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...
Pilibhit (UP), March 6 A forest department patrol team was allegedly attacked by suspected timber smugglers and villagers in the Mala range of the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, leaving five forest officials injured, police said on Friday.However, the villagers accused the forest department team of...
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...