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Leopard spotted inside Ahmedabad housing society, rescue operation underway
July 20, 2026 11:54 am
The Gujarat forest department and Kankaria Zoo have launched a rescue operation. The authorities said no injuries have been reported.
‘No matter of right’: Madras High Court denies use of utensils, fuel in reserve forest
July 07, 2026 6:23 pm
The Madras High Court upheld the forest department's decision to restrict cooking materials in a reserve forest, holding that protecting wildlife and the environment must come first.
Week after big cat spotted: Tiger trackers from Rajaji reserve park visit Paonta Sahib forests
June 30, 2026 12:15 pm
A team of three also installed five to six high-resolution camera traps
'Colour blindness not a disability': Gujarat court questions government over forest guard's sacking
June 11, 2026 9:46 pm
Justify with scientific material how colour blindness affects duties attached to the post, court tells govt
Leopard spotted near Durga Devi hill in Pimpri-Chinchwad; search op on
May 06, 2026 9:40 pm
Residents are advised to stay alert as teams monitor the dense forest area.
Madhya Pradesh High Court slams state's ‘hasty’ appeal in Sagun wood case, asks officials to pay Rs 10,000 from own pockets
February 19, 2026 2:32 pm
The Madhya Pradesh High Court was hearing a criminal revision plea in a case involving the alleged recovery of Sagun wood.
Minister urges Forest department to allow non-veg food in rest houses
February 05, 2026 9:45 pm
The prohibition on alcohol will remain in force.
Forest governance needs more than tinkering at the edges
January 16, 2026 4:19 pm
The crisis of forest governance is not primarily one of insufficient technology or coordination at the district level, but of authority seized by the wrong hands for the wrong tasks. What is needed is not simplistic modernising but revamping forest governance
Punjab and Haryana High Court raps Haryana for ‘unfair labour practice’, orders regularisation of long-term daily wagers
January 01, 2026 2:24 pm
Punjab and Haryana High Court says Haryana govt was “shrugging off its responsibility” after using petitioners’ labour for over 25 years, directs regularisation under 1996 policy with arrears, interest, and retirement dues.
55 tigers dead in Madhya Pradesh in 2025, highest since Project Tiger was launched more than half century ago
December 30, 2025 2:21 am
The mounting toll has prompted unprecedented action from the highest levels of the state's forest bureaucracy
FOREST DEPARTMENT VIDEOS
Tiger kills 2-year-old boy in Haridwar
February 26, 2016 5:28 am
Haridwar, Feb 26 (ANI): Panic gripped Haridwar’s Motichoor area when a tiger took away a two-year-old child and killed him. Angry residents blocked the National Highway-72 for two hours and warned the forest department that such incidents should never happen again in the future. Superintendent of Police Shweta Choubey on Friday said the villagers have demanded for electric fencing throughout the forest. She further said that the villagers have also asked for compensation and the government is looking into the matter.
Police seize 5,000 tortoise
January 13, 2016 9:31 am
Dumka, Jan 13 (ANI): The police seized thousands of tortoise from a lorry in Dumka district of Jharkhand. The police seized 75 sacks full of tortoise from the smugglers after they inspected the lorry at a check post on grounds of suspicion. However, the driver and his assistant managed to escape. Police official, Ajit Kumar, said there were at least 5,000 tortoise. I am still counting the number of tortoise but there are at least 5,000 to 7,000 of them. Around 107 tortoises were counted dead. The animals were given to the forest department and were released into a dam in Dumka district.
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