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Jaipur, February 23 – The growing problem of monkeys entering residential areas and attacking people was raised in the Rajasthan Assembly on Monday, with Congress MLA from Shahpura, Manish Yadav, drawing attention to the issue through a Calling Attention Motion.Responding to the motion...

Ghaziabad (UP), February 23 Ten peacocks were found dead, and one was recovered in an unconscious state near a radish field in a village here on Monday, forest department officials said.The incident came to light when a farmer in Pachayara village, checking his wheat crops, spotted the fallen...

BHADERWAH, FEBRUARY 22: Additional Deputy Commissioner Sunil Kumar Bhutyal led a large-scale tree planting drive in the village of Domanda, in collaboration with the Forest Department and local residents.Bhaderwah DFO Davinder Kumar and Tehsildar Kamalpreet Singh, along with officials and...

Chikkamagalur (Karnataka), February 23 – The death of a woman labourer in a wild elephant attack in the village of Hunasagi in Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka, triggered protests and a shutdown in parts of the region on Monday.At least ten police officers were injured in stone-throwing, and...

Berhampur (Odisha), February 22 Two people were killed by a wild elephant in the Ganjam district of Odisha on Sunday, officials said.The victims were identified as Urmila Rout (53) and Gopinath Pradhan (67), residents of Jalameripalli village in the Digapahandi block.The incident occurred...

Itanagar, February 22 An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Arunachal Pradesh Police was killed by a wild elephant in the Lohit district, a senior officer said on Sunday.ASI Martin Lego (40) of the Sunpura police station, along with two friends, had gone to the Lohit riverbank for a morning...

Ballia (UP), February 22 A sub-inspector from the Forest Department here has been booked for allegedly having physical relations with a woman under false pretenses of marriage, police said on Sunday.According to police sources, a 33-year-old woman from a village in the Rasra area lodged a...

Ranchi, February 21 Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday said his government was preparing a standard operating procedure (SOP) to check man-animal conflicts, implement mitigation measures, and simplify the compensation process in the state.Responding to a question by Congress MLA...

Ranchi, February 21 Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday said his government was preparing a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to check man-animal conflicts, implement mitigation measures, and simplify the compensation process in the state.Responding to a question by Congress MLA...

Jammu, February 20 A total of 41,944 claims have been received across Jammu and Kashmir under the Forest Rights Act, with 28,925 individual forest rights claims and 13,019 community forest rights claims, the Union Territory government informed the assembly on Friday.The Forest Rights Act...

Shahdol, February 19 A team of forest department employees were taken hostage by timber smugglers in Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh, before quick intervention by the police led to their rescue, an official said on Thursday.The hostage situation occurred in the night of February 18-19 in the...

Ranchi, February 19 – The issue of elephant attacks dominated discussions in the Jharkhand Assembly on Thursday, as MLAs expressed concern over the rising number of deaths and called for urgent government intervention.On the second day of the Budget Session, Nirmal Mahto, an MLA from Mandu...

Fire damages Jadav Payeng’s Molai Forest 2.0Individuals are alleged to have set fire to Molai Forest 2.0, causing extensive damage to the man-made forest in the Jorhat-Majuli area.The fire was reported on Wednesday, resulting in damage to nearly 200 hectares of forest land. The forest...

Kochi, February 19 A petition has been filed in the Kerala High Court seeking to immediately halt pineapple cultivation activities at the Athirappilly and Kallal plantation estates here, claiming that it poses a significant ecological risk.The public interest litigation by wildlife activist...

Raipur, February 18 – The impact of the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyay Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) scheme is becoming visible in the hamlets and remote villages of Chhattisgarh. Tribal women in the village of Jagima in the Balrampur district are witnessing a significant change in their lives...

Jammu, February 18 – Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah told the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday that there are over one lakh daily wage and casual laborers currently employed by various government departments.The Chief Minister assured the Assembly that a legally sustainable...

Rampur (UP), February 18 The Rampur forest division in Uttar Pradesh has uncovered an inter-state gang involved in the illegal felling and transportation of 'khair' wood, seizing over 500 quintals of the valuable timber from Punjab and arresting three individuals, officials said on Wednesday...

Raisen (Madhya Pradesh), February 17 A forest official and another person were critically injured after a former employee of the forest department fired at them due to a personal dispute in Raisen, Madhya Pradesh, on Tuesday, before taking his own life, police said.The incident took place at...

Rourkela, February 17 Five people were arrested in the Sundargarh district of Odisha for allegedly killing a wild boar as part of a ritual during Shivratri, officials said on Tuesday.Around 80 kg of meat and the skin were seized from them.Personnel from the Forest Department conducted a raid...

Palakkad (Kerala), February 17 The opposition Congress on Tuesday criticized the Kerala government over its ongoing Nava Kerala Survey initiative, alleging that it was an attempt to channel government funds to the ruling CPI(M) and its youth wing, DYFI, for election campaigning.The ruling...