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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 24 A total of 325 wild animals, including a tiger, 11 leopards, and 14 elephants, were killed by poachers in Odisha over the past three years, state forest minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia told the Assembly on Tuesday.Responding to a written question by BJD MLA Ramesh Chandra...

Baripada (Odisha), March 23 The Odisha forest department has arrested nine people and seized the skin of a rare melanistic tiger during a crackdown in the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR), an official said on Monday.The arrests and seizure were made on Sunday by the special enforcement wing of...

Thane, March 20 Maharashtra Forest Minister Ganesh Naik said on Friday that animals like monkeys and wild boars would be made available to carnivores, including leopards and tigers, in their natural habitats in sufficient numbers so that predators do not enter urban areas in search of food...

Umaria (MP), March 18 A tigress died on Wednesday in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Madhya Pradesh, with officials citing illness as the preliminary cause of death.The deceased tigress was five years old, officials said.Dr Anupam Sahay, field director of BTR, said that on the evening...

Chandrapur, March 16 A case has been registered under the Wildlife (Protection) Act against some individuals in connection with a tiger incident on March 16 on the Padmapur-Moharli road in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, according to officials from the forest department, who made the...

Jaipur, March 12 A tigress has given birth to three cubs in the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, bringing the total number of big cats in the protected area to 53, officials said on Thursday.The tigress and her cubs appear to be in good health. Tigress ST-17 had previously given birth to...

Jaipur, March 9 A four-year-old male tiger was tranquilized and captured by forest department teams on Monday evening after it ventured into agricultural fields in Ranthambore.Deputy Conservator of Forests (Ranthambore First Circle) Manas Singh said that the tiger, fitted with a radio collar...

Jaipur, March 9 A tiger from the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve that had strayed out of the forest area and was spotted near a five-star hotel has returned to the reserve, forest officials said on Monday.The incident once again highlights concerns over space and territorial pressures among the...

New Delhi, March 9 The Madhya Pradesh State Tiger Strike Force, in coordination with the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, has arrested Tarak Nath Ghosh, the kingpin of a reptile smuggling racket from Kanpur, officials said on Monday.The accused, who was wanted in three cases of transnational...

Mumbai, March 9 "Alpha," Yash Raj Films' next Spy Universe movie starring Alia Bhatt and Sharvari in the lead roles, will now be released in theaters on July 10, the studio announced on Monday.Marketed as the first female-led YRF Spy Universe film, the movie is directed by Shiv Rawail, who...

Jaipur, March 8 A tiger from the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur district strayed out of the forest and reached the vicinity of a five-star hotel early Sunday, officials said.The big cat was first spotted on camera installed near a farmhouse around 4:30 am. It...

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), March 8 A 50-year-old farmer was killed by a tiger in the Sampurnanagar forest range of the Dudhwa buffer zone, officials said on Sunday.Pargat Singh was passing through his sugarcane fields on Friday evening when the tiger attacked him.His family launched a search for...

Tadoba National Park (Maharashtra), March 8 The evening air, thick with anticipation, was broken by what sounded like a bark. To our untrained ears, it was just another jungle sound.But to our guide Santosh, who was in the front seat of our open-top Gypsy, it was a signal he had been waiting...

Seoni (MP), March 7 'Langdi', one of the oldest and best-known tigresses of the Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, died on Saturday due to old age, forest officials said.Born in 2008, the tigress, identified as PN-20 (T-20), was approximately 18 years old and was among the oldest in the...

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

New Delhi, March 3 GST authorities have issued a demand notice of ₹6.37 crore to Britannia Industries, and the company is exploring legal remedies.The bakery food company received the order from the Office of the Commissioner of CGST & Central Excise, Thane, on Monday, according to a...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah reiterated India's commitment to wildlife conservation on the occasion of World Wildlife Day.In a social media post, Mr. Shah stated that India's enduring values emphasize living in harmony with nature. He added that, from the majestic tiger to the smallest...

Pilibhit (UP), March 1 The carcass of an adult male tiger was found in the Mahof range of the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Sunday.The forest department is treating the case as "suspicious," they said, adding that the cause of the big cat's death will only be...