forest department

Jaipur, February 28 A 42-year-old farmer was killed in what is suspected to be a leopard attack near the Sajjangarh Sanctuary in Udaipur district, Rajasthan, police said on Saturday.The incident occurred in a village within the Badi gram panchayat area on Friday night, they said.The body of...

Kochi, February 28 The Kerala High Court has sought the response of the Centre and the state government on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to immediately halt pineapple cultivation activities at the Athirappilly and Kallal plantation estates here, arguing that it poses a significant...

Mumbai, February 27 A total of 420 people were killed in attacks by wild animals in Maharashtra over the past five years, with 248 – more than half of these deaths – being caused solely by tigers, and another 104 by leopards, state Forest Minister Ganesh Naik said on Friday.In a written reply...

Mumbai, February 27 The Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana, the flagship scheme of the Maharashtra government that provides Rs 1,500 per month to eligible women, is creating conditions that are leading to injustice in other departments, BJP minister Ganesh Naik said on Friday.However, the scheme...

Bilaspur (HP), February 27 A group of people involved in smuggling khair (a type of wood) attempted to attack a team from the forest department after they were intercepted in the Bilaspur district, officials said on Friday.The incident took place on Thursday night when three members of the...

The Governor of Punjab and Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh, Gulab Chand Kataria, has approved a 20% horizontal reservation for ex-Agneevs in direct recruitment to the post of Jail Warden (Group C) in the Prisons Department of Chandigarh. This approval was given in accordance...

Stakeholders, officials, and artisans discussed policy support, willow management, GI status, and financial interventions to ensure the sustainable growth of Kashmir's iconic cricket bat industry.February 26, Awantipora: The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), in collaboration...

Sri Vijaya Puram, February 26 A joint team from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) conducted an on-site investigation into the Pawan Hans helicopter crash near Mayabunder in North and Middle Andaman on Thursday.The team...

Mumbai, February 26 An FIR was registered against a popular resort following a raid by a joint team of the Customs and forest department for allegedly keeping exotic animals without authorization, an official said on Thursday.The operation at the Ayush resort revealed the presence of four...

Pathanamthitta (Kerala), February 26 Youth Congress activists staged a protest after a jackfruit allegedly fell on the head of an elderly man at the Pathanamthitta District General Hospital here, officials said on Thursday.Officials at the hospital said the incident occurred on Wednesday when...

Jabalpur, February 26 The Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve lost eight tigers, including four due to electrocution, over two and a half months spanning 2025 and early 2026, according to a report submitted to the Madhya Pradesh High Court.The status report submitted by the field director of the...

Ranchi, February 26 The Jharkhand government has filed a petition with the Supreme Court, seeking clarification on certain aspects of its earlier order directing the declaration of the Saranda Forest Division as a wildlife sanctuary, according to Jamshedpur MLA Saryu Roy, who made the...

Ghaziabad (UP), February 25 The forest department captured the leopard on Wednesday after it was sighted on the premises of a school in the Govindpuram area.Following information received from the Greenfield Public School management, which had spotted the leopard on CCTV, a team from the...

A special training session on forest fire prevention and control was organized by the Forest Department in collaboration with the Fire and Emergency Services in the Nowshera Forest Division of the Rajouri district.The program aimed to educate forest personnel on preventive measures, early...

Ghaziabad (UP), February 25 The forest department launched a search operation on Wednesday in the Govindpuram area after CCTV footage from inside a school here captured a leopard's movement on the premises.Upon receiving information from the Greenfield Public School management, a team from the...

Solar-powered fencing has been installed in Goalpara to prevent conflict between humans and elephants.In Assam, the Forest Department, with support from the voluntary organization Aaranyak, has installed solar-powered fencing in various areas of the Goalpara district.The initiative aims to...

Wayanad (Kerala), February 25 Congress MPs Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will arrive in Kerala on February 26 to participate in the foundation stone laying ceremony for houses to be built by the party for survivors of the Chooralmala-Mundakkai landslide.The landslides claimed over 200...

Kalpetta, February 25 – In a significant outreach to landslide-affected families in Wayanad, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will lay the foundation stone on Thursday for houses being constructed by the party for survivors of the Chooralmala Mundakkai disaster that...

Bhubaneswar, February 24 Over 800 animals were poached in Odisha over the last five years, state forest minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia said in the assembly on Tuesday.In a written reply to a query by BJP legislator Sanjali Murmu, the minister said that 2,836 elephants, tigers, and other wild...

Bhopal, February 24 Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has released five endangered vultures into their natural habitat in the Halali Dam area near Bhopal, and stated that the government is committed to protecting wildlife that supports the ecosystem.Madhya Pradesh has the largest...