Solar lights change lives of Sunderbans residentsApart from helping in reducing man-animal conflict, the solar lights have also helped in improving the socio-economic conditions of the are...
28 Jul, 2015, 11.04 AM IST
Sea rise, salinity force Sunderbans inhabitants to migrateThe migration of the inhabitants of Sunderbans has in turn brought about a change in the socio-economic condition of the area.
23 Mar, 2015, 12.25 PM IST
In Sunderbans, politicians and tigers equal dangersLack of alternative livelihood forces villagers into tiger territory. They risk their lives for paltry gains as no one has bothered to impr...
05 May, 2014, 12.58 PM IST
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...
11 Mar, 2014, 05.00 AM IST
- Catching the tiger saviours young
Around 50 children dressed in smart uniforms sing along with the two teachers in this small but neatly done up classroom.
10 Aug, 2013, 01.56 AM IST
Vets to study virus turning tigers into maneatersBritain’s Wildlife Vets International (WVI) plans to study whether a virus common among Indian dogs was infecting tigers of the Sunderbans ...
12 Jun, 2013, 04.14 AM IST
- Poachers held in Sunderbans
The fears of deer poaching is back to haunt Sunderbans after almost 4 years. Three poachers were held from the Lothian Wildlife Sanctuary o...
08 Feb, 2013, 01.56 AM IST
Shrinking prey base forces tigers to change behavioural patternSeventy-year-old Haren Mondal of Jamespur is familiar with the tiger's odour.
24 Sep, 2012, 05.14 AM IST
First crocodile census starts in SunderbansIt may be noted that there were reports of human-estuarine crocodile conflicts in Sunderbans in recent times especially from Sajnekhali and...
16 Jan, 2012, 03.59 PM IST
- Tiger attacks turn honey collector into tiger protector
He survived thrice from the vicious attacks by Royal Bengal Tigers of the Sunderbans, but ironically this experience turned Niranjan Raptan...
13 Oct, 2010, 01.14 PM IST
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...
05 Jun, 2010, 12.39 AM IST
- Three tigers enter villages near Sundarban in 48 hours
Barely 48 hours after two big cats entered two villages near the Sundarbans, another tigress showed up in a village in South 24 Parganas di...
03 Jul, 2009, 10.05 PM IST
- Hungry Aila tide swallows a dozen tigers
As the human toll from Monday’s cyclone rose to 64, beat officers and range officials in the Sunderbans feared hundreds of herbivores and a...
27 May, 2009, 07.41 AM IST
- Cyclone Aila swallows Sunderbans tigers
Forest wardens fear that as the cyclone Aila tore through the Sunderbans, it may have killed more than a dozen of the highly endangered Ben...
27 May, 2009, 03.05 AM IST
- 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...
29 Feb, 2008, 01.50 PM IST
- Speedboats for tackling strayed tigers
Close on the heels of incidents like tigers straying into human habits, the Forest Department will purchase advanced speedboats to rescue t...
29 Feb, 2008, 12.28 PM IST
- Second strayed tiger from Sunderbans caged
A tiger, prowling a forest near Sunderbans in South 24-Pargans district for the past 24 hours, was caged by forest department.
22 Feb, 2008, 11.40 AM IST