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WB: SSB seizes snake venom worth Rs. 70 crore
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], May 25 (ANI): At least two persons were apprehended with two jars of snake venom in a joint operation conducted by 41 Battalion Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and the Customs Department in Siliguri at an area between Batasi and Panitanki here on Wednesday.
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BSF seizes snake venom worth Rs. 12 crore
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
South Dinajpur (West Bengal) [India], May 23 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized snake venom worth Rs. 12 crore from South Dinajpur, West Bengal.
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'Winged' snakes once slithered the Earth
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 13 (ANI): A mysterious 5-million-year-old "winged serpent" has finally been identified as a new species of ancient snakes.
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Haryana shocker: Snake found in mid-day meal at Govt. school
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Faridabad (Haryana) [India], May 12 (ANI): Putting a question again on the quality of the mid-day meal supplied in government schools, a baby snake, also known as a 'snakelet' was found in the food served to children in Rajkeeya Girls Senior
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Sex obsession knocking years off male snakes' lives
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr. 5 (ANI): A team of scientists has confirmed a frenzied approach to the mating season is resulting in male snakes ageing faster and dying earlier and in worse condition than their female counterparts, who prioritise body-maintenance over short-term reproductive suc
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Hyderabad: Two-headed snake creates panic
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Telangana (Hyderabad) [India] Mar. 5 (ANI): A two-headed snake was found in Hyderabad's Santosh Nagar area.
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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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Girl survives 34 snakebites over 3 years, father says it's "rout
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Feb. 21 (ANI): What kind of girl gets bitten by snakes 34 times and lives to tell the tale? Meet 18-year-old Manisha from Himachal Pradesh.
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India's 'snake-charmers' rendered jobless
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jogi Dera(Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 27(ANI): An ancient tribe of snake charmers in Uttar Pradesh's Jogi Dera area, is these days struggling to earn a livelihood, thanks to increased urbanisation and punitive regulations imposed by the animal rights groups and institutions
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Snake venom worth Rs. three crore recovered from Purnia, J-K
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Purnia (Jammu and Kashmir),[India] Jan. 24 (ANI): Officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) recovered one bottle of snake (Cobra) venom weighing around 900 grams, valuing approximately Rs. three crores here today.
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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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Nation fights for 'change', as Rs. 2,000 notes pose fresh challe
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 13 (ANI): Besides the arduous task of battling snake-like queues outside ATMs to get their hands on the freshly minted 2000 and 500 Rupee notes, citizens are now besieged with the herculean task of wrangling for change, as shopkeepers and stores are demanding the exac
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