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Bhopal, April 10 A total of 149 leopards died in Madhya Pradesh over the 14 months starting January last year, with accidents accounting for the highest number of fatalities, according to data provided in response to a Right to Information query.While activist Ajay Dube, who filed the RTI...

Colombo, April 9 At least 10 Indian fishermen have been arrested and their trawler confiscated by the Sri Lankan Navy for alleged poaching in Sri Lankan waters.A statement from the Sri Lankan Navy on Thursday said that it seized an Indian fishing boat and apprehended 10 Indian fishermen while...

Srinagar, April 5 Every winter, thousands of migratory birds arrive in Kashmir from Siberia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia to escape the freezing temperatures, and make the wetlands in the valley their temporary home.With the onset of the rainy season in Kashmir (from late March to May)...

New Delhi, April 2 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday stayed an order of the Assam government seeking the deployment of around 1,600 Assam Forest Protection Force personnel for the April 9 Assembly polls in the northeastern state.The NGT's eastern zonal bench in Kolkata, comprising...

Bhubaneswar, March 31 A total of 523 people have lost their lives and 1,391 were injured in attacks by wild animals, including elephants, in Odisha over the past three years, Forest Environment & Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia told the Assembly on Tuesday.Responding to a...

Bhopal, March 29 A tiger fitted with a radio collar has allegedly been poisoned to death near the Satpura Tiger Reserve (STR) in Madhya Pradesh, following which police have arrested five individuals, officials said.The accused, who laced the tiger's carcass with poison, allegedly took this...

Bhopal, March 28 A tiger fitted with a radio collar was allegedly poisoned to death, following which five people were arrested on Saturday, Madhya Pradesh police said.The tiger's body was found buried in a pit in the revenue area of West Chhindwara division on Friday, the official said."The...

Bhubaneswar, March 17 Odisha Minister of Forests, Environment and Climate Change, Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia, on Tuesday informed the assembly that 344 wild elephants have died in the state due to various reasons, including poaching and accidents, from April 2022 to March 10, 2026.In a written...

Mumbai, March 13 – The Maharashtra government informed the State Legislative Council on Friday that in 2025, 166 tiger deaths were recorded across the country, with 41 occurring within the state.Independent MLC Satyajeet Tambe, along with others, had raised concerns about the tiger deaths in...

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...

Raipur, March 10 As many as 38 elephants and nine tigers died due to various reasons, including electrocution, poaching, and infighting, in Chhattisgarh over the past 26 months, state Forest Minister Kedar Kashyap informed the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday.During the same period, 562 other...

Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand), March 6 Fourteen people were arrested here on Friday for allegedly poaching Himalayan barking deer, officials said.They said the accused were arrested while they were preparing to cook the deer, which had been hunted on Thursday.Rudraprayag's Sub-Divisional Forest...

Mumbai, February 25 – Maharashtra Forest Minister Ganesh Naik informed the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday that 41 tigers died in the state in 2025 due to various causes, including natural reasons, accidents, electrocution, and poaching.In a written reply to a question raised in the...