Rishikesh, April 2 The Uttarakhand government has sought permission from the Union environment ministry to cut down over 19,000 Sal trees within the Dehradun Forest Division that have been damaged by the larvae of Sal borers, and to conduct a "Tree Trap Operation," said the state's Forest...
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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...