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MP: Forest dept employee injured in attack over illegal borewell digging

In Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district, a group of individuals assaulted a forest department staff after they prevented them from drilling an illegal borewell, an official claimed on Sunday.
Published on Jan 19, 2025 11:38 AM IST

21 poachers nabbed, 165 guns seized in Similipal after two forest guards killed

A major crackdown on poachers were launched after they murdered two forest guards in Similipal Tiger Reserve this year. (Police Photo)
Updated on Aug 09, 2023 08:33 PM IST

Three suspected poachers with tiger skins, bones arrested in Assam

(Representative Photo)
Updated on Apr 30, 2023 08:08 PM IST

To protect tigers, India needs more better-equipped forest personnel

India has seen an increase in total tiger population with numbers going up from 1,411 in 2006 to 1,706 in 2010 and 2,226 in 2014. But it recorded a 12.6% decline in tiger occupancy in connecting tiger habitats outside tiger reserves between 2006 and 2010
Updated on Feb 03, 2019 05:30 PM IST