Lucknow, March 31 – A CBI court in Lucknow has convicted and sentenced six individuals to two years in prison along with a fine of Rs 10,000 each in a case involving the smuggling of tiger and leopard body parts, an official statement said on Tuesday.The convicted individuals – Mumtaj Ahmad...
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...
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...
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), March 18 Two tusks belonging to a young elephant were seized from a house in the Tirupati district, a forest official said on Wednesday.The tusks were recovered on Tuesday from the possession of the accused, who has been taken into custody."Two tusks belonging to a...
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...
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Baripada (Odisha), March 11 Officers from the Odisha forest department arrested a man on Wednesday for allegedly setting fire inside the Similipal Wildlife Sanctuary in the Mayurbhanj district, officials said.While patrolling the Nedam forest on Tuesday evening, staff from the Pithabata North...
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...
Malkangiri (Odisha), March 2 Officers from the Odisha forest department rescued 210 live Indian flap-shell turtles on Monday, allegedly being smuggled in a vehicle in the Malkangiri district, officials said.During a search operation, forest personnel intercepted an SUV inside a forest near...
Jaipur, February 28 A 42-year-old farmer was killed in what is suspected to be a leopard attack near the Sajjangarh Sanctuary in Udaipur district, Rajasthan, police said on Saturday.The incident occurred in a village within the Badi gram panchayat area on Friday night, they said.The body of...
Bhubaneswar, February 17 The Odisha government has issued a show-cause notice to the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of the Balliguda Forest Division in the Kandhamal district, asking him to explain within 15 days why disciplinary action should not be initiated against him for the killing of an...
Shimla, February 10 The forest department arrested six jewelers on Tuesday after at least 86 suspected leopard claws, five leopard teeth, one claw of an unknown animal, and 10 feathers of unknown birds were found in jewelry shops in Rohru, in the Shimla district, officials said on Tuesday...
Sultanpur (UP), February 10 Police arrested two people here on Tuesday and seized 205 protected Indian flap-shell turtles from their possession, officials said.The arrests were made near the Hanumanganj Bypass on Varanasi Road under the Kotwali Dehat police station limits.Station House...