10-foot long King Cobra found in Delhi: Here's how it travelled over 350 km from Uttarakhand to ChanakyapuriKing Cobra Found in Delhi: A 10-foot long king cobra was rescued from a tree in New Delhi's Chanakyapuri, marking the first sighting of thi...
02 Oct, 2024, 11.50 AM IST
Tiger Safari banned in Jim Corbett? Here is what SC has saidTiger Safari Jim Cobett Ban: SC, reprimanding Uttarakhand govt for deforestation in Jim Corbett National Park, today directed committee for...
06 Mar, 2024, 01.18 PM IST
NGT issues notice to Centre on plea seeking declaration of Corbett park as 'Eco-Sensitive Zone'The National Environment Policy of 2006 defines an Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) as areas or zones with identified environmental resources havin...
03 Mar, 2024, 05.13 PM IST
Wild elephant's nightly stroll causes panic in Rishikesh residential areaResidents of Rishikesh, India were startled when a wild elephant wandered into a residential area, causing panic among the locals. The inci...
24 Aug, 2023, 11.01 AM IST
Himachal to prepare baseline data of high altitude eco-system under SECURE16 Jan, 2019, 08.30 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
NGT grants sanction to construction of wall in Rajaji ParkThe National Green Tribunal has granted its nod to construction of a concrete wall inside the Rajaji National Park along the Song river in ...
30 Mar, 2016, 05.00 PM IST
Harish Rawat's nod to Special Tiger Protection ForceClearance for constituting a Special Tiger Protection Force at Corbett was given by Rawat at a meeting with the Wildlife Board yesterday.
17 Mar, 2016, 02.53 PM IST
Two butterfly parks to be set up in UttarakhandUttarakhand government has decided to develop two butterfly parks one each in Kumaon and Garhwal regions of the state.
27 Oct, 2015, 04.25 PM IST
NGO moves green tribunal against chopper services in KedarnathNGO Doaba Paryavaran Samiti has contended that helicopter services in this area for religious tourism has seriously disturbed the eco-syste...
23 Aug, 2015, 10.30 AM IST
India too in global effort to save snow leopard habitatThanks to camera trap imagery, Uttarakhand has been able to capture images of snow leopards in the higher reaches of Nanda Devi Biosphere, ...
10 Jul, 2015, 07.01 AM IST
CEC directs Uttarakhand forest department to stop wall construction in Rajaji National ParkThe Central Empowered Committee (CEC), constituted by the Supreme Court has directed the Uttarakhand forest department to stop any construc...
07 May, 2014, 04.21 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
- 'People's participation vital to protect environment'
Wildlife scientist AJT Johnsingh said on Saturday that people's participation would play a vital role in conservation of environment and wi...
26 Jan, 2014, 02.56 AM IST
Counting of tigers to begin in Terai regionThe counting will begin in the second week of January in Corbett and end in Rajaji National Park.
11 Jan, 2014, 11.50 AM IST
- Uttarakhand to set up rescue centre for big cats
The state's forest department on Friday decided to set up a well-equipped Tiger Transit Rescue Centre at Ramnagar town in Nainital district...
25 Dec, 2010, 04.20 AM IST
Tigers in Jim Corbett to get more space to roam aroundRoyal predators in the famous Jim Corbett tiger reserve in Uttarakhand are all set to get an extra patch of forest in neighbouring Uttar Pr...
11 May, 2009, 05.31 PM IST