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Operation Leopard: Fifth big cat captured near Andhra's Narasimhaswamy Tem
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Forest officials managed to trap and capture yet another leopard, taking the count to five, near the seventh mile of the Narasimhaswamy Temple in Andhra Pradesh in the early hours of Thursday.
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Tamil Nadu: Indian Coast Guard seizes 71 kg banned sea cucumbers worth Rs
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
"In a swift anti-poaching operation, the Indian Coast Guard confiscated approximately 71 kg Sea Cucumber near Uchipuli sea shore and handed over the seized contraband to the forest department for legal formalities," officials of the Indian Coast Guard said.
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Adopt scientific measures to counter human-animal conflict: Karnataka CM S
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday expressed his concern over the increasing number of human-wild animal conflicts in the State and instructed the forest officials to adopt scientific measures to control the animals from entering the villages.
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"No one will be harassed during anti-encroachment drive": CM Dhami vows ac
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The CM also vowed strict action against people who had created illegal structures in the name of land jihad on the forest land.
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Chhattisgarh: Two Naxalites killed in encounter with police in Sukma
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Two Naxalites were killed in an encounter with police personnel in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Tuesday, Sukma police said. A Joint operation was conducted by the District Reserve Group (DRG) Sukma and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 223 Corps.
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'Great People’s Forest' – Reforestation drive to plant 1 billion trees in
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
By 2030, they seek to plant upwards of 1 billion trees and restore and protect 1 million hectares of land across the Eastern Himalayas, from the mountains to the mangrove spanning across the northeastern part of India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Nepal through community participation.
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Chhattisgarh: Mid, lower-level cadres of Naxalites decreasing in Bastar, s
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
"The way security camps have started in the forested interior areas of Bastar in the last four years, the safe zone of Naxalites is continuously shrinking. This has led to increasing pressure on their supply network," Inspector General (IG) of Police in Bastar Range Sundarraj P said.
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International Vulture Awareness Day celebrated at Kaziranga National Park
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
International Vulture Awareness Day was celebrated on Saturday in a unique manner at Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve with the sensitization of over 70 newly recruited forest frontline on the various species of vultures and raptors found in Assam.
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MP: Leopard with whom villagers in Dewas playing found seriously ill, unde
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
It was seen in the viral video of the leopard that it neither roared nor attacked anyone. The villagers were treating the leopard like a cow’s calf. Such cases were seen in neurological disorders when the animal forgets its identity, the veterinary doctor said.
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Uttarakhand: Vigilance team raids properties of Congress leader Harak Sing
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
State Vigilance Chief V Murugesan said that after the team examined the documents at both places, it was found that both the properties belong to Congress leader and former Forest Minister Harak Singh Rawat.
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India Police Science Congress to be held on October 7-8 in Dehradun
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The India Police Science Congress will be held on October 7 and 8 at FRI (Forest Research Institute) in Dehradun. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate this conference.
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HP: CM Sukhu directs to integrate forest outposts with police outposts to
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In a strategic move to combat the smuggling of timber from Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has issued a directive to integrate forest department outposts with police outposts.
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