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One Naxal killed in exchange of fire with security forces in Bijapur
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Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 20 (ANI): One Naxal was killed in an exchange of fire with security personnel in the forested area of Golakonda in Basaguda Police Station limits on Tuesday. Two jawans also sustained injuries in the incident.
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Lemru Elephant Reserve will not infringe on rights of villages, forest dwe
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Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 20 (ANI): Denying reports about the displacement of the villagers and reduction in their forest rights due to Lemru Elephant Reserve, Chhattisgarh Forest Minister Mohammad Akbar on Monday said the project will not infringe on the rights of villages and
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Two Maoists gunned down in encounter in Telangana's Mulugu
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Mulugu (Telangana) [India], October 19 (ANI): Two Maoists have been killed in an encounter with Mulugu special Police party in the Musalammagutta forest range in the limits of Mangapeta police station in Mulugu district on Sunday.
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Minister Parimal Suklabaidya visits Lailapur, Cachar district amid tension
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Cachar (Assam) [India], October 19 (ANI): Minister for Environment and Forest in the Assam government, Parimal Suklabaidya, visited Lailapur area in Cachar district on Sunday where few houses and stalls were set ablaze by miscreants on the night of October 17.
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Forest Research Wing, Haldwani establishes Badri Van to showcase ancient f
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Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], October 18 (ANI): With the objective to showcase the peculiar ancient flora associated with Lord Badrinath, Forest Research Wing in Haldwani established a research demonstration plot in the form of a small patch of forest, spread in an area of 1 acre on the ma
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Forest department officials rescue injured leopard in J-K's Udhampur
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Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 18 (ANI): Forest Department officials rescued one injured leopard from Ladan village in Udhampur on Saturday.
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Kedarnath: Forest Department orders aviation companies to fly above 600 me
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Kedarnath (Uttarakhand) [India], October 15 (ANI): The Kedarnath Forest Division has instructed aviation companies to fly their helicopters at 600 meters above ground level in the wildlife sanctuary areas to protect the animals from disturbance, according to Forest Department.
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Uttarakhand's first urban forest 'Anand Van' set to open this Navaratri
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Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], October 15 (ANI): Anand Van, an urban forest that has been developed here in the Jhajra Forest Range Complex, will be opened to the public on October 17, the first day of Navaratri this year.
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'Need to provide zoo animals food as per diet chart': Assam Minister over
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Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 14 (ANI): Responding to the demand to exclude beef from the diet of animals, Assam Minister of Environment and Forest Parimal Suklabaidya said the animals living in zoos could have been given buffalo meat instead of beef but the state does not have many buff
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J-K: Indian Army prevents spread of major fire in Kishtwar district
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Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 12 (ANI): The timely actions of the Indian Army prevented the spread of a major forest fire that broke out in Horna village of Kishtwar district here on Monday.
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Close to 700 cases of stubble burning reported from Punjab, Haryana betwee
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New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Amidst increasing levels of air pollution in the national capital region, close to 700 cases of stubble burning were reported from Punjab and Haryana between September 21-29, according to sources in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (
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100 kg Macrocephaly turtle rescued, released into sea in Ramanathapuram
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Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 12 (ANI): The forest department officials on Monday released 100 kg Macrocephaly turtle into the sea in Ramanathapuram district.
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