The last date for declaring the exotic animals listed under the Schedule IV of the Wild Life Protection (Act), 1972 has been announced as August 28, 2024 on Monday.
Security forces on Tuesday evening unearthed an underground hideout of terrorists established in dense forests of Sagrawat village in Darhal police station area of Rajouri district.
In a tragic incident, an elephant died after being electrocuted by an illegal electric fence in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar district, said forest officials.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday in collaboration with Sankalp Foundation honoured 22 selected participants of civil and forest services and their parents in the felicitation ceremony of the participants selected in the civil service of 2024 at IRDT Auditorium Survey Chowk.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Saturday announced two crore rupees for the boys hostel of Horticulture and Forestry College, Neri.
The incident occurred near a Nullah in Darbari village under Chitrangi police station limits which is about 80 km away from the district headquarters on Tuesday morning, the officer added.
Hours after a joint operation by the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police was launched against terrorists in the Akar Forest near Patnitop on Tuesday, security personnel managed to establish contact with the terrorists and operations are in progress.
The search operation carried out by the Army, Special Operations Group, Fire and Rescue Services, and the Forest Department including several volunteers recovered 349 body parts that belonged to 248 people, including 121 men and 127 women.
A joint operation by the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police has been launched against terrorists in the Akar Forest near Patnitop on Tuesday, an official said.