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Elephant dies, calf Injured after being hit by train in Jalpaiguri

December 01, 2025 11:07 am

The incident occurred at around 3:45 am near the 73/7 railway pillar. The calf was rescued and taken to a local vet hospital.

Project Elephant review: Census ph-I completed in N-E, over 3,000 km rly lines mapped to prevent collisions

June 27, 2025 8:27 am

Yadav also chaired a meeting of the standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife in Dehradun and the committee recommended the inclusion of sloth bear and gharial in the ministry’s species recovery programme, the ministry added. 

Mahendra, tusker that protected tigers and survived a Maoist attack, dies at 66

January 14, 2025 11:29 am

On Sunday night, Mahendra died of old age. By the time he died, he had helped fight poachers and timber smugglers, and even survived a Maoist ambush in the forest in 2012.

MP: Three-month-old rescued elephant calf dies; tusker toll at Bandhavgarh reaches 11

November 10, 2024 3:35 pm

The reserve has witnessed the deaths of 10 elephants in the last three days of October.

Bandhavgarh elephant deaths: IFS officer failed to return from leave, switched off his phone, states suspension order

November 04, 2024 8:53 pm

On Sunday, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said that it was a new experience for officials to deal with a large herd turning up at the area.

‘Alarming’: Probe ordered after Odisha sees 50 unnatural elephant deaths this year

November 04, 2024 8:00 am

In a letter to the state’s Forest and Environment Secretary Satyabrata Shau, the minister warned of action against errant officials. 

In Bandhavgarh reserve, where 10 elephants died recently, tuskers kill two people, wound one

November 03, 2024 12:19 am

On October 29, four wild elephants were found dead in Sankhani and Bakeli under Khitoli range of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR), while four died on October 30 and two on October 31.

Centre begins probe into death of 10 elephants in MP's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve

November 03, 2024 3:52 am

Prime facie, there are indications that the elephants died due to toxin poisoning.

Officials suspect kodo millet plants could be linked to Bandhavgarh elephant deaths, await autopsy for full picture

November 01, 2024 8:15 am

Officials treating the surviving elephants say they have been given a treatment of liver tonics, multivitamins and general antidotes

Karnataka: ‘Fence of honeybees’ around village curbs elephant-human conflict, to be replicated in other states

April 09, 2021 8:07 am

Union minister Nitin Gadkari hailed the initiative, saying it ‘provided relief to farmers, and is saving crops and precious lives.’

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A glimpse into 'Elephant Parade India' for Mumbai’s public art exhibition

November 02, 2017 8:04 am

After the public art exhibitions, the elephants will be auctioned to raise funds to help secure 101 Elephant Corridors across India for the endangered Asian elephant.

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