Elephant electrocuted to death in Chhattisgarh

The Project Elephant Division of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), in collaboration with the Wildlife Institute of India, organized a two-day national workshop on "Policy Implementation for Minimizing Elephant Mortalities on Railway Tracks" at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, on 10-11 March 2026, according to an official release.

Authorities confirmed that operations to drive out the remaining wild elephants from the area will continue in the coming days.

A 40-year-old man was killed in a suspected elephant attack at Aralam Farm in Kannur in the early hours of Friday, in yet another incident of human-wildlife conflict in the state's largest tribal settlement.

Two elephant tusks worth approximately Rs 2 crore have been reported stolen from the Pangode Army Camp in Thiruvananthapuram, said the officials.

Gupta asserted that public funds should be used for the welfare of citizens and not for personal luxury. "It's like a white elephant; it's difficult to understand what its purpose is. He created an asset for himself that has become a liability for the entire city of Delhi. No one has the right to misuse public money in this way, and the people of Delhi can clearly see this," she said, demanding that the money spent be returned to the public.