New Delhi, April 9 The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear next week an application that raised the issue of a forest guard being killed in Madhya Pradesh after being run over by a tractor-trolley allegedly driven by sand miners.The matter was mentioned before a bench of Justices Vikram...
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illegal sand mining
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morena district
national chambal sanctuary
national highway 552
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rajasthan
ranpur village
red-crowned roof turtle
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New Delhi, April 8 The Union Ministry of Environment has issued a draft notification declaring 663.32 square kilometers around the Kali Tiger Reserve in Karnataka as an Eco-Sensitive Zone.Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZs) are areas notified by the government around protected areas, national parks...
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kali tiger reserve
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western ghats
wildlife sanctuary
New Delhi, April 2 – The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a notification by the Rajasthan government that de-notified 732 hectares of the National Chambal Sanctuary, saying it would not allow the de-notification of any reserve land for protected species.The court criticized the "mining mafia"...
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rajasthan government
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Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), April 1 A tigress was killed after being hit by a train near the Bhikhampur halt in the Dudhwa National Park's buffer zone, forest officials said on Wednesday.The carcass of a tigress, estimated to be around five to six years old, was recovered by patrolling teams in the...
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conservation
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lakhimpur kheri
mailani range
protectedarea
tigress
train accident
uttar pradesh
wildlife
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Gondia, March 30 The Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) in Gondia, Maharashtra, will gain control of the buffer zone surrounding it from April 1, which officials said on Monday will improve the operational efficiency of the facility.The decision to transfer control of the buffer zone was...
adventure sports
area expansion
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conservation
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forest development corporation of maharashtra
forest reserve
gondia district
homestay
human-animal conflict
maharashtra
navegaon nagzira tiger reserve
protectedarea
safari
wildlife management
New Delhi, March 20 Taking serious note of the destruction of habitats of aquatic animals due to rampant illegal sand mining in the National Chambal Sanctuary, the Supreme Court on Friday said such destruction in a protected area would attract offences and penalties under various laws, including...
New Delhi, March 13 The Supreme Court on Friday took suo motu cognizance of illegal sand mining in the National Chambal Sanctuary and threats to endangered aquatic wildlife.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said the court has taken cognizance of recent newspaper reports...
Pandemonium broke out on the third day of the Budget Session in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly today during a debate on the state's proposal to designate a protected area under the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025. Amid heated exchanges between the treasury and opposition benches over...
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india
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