Gujarat's Minister of Forests and Environment Arjun Modhwadia on Wednesday reaffirmed the state government's commitment to conserving the Aravalli hills and forest areas across the state.
Police said the surrendered cadres included leaders of Company Platoon Committee Member and Divisional Committee Member ranks, indicating a significant erosion of the Maoist group's organisational strength and leadership credibility. Along with the cadres, twenty-four firearms and a large
Highlighting the features of the tiger corridor, Minister Singh said, "It is the country's first state-level multi-national park tiger corridor, which is being developed in coordination with NHAI and PWD. It will incorporate underpasses in forest areas, slow-traffic zones, and wildlife-sa
The forest department has captured a five to six-year-old male leopard, which often roamed around in the residential area of Sahara City close to the Devguradia forest area.
"Two CRPF personnel were seriously injured in separate IED explosions occurred on Sunday afternoon during an anti-Maoist operation in Jharkhand's Saranda forest. The injured are from CRPF's CoBRA unit," sources told ANI.
Under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, the Gujarat government continues to drive the vision of 'Green Gujarat, Viksit Gujarat'. Over the past three years, Gujarat has undertaken extensive plantation and reforestation efforts to expand green cover, keeping environmental pr
Acting on specific intelligence inputs, the SOG team of Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a search operation in the forested belt, which led to the recovery of one SLR Rifle, two Magazines and 22 Live rounds, it said.
n one of the biggest anti-narcotics crackdowns in recent months, officials in Keonjhar district uprooted and destroyed nearly 12,000 ganja (cannabis) plants, amounting to 4000 kg, cultivated illegally across multiple patches inside the Tangarpada Khesara forest area.
The incident took place on Friday in the forest area near Sirsaganj road under the Dannahar police station limits, where the minor had gone to graze cattle.
According to a release, as part of today's initiative, tribal families belonging to the Garo, Rabha, Bodo, and Karbi communities residing in reserved forest areas, such as Lakhra, Bondapara, Kulshi, Loharghat, Bamunigaon, Boko, and Singra, have been included.
India has achieved a significant milestone in global environmental conservation, moving up to the 9th position in terms of total forest area globally, as per the Global Forest Resources Assessment (GFRA) 2025, released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Bali on Wednesday, a