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Karnataka: BJP MP Pratap Simha's brother arrested in tree felling case
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As per the officials, Vikram Simha has been accused of felling trees in a forest area in Karnataka's Hassan district.
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UP: Tiger resting atop wall in UP's Pilibhit draws massive crowd; rescued
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In a rare sight, a tiger resting atop a wall in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit drew a massive crowd. Yawning and basking in the winter Sun, the big cat was unfazed by the presence of people before being rescued by forest officials on Tuesday.
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3 leopard cubs found in cane field in Karnatak's Mysuru, handed over to fo
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Three leopard cubs that were found in a sugarcane field near Mysuru in Karnataka on Thursday have been handed over to the forest department, officials said on Friday.
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TN forest officials monitor wild elephants in Nilgiris as human-animal con
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu forest department officials have been monitoring the wild elephants in the Gudalur and the Pandalur areas of Nilgiri district as they increasingly enter the human habitats and cause destruction to properties and standing crops in the areas.
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TN: Forest officials ban tourists in Moir Point in Kodaikanal after wild e
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu Forest Department officials have imposed a ban on tourists visiting Moir Point in Kodaikanal as wild elephants have vandalised shops there.
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J-K: Guchhi mushrooms worth 90 lakhs seized in Udhampur
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Forest Department officials of Udhampur division seized 307 kilograms of Guchhi (wild mushrooms) worth Rs 90-92 lakhs during a search operation on Sunday, the Divisional Forest Officer said.
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J-K: Terrorists shoot at forest department officials in Pulwama, 2 injured
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"Police Station Rajpora received information that terrorists had fired upon a team of forest department of district Budgam causing injuries to two employees, who had laid a checkpoint to apprehend the timber smugglers near Bangender Bridge," read the statement.
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Assam: Solar fence installed at Goalpara to mitigate human-elephant confli
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"The solar fence was inaugurated on Thursday by the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Goalpara, Ranjit Konwar in a ribbon-cutting ceremony arranged by the solar fencing management committee at Bordal village under Lakhipur range revenue circle in presence of 65 community members, representat
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Local villagers rescue two deers in Assam's Darrang district
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Local villagers rescued two deer in the Dalgaon area in Assam's Darrang district. The local villagers of the Ghiladhari area near Dalgaon on Thursday rescued two deer and informed forest officials. Later forest officials reached the spot and took the rescued deer to Orang National Park. A fo
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Tamil Nadu: Forest officers arrest farmer for burying baby elephant died d
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Forest officers on Tuesday arrested a farmer in the Krishnagiri district, accused of digging a hole and burying a four-year-old baby elephant, who died of electrocution, without informing the forest department, officials said.
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Stay in forests for 15 days a month to boost morale of personnel: K'taka C
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 26 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday instructed the forest officials to move out of their offices and stay in forests for 15 days a month to boost the morale of other department personnel.
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Two-year-old spotted deer rescued from deep well in Tamil Nadu's Coimbator
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 31 (ANI): Forest Department officials managed to rescue a fawn that had fallen inside a deep well near Coimbatore.
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