A rhino poaching attempt was thwarted by proactive intervention by police and forest department in Assam's Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve, Field Director of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve said on Thursday.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MP Mahua Maji hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party, accusing it of indulging in 'divisive politics' and poaching leaders from other parties.
Migratory birds have arrived in Chilka lake one month earlier than their scheduled time and the Chilika Wildlife Division is taking several measures for their protection, said forest officer Amlan Nayak, zero tolerance towards poaching will be a mandate this year as last year.
Between August 19 and August 30, MJIB agents, supported by district prosecutors' offices in Taipei, Shilin, New Taipei, and Hsinchu, executed a coordinated series of raids on offices linked to eight Chinese corporations suspected of engaging in illicit activities.
Notably, the assembly elections in Jharkhand are slated to happen later this year and there is speculation that Jharkhand Mukti Morcha senior leader Champai Soren is likely to join the BJP anytime soon.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday handed over 20 Inflatable Rubber Boats to Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve to check poaching and encroaching attempts.
The Court granted bail to Atishi in the defamation matter on a bail bond of Rs 20,000. She was summoned in a defamation complaint filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Praveen Shankar Kapoor over leveling baseless allegations of 'poaching' AAP legislators.
Chief Minister Sukhu spoke to ANI on Congress leading on two out of three assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh, and said, "People of Himachal gave us 40 seats in 2022. People have given a befitting reply to the kind of poaching that happened in state politics in the past."
Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday summoned AAP Minister Atishi to appear before it on June 29 in a defamation case filed by Bharatiya Janata Party's Delhi media head Praveen Shankar Kapoor over levelling baseless allegations of 'poaching' AAP legislators.
In a significant operation jointly executed by the Kaziranga National Park, Bokakhat Police, Jorhat Forest Division and Jorhat Police, a group of rhino poachers have been apprehended.
The second meeting of the Anti-Rhino Poaching Task Force was held on Thursday at Kaziranga to review the existing rhino protection measures, forest-police coordination, deployment of existing Forest Protection Forces, and strengthening of the intelligence networks.
The US Embassy organized a preview screening of the first episode of the Amazon Original series Poacher, an investigative crime series that unearths the largest ivory poaching ring in Indian history