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Shraddha murder case: Aftab Poonawalla goes through polygraph tests at FSL
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Aaftab is accused of strangling Shraddha, his live-in partner, to death and chopping her body into 35 pieces. He is also alleged to have preserved the chopped body parts in a refrigerator before dumping them in the forests of south Delhi's Chhatarpur.
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Tamil Nadu: Forest officers arrest farmer for burying baby elephant died d
Updated : 3 years, 4 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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Six persons died in firing incident along Assam-Meghalaya border: Conrad S
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A total of six persons including five from Meghalaya and one from Assam Forest Guard were killed in the firing incident that took place in the Mukroh area along the Assam-Meghalaya border on Tuesday, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said.
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Shraddha murder case: Accused Aaftab disposed off blade, saw in Gurugram's
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Aaftab Poonawala, accused of killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar in May this year, disposed of the blade and saw used in the murder of his girlfriend in the bushes of DLF Phase 3 in Gurugram, informed Delhi Police sources on Tuesday.
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Female elephant found dead in Chhattisgarh's Amlidih forest
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A few villagers passing near the forest saw the carcass of the elephant and they informed the forest department about the incident. Upon getting the information about the incident, the forest official along with the team rushed to the spot.
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Indian handicraft exporters get huge relief at CITES CoP-19 meeting
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
As per the official statement of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, "Shisham (Dalbergia sissoo) is included in Appendix II of the convention, thereby requiring to follow CITES regulations for the trade of the species.
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Police arrest man in connection with murder of youth in MP
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to the police, the youth who died was identified as Vikas Giri (21), a resident of Chhuhiya village in the district. Vikas's father Indralal Giri lodged a missing complaint about his son on October 5, 2021. Four months later, the police received information about the body lying
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J&K has potential to become agri-tech startup hub: Jitendra Singh
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Union minister said the production, sale and marketing need to be taken up through a collaborative method, involving the state Forest department and J&K Medicinal Plants Board.
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Shraddha murder case: Delhi Police continue searching victim's body parts
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Officials of Delhi Police on Sunday continued the probe in the dense forest area of South Delhi's Mehrauli with an aim to recover the dismembered body parts of Shraddha Walkar, believed to be disposed of by her murderer Aaftab Amin Poonawala across the national capital.
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Chhattisgarh: Former NSUI state general secretary held for allegedly rapin
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The accused took the victim to the forest of Singarbhat and raped her. She somehow managed to escape from there and reached Kotwali police station and lodged a complaint against the accused.
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Rise in forest fires is a permanence risk for global carbon markets
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI/PRNewswire): Climate Connect Digital (CCD) has released a white paper quantifying the permanence risk posed by increasingly intense forest fires across the Indian subcontinent. This will potentially have a significant impact on nature-based carbon projects
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Study: Exposure to outdoor artificial light at night is associated with in
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Exposure to artificial LAN at night is a ubiquitous environmental risk factor in modern societies. The intensity of urban light pollution has increased to the point that it not only affects residents of big cities, but also those in distant areas such as suburbs and forest parks that may be
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