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Shimla, March 17 In what appears to be a case of double suicide, a man and a woman were found dead in a forest area near Parwanoo in the Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, according to the police on Tuesday.The deceased have been identified as Yashika Lama (20), a national from Nepal who...

Bijnor (UP), March 15 A typical morning in the sugarcane fields turned into a tragedy on Sunday when a leopard snatched a 10-year-old girl from her mother's side and dragged her into the forest here.The victim, identified as Aditi, was returning home with her mother and brother after planting...

Phulbani (Odisha), March 14 Three people were killed by separate groups of elephants in the jungles of the Kandhamal district, forest officials said on Saturday.Two people died in the Damba forest in the Petapanfa gram panchayat on Friday evening, while another man met a similar fate in the...

Raigarh, March 12 Two elephants were found dead in a river in Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, a forest official said on Thursday.The carcasses of the two elephants were spotted in the Kurkut river in the Gharghoda forest range on Wednesday and were later retrieved by a team under the...

Itanagar, March 12 Helicopters of the Indian Air Force conducted a four-day operation to help contain a forest fire in the East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, carrying out 54 sorties and dropping around 1.62 lakh litres of water over affected forest areas and nearby settlements, officials...

Jammu, March 10 A total of 40,661 positions are currently vacant in government departments across Jammu and Kashmir, Commissioner Secretary, General Administration Department (GAD), M Raju said on Tuesday.The vacancies include 3,808 gazetted positions, 24,507 non-gazetted positions, and 12,351...

Latehar (Jharkhand), March 6 An elderly man was killed by a wild elephant in Latehar district, Jharkhand, a forest official said on Friday.The incident occurred around 10 pm on Thursday in Bhandar Toli village, under the Chandwa Police Station, when he went outside his house to relieve...

Erode (Tamil Nadu), March 6 A male elephant has died of electrocution in the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in this district, according to forest officials.Based on the information, a team of forest personnel visited a private land in Kadaganalli forest village within the Kadambur forest Range...

Imphal, March 4 A month after their swearing-in ceremony, two Manipur deputy chief ministers and two ministers were assigned portfolios on Wednesday, according to a government notification.Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh is yet to be assigned a "specific department," while Deputy CM Nemcha...

Under the Environment Education Programme, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change organized workshops on preparing eco-friendly Holi colours in Eco-Clubs to promote safe and sustainable celebrations aligned with Mission Life. The Ministry stated that through these sessions...

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), March 3 The carcass of a male tiger was recovered from a sugarcane field near a village in the South Kheri forest division here on Monday, officials said.Divisional Forest Officer, South Kheri, Tapas Mihir told

March 3, Kohima: Nagaland Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla stated that the Department of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has drafted the Nagaland Agar Policy, which will soon be submitted for notification.He said that the policy will not only streamline the management and regulation of the...

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...

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, announced today the arrival of nine cheetahs from Botswana at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. In a social media post, the Minister stated that the group consists of six females and three males. He added that...

Sheopur (MP), February 28 Nine cheetahs airlifted from Botswana arrived at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday and were released into an enclosure, boosting India's big cat count under the reintroduction program to 48.Union Forest Minister Bhupender Yadav released six female and...

Ranchi, February 27 A wild elephant, which entered Jharkhand's capital Ranchi on Friday morning, returned to the forest after causing panic among people in the city for five hours, a forest official said.The jumbo moved around the Birsa Chowk and Ranchi airport areas, and a forest team...

Bijnor (UP), February 25 The carcass of an elephant, estimated to be around eight years old, was found in the Sahuvala forest range in Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh, according to a forest official on Wednesday.Forest Sub-Inspector Nitin said the decomposed carcass was found in the Khari beat...

Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav stated today that India is implementing systemic reforms across four strategic pillars: energy transformation, sustainable economic transition, nature-based solutions, and digital environmental governance.Speaking at the...

New Delhi, February 24 – Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav presided over the signing of MoUs between the NCR states and specialized institutes for paving and greening urban roads on Tuesday, according to an official statement.Four Memoranda of...

Ranchi, February 23 An air ambulance carrying seven people from Ranchi to Delhi crashed in a forest near Simaria in the Chatra district of Jharkhand on Monday, Ranchi airport Director Vinod Kumar said.Search and rescue teams have been dispatched, but there was no immediate confirmation about...