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Dalit man dies in forest rangers' firing in MP, 15 booked for murder
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 17 (ANI): Fifteen people have been booked for murder after allegedly opening fire and shooting dead a Dalit man following an altercation between his family and forest department officials in Shivpuri district, police said.
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Elephant calf trapped between rock boulders rescued in Assam
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Morigaon (Assam) [India], Feb 3 (ANI): Assam forest department officials along with locals of Morigaon district rescued an elephant calf who got stuck between two huge rock boulders.
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10 vehicles seized, owners booked for illegal mining in Karnataka's Shivam
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Ten vehicles which include five Tipper lorries and five tractors were seized at stone quarries by forest department at Kalluganguru and Gejjenahalli villages in Shivamogga Taluk on Tuesday.
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Birds injured during Uttarayan festival in Vadodra get medical care
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Vadodra (Gujarat) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): 'Karuna Abhiyan' in Vadodara was started by the forest department to provide medical care to birds that were injured by kite strings during Uttarayan festival.
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Five held for attempting to sell ivory in Kochi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Kerala Forest department has arrested five people in Kochi's Thrippunithura and seized ivory worth Rs 45 lakh from their possession.
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Imposed fine of Rs 2.40 crore against NHAI for 400 missing trees: Delhi go
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): Delhi Government Forest department on Friday told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it has imposed a fine of Rs 2.40 crore against NHAI for 400 missing trees while construction of Dwarka Expressway Package II.
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Assam forest dept raids 5 sand mounds in Kamrup, 7 excavators seized
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kamrup (Assam) [India], Dec 31 (ANI): The Assam government on Tuesday said that the state forest department raided five sand mounds and seized seven excavators in Kamrup district.
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K'taka: State forest department converts wasteland into medicinal plant ga
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], Dec 31 (ANI): The state forest department and the Western Ghats Task Force in Shivamogga have converted a wasteland into a medicinal plant garden after dedicated over a decade of time and efforts on the initiative.
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Assam: Pangolin seized, accused taken into custody
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Sonitpur (Assam) [India], Dec 29 (ANI): Forest department officials on Sunday took a man in custody and seized a pangolin from his possession in Majgaon area in Assam's Sonitpur.
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Delhi HC seeks report on inclusion of forest under regularized area in nat
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 23 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the chief forest conservator of the forest department to clarify whether any encroached forest is included in recently regularized 1,731 colonies area in the national capital.
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UP: Over 6,000 trees to be cut for Jewar Airport
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Over 6,000 trees will be cut down for the Jewar Airport in Gautam Buddha Nagar, according to an official of the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority.
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WB: Two-headed snake found in Ekarukhi village
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Midnapore (West Bengal) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): A two-headed snake was found in the Ekarukhi village of Belda forest range in West Bengal's Midnapore city.
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