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J-K: Rajouri forest division undertakes tree plantation on war-footing
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 4 (ANI): Rajouri forest division of the Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department has been working on a war footing to increase the green cover in the region under the central government's Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Author
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Two held with 55 parrots in WB's Siliguri
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], September 3 (ANI): At least two persons were arrested with 55 parrots by the officials of Sarugarah forest range in Siliguri on Friday.
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Karnataka MP wants Rajiv Gandhi National Park be renamed after Field Marsh
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 3 (ANI): Lok Sabha MP Prathap Simha on Thursday wrote to Karnataka Forest Minister Umesh Vishwanath Katti urging that the Rajiv Gandhi Nagarhole National Park in Kodagu be renamed after Field Marshal Cariappa.
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Leopard trapped in cage after it entered populated area in Maharashtra vil
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], September 2 (ANI): A leopard was caught by the Forest Department officials on Wednesday after it got trapped in a cage.
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Four arrested after Forest dept rescues Pangolin in Odisha's Kandhamal
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kandhamal (Odisha) [India], September 2 (ANI): Four people have been arrested after the Baliguda Forest Department rescued a Pangolin from smugglers at the Baliguda town of Kandhamal district of Odisha on Wednesday.
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Arms, ammunition recovered by CRPF in J-K's Ganderbal
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Ganderbal (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 1 (ANI): Central Reserve Police Force on Wednesday recovered arms, ammunitions among other items in the Sadra Bagh forest area in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Shrinking forest cover brings endangered species lion tailed macaques on r
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], September 1 (ANI): In view of the shrinking forest cover and absence of native trees, lion-tailed macaques (LTM), an endangered species residing in rainforests of Western Ghats, come up to the hairpin curve of Agumbe ghat in Shivamogga to get food thrown by tr
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Centre opposes PIL seeking notice period extension to public regarding con
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): The Centre through the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has opposed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in Delhi High Court seeking extension of the notice period to the public, in draft notification 2021, regarding the conservati
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Man arrested in Gujarat's Vadodara for selling sea fans, 862 pieces of the
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], August 29 (ANI): A man was arrested in Gujarat's Vadodara on Saturday for selling sea fans, an invertebrate sea animal that forms a critical part of the coral reef system.
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Two Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists arrested in J-K's Kishtwar; arms, ammunit
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir), August 26 (ANI): Two terrorists affiliated with terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) were arrested in a joint search operation from the forest area of Naid Gam Chatroo in Kishtwar district, said Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday.
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Leopard rescued from Assam tea estate
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Assam [India], August 25 (ANI): A two-year-old female leopard has been rescued from a tea estate under Dibrugarh Range in Assam on Wednesday morning, forest rangers said.
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One held with tiger skin, nails in Odisha
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kalahandi (Odisha) [India], August 25 (ANI): Forest officials on Tuesday detained a person over the possession of tiger skin and nails in Odisha's Kalahandi district.
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