Energy shock ripples from kitchens to forests as Africa and South Asia grapple with rising fuel costsGlobal fuel price hikes are pushing families in Kenya and India back to burning charcoal and wood. This reversal threatens years of progres...
27 Apr, 2026, 04.29 PM IST
Parrots are 'wild animals', rules HC; orders Maharashtra govt to compensate farmer for crop damageThe Bombay High Court has ordered the Maharashtra government to compensate a farmer for parrot damage to his pomegranate trees, classifying...
26 Apr, 2026, 03.57 PM IST
West Bengal Phase 1 elections: EVM glitches, violence disrupt polling in several areasVoting began in West Bengal's assembly elections amid disruptions. Electronic Voting Machine glitches caused delays at several polling stat...
24 Apr, 2026, 07.09 PM IST
‘Ramlal’ the elephant strolls into poll queue, adds colour to Bengal votingPolling in West Bengal's Jhargram saw an unusual interruption. A wandering elephant, Ramlal, briefly paused voting at Jitushol Primary Scho...
23 Apr, 2026, 12.37 PM IST
Tamil Nadu: India's first Mahouts Village inaugurated at TheppakaduIn a first for India, 44 houses, named after deceased elephants, have been constructed for mahouts at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve's Theppak...
19 May, 2025, 06.19 PM IST
Bride & groom flee on bikes after 100 elephants disrupt wedding in West BengalThe presence of over 100 roaming elephants in various forest pockets of Jhargram has instilled fear among the residents, disrupting wedding...
19 Jul, 2023, 03.55 PM IST
Elephants dying from eating plastic waste in Sri Lankan dump14 Jan, 2022, 06.21 PM IST
- Elephant found dead in Sambalpur forest
A female elephant was found dead near Udsung village under Bamra forest division in Sambalpur district on Saturday.The villagers first spot...
25 Oct, 2015, 04.07 PM IST
Killer elephant captured in Kumbeli village, KarnatakaSrinivasulu, director, Dandeli and Anshi Forest Reserve, told STOI from Dandeli on Saturday that the elephant had trampled to death one per...
08 Jun, 2014, 03.30 AM IST
- Jumbo herd wreaks havoc in villages
Wild elephants are giving sleepless nights to people living in villages on the Sambalpur-Jharsuguda border.The animals are staying inside f...
27 Dec, 2013, 02.56 AM IST
- Jumbo fear robs Nilgiri villagers of sleep
It is nearly a week that villagers staying in the vicinity of Tinkosia and Kuldiha sanctuaries in Nilgiri area of Balasore district have be...
13 Nov, 2013, 04.32 AM IST
Kaziranga model to save villagers from wild elephantsWorld Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and UP forest department would now work in tandem to prevent destruction of crops and threat to human live...
12 Sep, 2013, 05.45 AM IST
- After initial hype, Elephant Village fails to deliver
To provide a conducive environment to the elephants in the Amber region, the state government developed the Elephant Village in 2010.
13 Apr, 2013, 02.04 AM IST
- Elephants destroy crops, villagers ransack forest offices
Angry with loss of crops by a herd of elephants, villagers at Dhadika in West Midnapore district today ransacked offices of the forest depa...
02 Jan, 2012, 11.15 PM IST
Man-elephant conflict in OrissaThe conflict between men and elephants came to the fore once again in Odisha's Ganjam district when wild tuskers trampled to death a 57-yea...
23 Dec, 2011, 11.30 PM IST
- Maharashtra govt plans elephant village
With a view to tackle the elephant menace in the Konkan region of Maharashtra, the state government is planning an elephant village in Sind...
24 Mar, 2008, 01.41 PM IST
- Tiger urine to scare wild elephants
Forest officials in Jharkhand have advised villagers to stock tiger urine and excrement to scare away a killer elephant and his marauding h...
28 Dec, 2007, 11.18 AM IST