India loses 750 tigers in last eight years; MP, Maharashtra report maximum casualties: GovtOf these total tiger mortalities, 369 were due to natural causes, 168 due to poaching, 70 deaths are under scrutiny and 42 due to unnatural...
04 Jun, 2020, 01.59 PM IST
Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand emerging as hotspots for pangolin trafficking in India, researchers warnA recent study, published in the journal Cell, had placed pangolins as a natural reservoir of coronaviruses similar to SARS-CoV-2, the one ...
09 Apr, 2020, 12.00 PM IST
74 tiger deaths since January drive home poaching, other threatsPolice and wildlife authorities seized skins, bones, claws, skeletons, canines and paws of another 16 tigers during this period, taking the...
29 Jun, 2016, 09.51 AM IST
17 tigers die in six states this year8 tigers have died in Karnataka, 3 in Tamil Nadu and two each in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. One tiger each has died in Kerala and Ut...
12 Mar, 2015, 05.00 PM IST
Government seeks proposals for five more tiger reservesIn a written reply in Lok Sabha, Javadekar said final approval has been accorded to three others for declaring them as tiger reserves.
13 Aug, 2014, 04.24 PM IST
- Uttarakhand wildlife officials in tussle over poaching cases
In a move that has created ripples within the department, the additional principal chief conservator of forests has now blamed the principa...
11 Feb, 2014, 09.53 PM IST
- Karnataka lost most tigers to poachers
The tiger census has kicked off in the state and there's hope it'll show that conservation efforts have paid off.
19 Dec, 2013, 01.55 AM IST
- Tiger poaching in India highest in seven years
Poaching of tigers in 2013 has been the highest in the past seven years, data compiled by the Wildlife Protection Society of India shows.
18 Dec, 2013, 05.37 AM IST
- Now, CCTVs in Corbett National Park
Uttarakhand CM Bahuguna said commissioning of CCTVs is a part of move to frustrate attempts by well equipped poachers to force their way in...
14 Nov, 2013, 03.36 AM IST
- Six suspected poachers arrested near Corbett
A joint team of the Special Operation Group (SOG) and the Special Task Force (STF) on Friday arrested six members of a gang of suspected po...
20 Apr, 2013, 03.47 AM IST
Four leopards killed every week between 2001-10: StudyAn estimated four leopards were poached and their body parts sold illegally every week between 2001 and 2010 in India, a recent report from...
16 Oct, 2012, 02.39 AM IST
- Tiger poacher convicted to 3 years rigorous imprisonment
A court in Khatima, Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand had sentenced notorious tiger poacher Birbal alias Totha Ram, a resident of P...
09 Dec, 2009, 05.16 PM IST
- Notorious tiger poacher Totha Ram arrested
A notorious tiger poacher from Panipat, Birbal alias Totha Ram, was arrested in Banbasa at Champawat district of Uttarakhand in a joint ope...
18 Nov, 2009, 05.55 PM IST
- Arrested poachers' could have Sansar Chand links
The five persons arrested near Jim Corbett National Park with a tiger skin could have links with notorious poacher Sansar Chand and more ar...
02 Feb, 2009, 08.22 AM IST
- 27 leopard skins seized in 45 days
From the border outposts of north Bengal to the small towns of Uttarakhand to the remote forest-rich district of Gondia in Maharashtra, 27 ...
13 Sep, 2008, 03.41 AM IST
- Centre seeks report on elephant deaths
The environment ministry has sought a report from the Uttarakhand government on increasing cases of elephant mortality at the famous Corbet...
05 Sep, 2008, 02.30 PM IST
Tigress found dead in Corbett ParkAnother tiger was found dead in the Jim Corbett Park in Uttarakhand but authorities ruled out it to be a case of poaching.
11 Mar, 2008, 06.27 AM IST