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Assam: 4 forest officials killed in road accident
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Sivasagar (Assam) [India], Aug 31 (ANI): Four forest department personnel were killed and two others sustained injuries after the jeep they were travelling in was hit by a bus here on Friday.
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Imphal: Man quits job, dedicates 17 years to plant 300-acre forest
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Aug 30 (ANI): A man from Uripok Khaidem Leikai area in Imphal West has quit his job to devote his life to environmental causes and has replanted a 300-acre forest all by himself over a span of 17 years.
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Ravidas Temple: Delhi Minister urges DDA VC to begin land denotification p
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam on Thursday urged the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) vice-chairman to immediately review the matter of demolition of Guru Ravidas Temple and start a process of denotification of the land from the forest cat
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Tetra Pak surpasses 500 Billion FSC labelled package Milestone
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 29(ANI/BusinessWire India): Tetra Pak has now delivered more than 500 billion packages labelled with the Forest Stewardship Council(tm) (FSC(tm)) logo globally, marking a significant milestone in the company's journey to promote responsible sourcing and contributing
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Tamil Nadu: Man arrested for carrying 150 kg sea cucumber
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu), Mar 12 (ANI): Ramanathapuram district Mandapam forest officials on Tuesday arrested a man for carrying a 150 kg sea cucumber in Munaikadu, police said.
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J-K: Terrorists abduct and kill 2 civilians in Pulwama
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 27 (ANI): Bodies of two civilians were found in Lachi Top Behak forest area in Tral here on Tuesday, a day after they were kidnapped by unidentified terrorists from the region.
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UP: Jauhar University gets notice from forest dept for cutting 2,173 trees
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 26 (ANI): Trouble seems to be mounting for SP Lok Sabha MP and Vice-Chancellor of Jauhar University, Azam Khan after the district forest officer sent a notice to the varsity on Monday regarding illegal cutting of thousands of trees.
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Odisha: Cobra found in parcel, rescued by forest dept
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], Aug 26 (ANI): A Cobra snake who was found in a parcel sent through courier service was rescued by the forest department here on Monday.
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Major industrialised nations close to agreement on tackling Amazon forest
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Biarritz [France], Aug 26 (ANI): World leaders gathered at the G7 summit are nearing an agreement on how to help fight fires in the Amazon rainforest and try to repair the devastation, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday.
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Saharanpur: Wanted criminal arrested by UP police
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 24 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh police has arrested a wanted criminal named Shahrukh, following an encounter with him in the forests of Kashipur and Chaura village of the district.
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Gujarat: 52 crocodiles rescued in Vadodara after floods
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], Aug 24 (ANI): Forest Department officials along with wildlife activists have rescued 52 crocodiles from Vadodara district which was recently hit by flash floods.
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No proposal for use of demolished Sant Ravidas temple land pending before
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 23 (ANI): Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot on Friday said that no proposal for use of the land upon which the Sant Ravidas temple in the Tughlaqabad area once stood, is pending before Arvind Kejriwal-led government.
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