In a bid to douse the forest fire, raging for the last five days, Helicopters of the Indian Navy on Wednesday conducted sorties over the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma lauded the government's effort to clear the encroachment from the Burhachapori wildlife sanctuary and said that the move bore fruit "almost instantaneously" as an elephant visited the evicted areas on Thursday evening.
More than 2000 security personnel including paramilitary, home guards, CRPF, and Assam police have been deployed in the area to avoid any untoward incident during the course of anti-encroachment drive which is going to continue till Thursday, starting Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): India's first-ever "Night Sky Sanctuary" will be set up in Ladakh within the next three months, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's chair remained empty at the Delhi government event at the Asola Wildlife Sanctuary on Sunday which he was scheduled to attend alongside Lieutenant governor VK Saxena hours after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accused the BJP