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'Operation Thunder Bird' a big success for Forest Dept
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 3 (ANI): Seventy one people were arrested and a total of 2,524 live species of scheduled animals, 19.2 kg of elephant ivory, one tiger skin, nine carcasses of wild animals, one organ pipe coral, one jar snake venom, eight leopard skins and one Indian Mujtac skin was s
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Maharashtra: Two Naxals arrested by Gadchiroli Police
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Gadchiroli, (Maharashtra),[India] Feb. 21 (ANI): The Gadchiroli Police on Tuesday arrested two Naxalites from the Etapalli forest area of Maharashtra.
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ACB conducts raid at 15 locations in Chhattisgarh
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Feb.16 (ANI): The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday raided 15 locations including Raipur, Bilaspur, Surguja, Durg and Koriya linked to officials of Forest Department and Social Welfare Department in Chhattisgarh.
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Narinder Chauhan appointed as Ambassador of India to the Republic of Phili
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 11 (ANI): Narinder Chauhan (Indian Forest Service: 1985), presently Ambassador of lndia to the Republic of Serbia has been appointed as the next Ambassador of lndia to the Republic of the Philippines.
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Tripura Forest Department popularising orchid cultivation as income altern
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Gandhigram (Tripura) [India], Jan. 15 (ANI): Tripura Forest Department has started an orchid cultivation-cum-training centre at Gandhigram in the outskirts of capital Agartala under the Sadar forest range.
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NGT raps environment ministry for exempting real estate projects from proc
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 5 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday expressed displeasure with the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on its recent notification exempting real estate projects from obtaining prior environmental permission or clearance and restrained it fr
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Two held with over 100 snakes in Pune
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Dec.28 (ANI): In a shocking discovery, forest officials in Maharashtra's Pune city have arrested two persons and recovered 115 snakes and 25 ml of venom from their possession.
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Chhattisgarh tribals turn millionaires in Jashpur district
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
(Jashpur) Chhattisgarh [India], Dec. 27 (ANI): It would be unbelievable to know that people who earn their livelihood by cutting trees in forest can turn into billionaires and millionaires.
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Jharkhand: Maoist rebel shot dead during encounter in Khunti
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Khunti (Jharkhand) [India], Dec. 24 (ANI): A Maoist rebel was shot dead during an encounter in the forest area of Khunti district in Jharkhand.
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TMC, BJP demand removal of tainted Tripura minister
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Dec.23 (ANI): The Trinamool Congress and and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state units in Tripura have separately sought the expulsion of the state's Forest and Rural Development Minister Naresh Jamatia from the cabinet for his alleged involvement in a sex sca
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Forest officials rescue leopard in UP's Amroha district
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Amroha (Uttar Pradesh),[India (ANI): Forest department officials have confirmed rescuing a leopard that was trapped in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha district.
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Five Naxals killed in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur dist
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Narayanpur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Nov. 19 (ANI): At least five Naxals were killed in a police encounter in the forest at Becha in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district late last night and seized arms from their possession.
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