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Bangladesh unrest: Indian Coast Guard deploys aircraft, hovercraft for maritime border surveillanceBangladesh is experiencing a volatile political situation, with Sheikh Hasina resigning from the post of Prime Minister on August 5 amid mo...
BSF plans marine battalion, drone squadron to secure Sundarbans against infiltration, smugglingThe Bangladesh Border Force (BSF) is planning to deploy a marine battalion, drones, and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) to secure the strategic...
In wake of Pathankot attack, government to upgrade border surveillance technologyThe government has given extra importance to the use of technological solutions for better and effective surveillance, government sources s...
West Bengal set to launch unique fish tourism in SunderbansSundarbans is the natural breeding ground of stinging catfish, snakehead murrel and some Indian carps as well. These fishes are generally f...
Rivers that remember and cities that forgetGovernment officials will probably evade blame by pointing to the exceptional rainfall. It has been extraordinary, but it should not let th...
Oil spill alarm in Sundarban mangrovesBiswajit Roy Chowdhury, state wildlife advisory board member, is also worried about Olive Ridley turtles that migrate around this time and ...
- Oil spill alarm in Sundarban mangroves
Marine scientists, wildlife activists and forest officers from Indian Sunderbans have gone on alert following the oil spill in Bangladesh.
Solar lights to ward off tigers at Sundernbans' villagesWWF-India has launched the project — 'Lights for Stripe' — to install solar lights along the edge of villages on the fringe areas of the ti...
Sunderbans tiger count steady, but prey base not enoughEven though there is euphoria over a minimum 103 tigers in the Sunderbans, a new study shows the prey abundance is supporting not more than...
Three deer poachers held in SunderbansThree deer poachers were arrested from the Sunderbans on Saturday.Foresters also rescued an injured deer from the spot, a creek close to th...
- Land vanishes in east Sunderbans
The upper Bidya and Raimangal regions in the Sunderbans, key human and wildlife habitat in the eastern parts of the mangroves, are under se...
Tiger prey base count in SunderbansPrey base of tigers in the Sunderbans, mostly spotted deer and wild boars, has always been under scanner.
Sunderbans to get prey breeding centresAhead of the Global Tiger Day on July 29, conservationists can raise a toast.
- Sushilkumar Shinde reviews coastal security in Sunderbans
Shinde today reviewed coastal security in the Sunderbans on the first day of his two-day visit to West Bengal.
Shrinking prey base forces tigers to change behavioural patternSeventy-year-old Haren Mondal of Jamespur is familiar with the tiger's odour.
- Low prey density plagues Sunderbans: Study
WII's scientist Y V Jhala said that a total of 187 kilometres of boat transects were carried out between February and May to get an idea ab...
Stop picnics, start eco-tourism in Sundarbans: Bengal forest deptThe state forest department wants all tourist agencies in the Sunderbans, including boat owners, to spell out the dos and don'ts to tourist...
Sundarbans’ Saline KillerAshutosh Dali could not grow a single shoot in his field ever since it got flooded by saline water during last year’s Cyclone Aila. Yet, th...
- Red menace grows in Sunderbans
Maoists have begun to make inroads into Sunderbans and other locations.
- Tiger pug marks found in South 24 Parganas district
Pug marks of a pair of tigers from Sunderbans were found at Ambikanagar, in Kultali of South 24 Parganas district, days after a tigress str...