October 27, 2021 4:59 am
Forest officials said Bhakta had gone out to fish with six others. In the afternoon, he was having his lunch on the boat when a tiger sneaked up on him and tried to drag him into the forest.
September 17, 2021 12:17 am
A sub-adult tiger, aged just about two years, is suspected to have killed seven persons, all men, in the Porla range within a month. Such a spate of attacks is unprecedented, say wildlife officials.
July 09, 2021 3:44 pm
The attack has created panic among the villagers forcing them to remain indoors. Kuilong Part 2 village in Tamei sub-division is located in the Kuilong area bordering Nagaland’s Peren district.
March 05, 2021 10:28 pm
Last year, a record 38 people were killed in tiger attacks in Vidarbha, at least 26 of them in Chandrapur district alone.
December 26, 2020 3:18 am
As reported earlier by The Indian Express, Gadchiroli is fast emerging as a man-tiger conflict hotspot after Chandrapur, with the spill-over tiger population from the latter moving into the former
September 26, 2020 10:16 pm
"Called RT1, the tiger first killed a cattle in the Virur forest range and later killed a man working in a farm. The tiger spotted the man about a km away while it was walking away from the cattle kill," Divisional Forest Officer Arvind Mundhe told The Indian Express.
June 07, 2020 7:49 pm
The latest incident occurred on Sunday morning when a man, Rajesh Dadmal was killed near Kolara on core-buffer border. This was close on the heels of killing of Rajyapal Nagose from Bamangaon village on June 4.
May 10, 2020 12:57 am
This is the third tiger attack casualty in Gadchiroli since last month, the first two being reported on April 16 and 24 in the Armori range among mahua flower collectors.
November 03, 2019 2:54 am
Reported to be on the move for the past few months, the two-year-old male tiger has covered Kawal sanctuary in neighboring Telangana and Penganga sanctuary in Yavatmal district before it was sighted in Hingoli on Thursday, officials said.
June 15, 2019 1:16 pm
Incidentally, this is the fourth fatal attack by big cats in June alone. Two have been killed by leopards in Gadbori village also in Sindewahi range while two were killed by tigers.