Salaigot village in the Kendai range of the Katghora forest division, was found in the nearby forest in the...

Ranchi, March 2 – A man was killed on Monday after a wild elephant wandered into a residential area near the Ratu police station, on the outskirts of Ranchi.The incident has caused panic among residents in nearby areas.The incident occurred in Pali village, where the elephant attacked and...

Pilibhit (UP), March 1 The carcass of an adult male tiger was found in the Mahof range of the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Sunday.The forest department is treating the case as "suspicious," they said, adding that the cause of the big cat's death will only be...

Chandrapur, February 28 Two people were killed by wild animals in the Mul and Moharli areas of Chandrapur district on Saturday, according to officials from the forest department.Kashinath Shivaram Lonwale (60), a resident of Padmapur, was killed by a wild animal around 6 pm in compartment no...

Shimla, February 28 A leopard was found dead in the Dhalun area of the Kangra district, officials said on Saturday.Following the information, a team from the forest department arrived at the scene and secured the carcass.District Forest Officer (DFO) Amit Sharma said the leopard's death was...