In 1979, Japan released 30 mongooses onto Amami Oshima to kill venomous snakes, and it took 45 years to fix what happened nextJapan's ambitious plan to control venomous snakes on Amami Ōshima with Indian mongooses in 1979 backfired spectacularly. The introduced pre...
04 Jun, 2026, 03.36 PM IST
India, Italy to launch maritime security format, anti-terror finance task forceIndia and Italy are boosting ties. A new task force will fight terror financing. Maritime security cooperation is also planned to ensure sa...
30 May, 2026, 10.13 AM IST
Belarus eyes deeper BRICS partnership, strengthens India ties for multipolar worldBelarus eyes full BRICS membership, seeking a multipolar world order. The nation is deepening its strong relationship with India. Key areas...
15 May, 2026, 10.15 AM IST
World Heritage Site tag for 3 Hoysala temples: Task Force efforts paid off, says Sudha Murty“Many people have worked hard for this and very keenly pursued our request at the Unesco offices. Today’s news has made all of them very ha...
19 Sep, 2023, 05.20 PM IST
Rajnath Singh to inaugurate IAF Heritage Centre in Chandigarh todayThe Heritage Centre is being built with state-of-the-art technology and is the IAF's first Heritage Centre. Its exhibits will be a source o...
08 May, 2023, 07.22 AM IST
Make all arrangements for smooth conduct of proposed G20 meeting in Haryana: Haryana CM Khattar to officialsIndia assumed the presidency of the influential bloc on December 1. More than 200 meetings will be held across 55 locations, culminating wi...
12 Jan, 2023, 10.58 PM IST
Task force for AVGC sector to submit report this month: I&B secretaryThe AVGC task force, announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraraman in her budget speech, was aimed at providing focused thrust for the ...
16 Nov, 2022, 04.12 PM IST
Elephants' death: Animal rights group seeks PM' interventionHeritage Animal Task Force has appealed to the PM to order a high-level enquiry into the alleged premature death of seven captive elephants...
20 Sep, 2015, 04.59 PM IST
Animal rights campaigner demands release of Delhi Zoo elephantsIt made the request in the wake of a reported incident in which two male elephants, at the national park, had attacked each other earlier t...
18 Sep, 2015, 12.20 PM IST
Kerala-based animal rights group calls to restrict use of peacock feathers during festivalsHeritage Animal Task Force, the outfit, sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is also the Chairman of National Board...
21 Aug, 2015, 12.38 PM IST
Criticism against meet for no-action plan against forest mafiaAn animal rights group alleged that Forest Minister's conference of southern states held failed to chalk out any action plan to tackle the ...
06 Aug, 2015, 08.07 PM IST
Ex-Kerala minister gets notice for illegal possession of elephantFormer Kerala minister and film actor K B Ganesh Kumar, MLA, has landed in trouble with a Vigilance Court here issuing a notice to him for ...
27 Jun, 2015, 02.19 PM IST
Animal rights campaigners seek's PM intervention to control captive elephantsThe outfit alleged that a 73-year-old jumbo, which ran amok inside the Pathanmthitta district, was tied using banned instruments..
19 Jan, 2015, 01.04 PM IST
- Top jumbo list taken off forest department site
The Kerala forest and wildlife department has removed from its website a list giving details of top 10 elephants that were presented as the...
22 Sep, 2014, 04.41 AM IST
Outfit flays move to renew ownership certificate for captive elephantsNoted animal rights group Heritage Task Force has criticised the Kerala forest department's move to renew the ownership certificate for cap...
13 Sep, 2014, 05.36 PM IST
- Last rites to appease the souls of elephants
Tusker lovers in central Kerala have now started performing rituals to appease the souls of dead elephants.
17 Apr, 2014, 10.51 AM IST
- Elephant gets national heritage tag
The elephant has been declared the national heritage animal by the government with an aim to step up measures for its protection.
23 Oct, 2010, 01.59 AM IST