Telangana to set up 'Save Tiger Protection Force'The 112-member-armed STPF will be headed by an Assistant Conservator of Forests to protect tiger population in Amarabad and Kawal Tiger Res...
23 Jan, 2019, 12.59 PM IST
Tiger, leopard found dead under mysterious circumstances near Bhopal24 Feb, 2017, 09.37 AM IST
Kapil effect: Fences soon to protect mangrovesAccording to police, popular standup comedian Kapil Sharma allegedly dumped the debris near mangroves behind his bungalow in suburban Verso...
19 Sep, 2016, 04.27 PM IST
- Madhya Pradesh loses six tigers in eight months; three in Pench reserve
A decomposed carcass of an adult tiger was found in Gumtara range of the Pench Tiger Reserve in Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh on Sunday du...
31 Jan, 2016, 09.28 PM IST
India-Bangladesh join hands to protect spectacled langurIndia and Bangladesh have decided to take concerted conservation efforts to protect the rare spectacled langur along with other primates fo...
24 Apr, 2015, 10.07 PM IST
India-Bangladesh join hands to protect Spectacled LangurIndia and Bangladesh have decided to take concerted conservation efforts to protect the rare Spectacled Langur .
24 Apr, 2015, 11.06 AM IST
- Electric fences kill more tuskers in Tamil Nadu than poachers
Electric fences are wreaking havoc in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, killing four tuskers in the last six months.
24 Mar, 2015, 01.33 PM IST
- Forest staff to be increased to protect big cats in Karnataka
A day after TOI highlighted the shortage of forest guards and other frontline staff in tiger reserves, forest minister B Ramanath Rai on Fr...
24 Jan, 2015, 02.11 AM IST
- Train kills tigress in Uttarakhand
In the first incident of its kind in Uttarakhand, a tigress died after being hit by a train between Ramnagar and Kashipur stations. The mut...
29 Nov, 2014, 03.28 AM IST
- Rhinos find new home in UP’s Dudhwa tiger reserve
Dudhwa tiger reserve in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district has been made ready to be new home for rhinoceros.
21 Jul, 2014, 06.21 AM IST
Delayed nod from environment authorities hit security projects at bordersA Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence termed delayed forest and wildlife clearances as “impediment” for this project.
23 Dec, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
Gentle giants face threat from wormsThe elephant deaths in the Sathyamangalam forest reserve stand out because Tamil Nadu has a reasonably good record in conservation.
16 Jun, 2013, 02.49 AM IST
Environment body raises concern over BSF proposal in tiger reserveA high-level body of environment ministry has expressed anguish over a BSF proposal seeking permission for building a patrol road in Mizora...
20 Jul, 2012, 08.00 PM IST
- Committee report yet to be implemented
A report by a special committee constituted to suggest measures to check the menace of wild animals, particularly elephants, is gathering d...
09 Jun, 2011, 10.43 PM IST
50 illegal resorts in elephant habitatAt least 50 illegal holiday resorts are located close to reserve forests that serve as elephant habitats in the Nilgiris, activists said on...
19 Nov, 2009, 04.21 AM IST
- Rlys asked to widen track to prevent elephant deaths
In the wake of round eight elephants being run over by trains in the last six months, Tamil Nadu forest department has suggested that the R...
01 Aug, 2009, 12.40 PM IST
- WB blames locals for tigers straying into human habitat
Residents who breached fencing in core areas of the Sundarbans for fishing were to be blamed for tigers straying into human habitats, West ...
25 Jul, 2008, 05.26 PM IST