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Chaibasa, April 8 A CoBra personnel died after being struck by a falling tree during a storm in the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, police said on Wednesday.The incident occurred at the CRPF camp in Saranda forest's Babudera on Tuesday night, they said.The young personnel, identified...

Kozhikode (Kerala), April 6 She stayed four days alone in a rain-soaked forest, with no food, her mobile phone dying, and only fireflies for company.Kerala trekker G S Sharanya, who was successfully located in the deep forests of the Tadiandamol hills in Karnataka's Kodagu district on Sunday...

Thiruvananthapuram/ Bengaluru, April 5 A 36-year-old woman from Kerala, who was found on Sunday after going missing for four days in the Tadiandamol hills of Karnataka’s Kodagu district, said she “got lost somehow” but never felt afraid during the ordeal.Appearing calm and composed, G S...

Chandauli (UP), April 5 A 30-year-old man is alleged to have killed his wife by hitting her with an iron rod and then dumped her body in a forest here, police said on Sunday.Circle Officer (Sadar) Devendra Kumar identified the deceased as 28-year-old Soni Kharwar. Kumar said that when Soni's...

Bengaluru, April 5 A 36-year-old woman who went trekking in the Tadiandamol hills in the Kodagu district has gone missing inside the forest. Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre said on Sunday that additional personnel and drone cameras have been deployed to search for her.He said Chief...

Wayanad (Kerala), April 3 A wild elephant, affectionately known as "Muttikkomban," was captured on Friday morning after it posed a threat to people and crops in the Vadakkanad area, forest officials said.The operation was carried out on the orders of the chief wildlife warden following...

Gaurela (Chhattisgarh), April 3 A 55-year-old man was killed by a wild elephant in the Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district of Chhattisgarh on Friday, according to forest officials.Trilochan Singh, the victim, was collecting mahua flowers in the forest near his house in Dandiya village, under the...

Chaibasa/Garwah, March 31 Three people were killed by wild elephants in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum and Garwah districts over a 24-hour period, officials said on Tuesday.A 55-year-old woman was killed, and an elderly man was injured in Barkundiya village in West Singhbhum on Monday night.They...

Koderma, March 29 A 55-year-old woman was killed by a wild elephant in Koderma district, Jharkhand, on Sunday, police said.The incident occurred around 5 am when the woman, identified as Sita Devi, had gone to a forest near her residence in Jamu Harladih village, under the Markacho Police...

Satna, March 28 A female sambar deer was killed by a pack of stray dogs in a rice paddy field in Satna district, Madhya Pradesh, on Saturday, according to a forest department official.The incident occurred in the morning in ward number 15 of Chaubepur village, near the Chitrakoot nag...

Bijnor (UP), March 28 A 57-year-old woman was killed by a leopard while she was working in a field near a forest with her husband, police said on Saturday.The incident took place at Hidayatpur Chauhadwala village in the Afzalgarh area on Friday evening.According to Forest Ranger Pradeep...

Korba, March 27 A female bear and her two cubs died after coming into contact with a power line, allegedly illegally installed by a state-run electricity transmission company in the Korba district of Chhattisgarh, officials said on Friday.The incident occurred on Thursday in the Kendai forest...

Bengaluru, March 26 Karnataka Minister Eshwar B Khandre clarified in the Assembly on Thursday that there is no provision to offer government jobs to the legal heirs of persons killed in wildlife attacks, as per existing government orders.Responding to a question by Sringeri MLA T D Rajegowda...

Thane, March 26 Forest authorities have launched an investigation into two cases of monkeys injured by arrows in the Yeoor forest in Thane district, Maharashtra, and have announced a reward of ₹25,000 for information leading to the identification of the perpetrators, officials said on Thursday...

Bhubaneswar, March 24 More than 14,433 hectares of forest land have been diverted for 176 mining projects in Odisha over the past 10 years, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia told the state Assembly on Tuesday.During this period, more than 11,214 hectares...

Sri Vijaya Puram, March 23 Tribal leaders of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands raised concerns on Monday about a major infrastructure project, alleging a lack of transparency, environmental risks, and continued neglect of tribal rights.The project, titled 'Holistic Development of Great Nicobar'...

Wayanad (Kerala), March 22 The Forest Department has launched an operation to tranquilize and capture a wild elephant that has repeatedly raided crops and posed a threat to human lives in Vadakkanad, officials said on Sunday.According to forest officials, efforts are being made to capture the...

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), March 21 (UP) – The carcass of a leopard cub was recovered from a field in the Samapurnanagar range of the Dudhwa buffer zone on Saturday morning. Forest officials attributed the death to an attack by another leopard.Kirti Chaudhary, Deputy Director of the Dudhwa buffer...

In Jammu and Kashmir, security forces have launched search operations following reports of suspected terrorists moving in different locations in the Rajouri, Doda, and Poonch districts. An Akashvani Jammu correspondent reports that a combing operation was launched in Khandli and surrounding...

Jammu, March 18 Security forces have launched search operations following reports of the movement of suspected terrorists in different locations in the Rajouri, Doda, and Poonch districts of J-K, officials said on Wednesday.A combing operation was launched in Khandli and its surrounding areas...