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Security forces gun down Naxal in Odisha
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Malkangiri (Odisha) [India], December 15 (ANI): A naxal was killed while others ran away following an encounter with a Border Security Force (BSF) team in Odisha's Lukapani forest area on Friday.
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Himachal HC directs removal of encroachments on forest land
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], December 09 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh high court on Friday directed the authorities to remove all encroachments on forest land exceeding five bighas.
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One of 3 undertrials who fled from Kanda jail held
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], December 8 (ANI): The Shimla Police on Friday nabbed one of the three under trial Nepal nationals who escaped from Model Central Jail Kanda by jumping the compounding wall in the early hours of Wednesday.
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Huge cache of Maoist arms, explosives seized in Chhattisgarh
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India] Dec 02 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday seized huge cache of arms and explosives in forests of Manhakal in Chhattisgarh.
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Chhattisgarh CM inaugurates new shelter for 3 tiger cubs
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], November 28 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday inaugurated a new shelter for three tiger cubs in state's Jungle Safari in Naya Raipur.
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Centre promulgates Indian forest ordinance to encourage bamboo cultivation
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): The Centre on Thursday promulgated the Indian Forest (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017, to exempt bamboo grown in non-forest areas from definition of tree, thereby dispensing with the requirement of felling/transit permit for its economic use.
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J-K: HM terrorist gunned down in Tral
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Tral (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 20 (ANI): One terrorist was gunned down in an encounter with security forces in the forest area of Tral in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, on Monday afternoon.
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J&K: Terrorist hideout busted; arms, ammunition recovered
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Kishtwar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 17 (ANI): Acting on specific information, Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday in a joint operation busted a terrorist hideout in Forest area of Naidgam, Chhatru and recovered arms and ammunition.
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Chhattisgarh encounter: Three naxals gunned down, weapons recovered
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], November 12 (ANI): Three naxals were gunned down in an encounter between naxals and security forces near Mankelli forest in Chattisgarh's Bijapur, on Sunday.
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Rhinoceros' body found without horn in Kaziranga National Park
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India] Nov. 10 (ANI): Body of a rhinoceros has been found in Kaziranga National Park here without horn, said park officials on Friday.
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Asked state govt to implement 'graded action plan': Harsh Vardhan
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 9 (ANI): Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Harsh Vardhan said they have already been in touch with the respective state governments to implement a graded action plan to fight against the rising level of pollution in Delhi.
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Delhi HC calls for emergency meeting on air pollution
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed emergency meeting to be called by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Secretary with Chief Secretaries of NCR states and pollution control agencies within three days on pollution.
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