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Three students held for illegal sale of birds
Forest officials said that they got information about three individuals illegally selling ‘pahadi parrot’ (Alexandrian Parrot).
Published on Mar 31, 2024 11:42 PM IST
Tamil Nadu forest department's efforts aid ailing mama elephant and her babies
Tamil Nadu forest officials found the elephant and her babies at Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve. Her calves were reunited with the herd.
Published on Mar 06, 2024 12:48 PM IST
Vrinda Jain
Transit treatment centre: Pune forest dept to launch phase two project soon
Pune forest division has received a ₹30-crore fund proposal to launch phase two project of transit treatment centre, said officials
Updated on Nov 14, 2023 08:14 AM IST
Gayatri Vajpeyee
Forest dept. to call applications from wildlife NGOs for managing TTC
The TTC was set up recently as a mega facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of wild animals which are injured due to various reasons such as accidents, poaching, trafficking and man-animal conflict
Published on Jul 05, 2023 12:19 AM IST
Gayatri Vajpeyee
llegaly axed timber worth lakhs of rupees seized in Jammu forest
Timber scants extracted from green cedar trees worth lakhs of rupees, along with dozens of fallen cedar trees and logs, were seized from the Chirala range of Jammu and Kashmir’s Bhaderwah forest division
Updated on May 20, 2023 01:37 AM IST
Press Trust of India, Jammu
47-year-old man trampled to death by elephant in Uttarakhand
The man was grazing his cattle when he by mistake entered the reserve forest area and was attacked by the elephant, said Ramanagar forest division officials.
Updated on Aug 31, 2020 03:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun/Rudrapur | HT Correspondent
Nine forest service officers transferred in Himachal Pradesh
Shimla: The state government has transferred nine Himachal Pradesh Forest Service (HPFS) officers. In a notification on Wednesday evening, additional chief secretary, forests, Sanjay Gupta said that the district project officer (DPO), integrated development project, Mandi, Munshi Ram has been transferred as the divisional forest officer (DFO), headquarters, in the office of the conservator of forests, Mandi.
Published on Aug 20, 2020 06:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | HT Correspondent
In a first, Uttarakhand uses drone to redirect elephants back into forest
Uttarakhand is the first state in the country to have a have dedicated drone force for surveillance and monitoring its wildlife.
Published on Sep 29, 2019 09:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | Neeraj Santoshi
Timber smugglers shoot at plantation watcher in Uttarakhand
Timber smugglers allegedly shot at a forest department plantation watcher in Barhaini range of the Terai central forest division near Ramnagar on Saturday night, police said on Sunday
Published on Jun 10, 2018 09:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Haldwani | HT Correspondent
Search for the endangered Great Indian Bustard fails to find any in Maharashtra
Studies have shown that there are at present around 250 GIBs in different parts of the country/.
Published on Apr 27, 2018 10:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Snehal Fernandes, Mumbai