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...
On Wednesday, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan reached out to communities in the highlands ahead of the April 9 Assembly elections and stated that his government has taken legal and financial measures to protect their lives and livelihoods, despite challenges posed by central laws...
Bhopal, March 24 – The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has received crucial wildlife clearance for the Betul–Khandwa–Deshgaon (Package-I) project, paving the way for enhanced connectivity in central India while prioritizing ecological safeguards in a sensitive tiger corridor.The...
Chandigarh, March 12 Not even a spoonful of sand can be taken out of the Beas river for desilting unless a "very long procedure" mandated by the Centre is followed, as the river stretch is a Ramsar site under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972, Punjab Minister Barinder Goyal informed the state...
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Mandapam (Tamil Nadu), March 5 – The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) station in Mandapam successfully conducted a rapid anti-smuggling operation in the coastal waters off Vedalai, seizing approximately 280 kg of illegally harvested sea cucumbers, according to an official.The operation, which took...
Bhopal, February 28 – Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, chaired the 89th meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife (SC-NBWL) in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on Saturday, considering proposals related to wildlife conservation."The...
Imphal, February 27 – Three Amur falcons, fitted with satellite transmitters in Manipur last November, have been tracked to different African countries after completing a record transcontinental journey, officials said on Friday.A forest official in Manipur's Tamenglong district said the birds...
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Guwahati, February 25 A total of 105,540 birds belonging to 107 species were recorded during the 7th Kaziranga Waterbird Estimation conducted last winter across the Kaziranga–Laokhowa–Burhachapori floodplain complex, an official said on Wednesday.The findings reaffirm the landscape as one of...
Gosaba (Sundarbans), February 21 Even in knee-deep, murky waters, Rina Sarkar is agile as she navigates the slippery mudbanks of Chargheri village on Satjalia island in the Sundarbans. She is one of the 150 local women who have come to the embankment, walking through a dense forest, to plant...
Chennai, February 12 Customs officials have thwarted an attempt to smuggle exotic wildlife from Thailand at the airport here, a senior official said on Thursday.Acting on specific information, officials from the Customs department (Airport) intercepted an Indian national from Bangkok who...
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...
Hyderabad, February 10 The DRI (Directorate of Revenue Intelligence) announced on Tuesday that it had seized seven tiger claws and three tiger canine teeth from two traffickers in Nampally here.Based on specific information that certain individuals involved in the illegal trade of wildlife...