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Male elephant found dead in Odisha, probe ordered
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Sambalpur (Odisha) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): A male elephant, aged between 2.5 to 3 years, was found dead near Elbow Keshapali village under Dhama Forest Range in Sambalpur, Odisha on Wednesday.
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Elephant found dead near forest in Andhra Pradesh
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 12 (ANI): An elephant was found dead in the forest area in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, forest officials said Wednesday.
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BSF troops seize 36 birds being smuggled
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 12 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) seized 36 birds that were being smuggled from the Border Outpost, Baranberia on Tuesday night and handed them over to the Ranaghat forest office, a statement from the BSF said on Wednesday.
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Kerala can't agree to many recommendations of EIA draft notification, says
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram, (Kerala) [India], Aug 12 (ANI): Kerala cannot agree with many of the recommendations of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) draft notification 2020, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday.
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J-K: Police, forest dept officials injured during anti-encroachment drive
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ramban (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 11 (ANI): As many as 18 personnel of the local police and forest departments were injured after they were attacked during an anti-encroachment drive in Batote, Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, forest officials said.
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Delhi HC notice to Environment Ministry on contempt plea over publishing o
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 11 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on a petition seeking contempt proceedings against it for the alleged "wilful disobedience" of a court order to publish the translated versions of the draf
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Pangolin rescued by Forest Department officials in AP's Prakasam
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 10 (ANI): A pangolin was rescued from Goddess Lalita Devi temple in Bestavaripeta village of Prakasam district on Monday morning.
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Chhattisgarh's Jagdalpur becomes country's first municipal corporation to
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Aug 10 (ANI): Chhattisgarh's Jagdalpur has become the first municipal corporation in the country where people of an urban area have been provided forest land right certificates.
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Chhattisgarh CM launches Indira Van Mitan Yojana
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Aug 9 (ANI): Aiming to make the forest dwellers in Chhattisgarh self-reliant, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday announced the launch of Indira Van Mitan Yojana on the occasion of World Tribal Day.
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Security forces, Naxalites exchange fire in Gandhamardan forest; ammunitio
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Paikmal (Odisha) [India], August 9 (ANI): Security forces and Naxalites exchanged fire for about 30 minutes in the Gandhamardan reserve forest area under Paikmal police station, before the Naxalites managed to escape into the dense forest on Saturday.
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Himachal Pradesh: Forest department rescues leopard from Shimla's resident
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Aug 9 (ANI): A leopard was captured and rescued by the forest department of the Rampur Forest Division from a residential area near Jharki in Shimla.
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CAT seeks reply from Centre, Uttarakhand govt on IFS officer's deputation
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Aug 8 (ANI): On a plea of Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi seeking deputation in the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal office, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has sought reply from the Centre and Uttarakhand government within six
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