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Maharashtra: Leopardess rescued by forest dept gives birth to 4 cubs in Na
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A leopardess that was rescued by the forest department in Maharashtra's Nashik two days ago gave birth to four cubs on Thursday.
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3 leopard cubs found in cane field in Karnatak's Mysuru, handed over to fo
Updated : 2 years, 3 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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British Asian Trust official inaugurates fence to restrict wild elephant m
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The fence was formally inaugurated by cutting the ritual red ribbon by Belenda Stuwart Cox of British Asian Trust, UK., in presence of representatives of Forest department of Meghalaya, Auro Saswat of British Asian Trust from Pondicherry, Aaranyaks senior conservation scientist Dr Bibhuti P
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"Forests should be saved": Devendra Fadnavis over preservation of green sp
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"From 2014 to 2019 when I was Maharashtra's Chief Minister, if you look into the 2020 report published by the country's forest department, you will see that Maharashtra is the only state in which there has been an increase in forest coverage. In Maharashtra, we have tried to increase forests
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Over 30 wild elephants enter Tamil Nadu's Nokkanur, authorities issue aler
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Tamil Nadu Forest Department warned people of more than 10 villages to be alert after more than 30 wild elephants entered the Nokkanur Forest of Denkanikottai Forest Reserve near Hosur in the state.
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15-foot-long Cobra rescued from factory in Tamil Nadu's Tenkasi
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu Forest Department on Thursday rescued a 15-foot-long male cobra from a private factory in the Kadayam municipality of Tenkasi district.
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Forest dept order restricting number of horses in Kufri worries horsemen
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The horsemen in the Kufri hill station here are worried after the state's forest department issued directions to restrict the number of horses used for riding tourists to 217. The order came following the directions of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in this regard.
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Air Pollution: HC pulls up Delhi govt authorities for the mess citizens of
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Friday pulled up Delhi's forest department for passing stereotypical orders which allowing felling of trees in the national capital and asked that you want people to live in gas chambers? It's only application of mind and it is only sensitivity.
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Blanket ban in Tamil Nadu on manja threads, violators to be penalised unde
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
According to a statement issued by Supriya Sahu, additional chief secretary, Environment, Climate Change and Forest Department, an order to this effect was issued by the State government on October 6, 2023, which was further notified in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette on October 30.
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Tiger census begins at Similipal National Park in Odisha's Mayurbhanj
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
S .K. Popli, Indian Forest Service, Principal Chief Conservator Forest(Wild Life) and CWLW Odisha said, "The Odisha Forest Department will conduct a yearly tiger census starting November 1, 2023. The census will be conducted in three phases: sign survey, line-transect survey, and camera trap
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Karnataka CM promises quota benefit for sportspersons in government jobs
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Presently, a 3 per cent reservation is provided to sportspersons in the police and forest departments, and the government is poised to positively reconsider this percentage, extending the reservation to 2 per cent in other government sectors.
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Kerala: Body of man suspected to be trampled by elephant found; tusker pus
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Kannur Forest Department chased away a wild elephant that entered the residential area of Ulikkal on Wednesday. Officials informed that the body of a man suspected to be trampled by the wild elephant was recovered from near the area where the tusker was spotted.
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