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TEAK SMUGGLING
Cinema style smuggling bid foiled in Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve in GariabandAuthorities in Gariaband district successfully thwarted a teak smuggling operation. Inspired by a popular film, smugglers attempted to hide...- Telangana polls: Leaders throng Kawal Tiger Reserve to woo tribal votersThe 42nd tiger reserve zone in India, located over 250 kms away from the state capital Hyderabad, falls under the Khanapur assembly constit...
- Earthy smell of Arabica coffee and kalpasi spice; Why Malnad should be on your bucket listMalnad, the word stems from Malenaadu (which translates into “the land of mountains”), is a region in Karnataka that we hardly ever speak a...
- Jnanabharathi to Get `Protected Land' TagThe university has decided not to give any more space to other government agencies. In fact, it refused to grant ten additional acres to th...
- To keep troublemakers out, Bangalore University bars public entry in Jnana Bharathi campusAfter the university barred entry for the public from 6 pm to 6 am earlier this year, smuggling of sandalwood and teak trees and other ille...
- Sandalwood, red sander timbers smuggled most: GovernmentThe Environment and Forest Minister said the government was open to suggestions for strengthening laws to curb illegal felling of valuable ...
- From emu farms to guar crops: Why the desert is fertile for Ponzi schemesThe more arid the land, the more it is prone to Ponzi schemes, from cactus bugs to emu farms to guar crops. The history of busted dryland d...
- Greens see timber mafia hand in protest against officerRahul has gone on leave after forest guards and anti-poaching watchmen drawn from the tribal community struck work on Monday seeking action...
- Small farmers wage a big fight over landPeriyanna takes off an apron and hat fashioned from old rice sacks, rolls down his trousers and flattens his wiry hair.
- In these villages of north Bengal, the forest dept stands in the way of justiceIn 2006, Parliament passed an act conferring crucial rights on forest dwellers. The then Left Front government subverted this to deny 1.5 l...
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