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J-K Police recover arms, incriminating material of LeT in Budgam
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 3 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday recovered incriminating material of proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, arms and ammunition in a forest area in the Budgam district.
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CRPF neutralises IED planted by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 3 (ANI): The 85 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Saturday neutralised an 8-kg IED, planted by Naxals, in a controlled explosion in a forest in Bijapur.
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Encounter breaks out between security forces, terrorists in J-K's Shopian
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Shopian (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 3 (ANI): An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in a forest area of Peer ki Gali area in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.
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Maharashtra: Amravati court sentences 14-day judicial custody to accused i
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Amravati (Maharashtra) [India], March 31 (ANI): A Dharni court on Tuesday sent Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer B Vinod Shivkumar to 14 days of judicial custody in connection with the suicide of Range Forest Officer (RFO) Deepali Chavan on March 25.
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Massive fire raging at MP's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve since Monday
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Umariya (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 31 (ANI): Fire fighting operations are still underway to douse a massive wildfire that has been raging in Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve for three days.
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Dia Mirza is part of Tring's Icons For Change, an initiative to support &a
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 30 (ANI/NewsVoir): From the Sunderbans to Gir to Wayanad and over 100's of other forests across the country, India's rich flora and fauna continues to stay protected thanks to the unsung frontline soldiers.
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Coffee waste can boost forest recovery, claims study
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
London [UK], March 29 (ANI): A new study by researchers at the British Ecological Society finds that coffee pulp, a waste product of coffee production, can be used to speed up tropical forest recovery on post-agricultural land.
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5 naxals killed in encounter with police in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) [India], March 29 (ANI): Five Naxals were killed in an encounter with Maharastra police in Kurkheda's Khobramendha forest area on Monday.
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Infectious disease outbreaks correlated to deforestation, forest conversio
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 28 (ANI) A new study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science shows that deforestation, certain types of reforestation, and commercial palm plantations correlate with increasing outbreaks of infectious disease.
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Six arrested for snake venom smuggling in Odisha
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 28 (ANI): Officials of the Bhubaneswar forest department on Saturday busted a snake venom smuggling racket and arrested six persons including a woman in this connection.
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Study links disease outbreaks to deforestation, forest conversion and palm
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 24 (ANI): Deforestation, certain types of reforestation and commercial palm plantations correlate with increasing outbreaks of infectious disease, shows a new study in Frontiers in Veterinary Science.
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Congress' Shaktisinh Gohil in Parliament raises issue of Asiatic Lions kil
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): Congress Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat Shaktisinh Gohil on Monday raised the issue of killing of Asiatic Lions in rail accidents in Gujarat's Gir Forest.
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