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Border Security Force officials said the jar, filled with concentrated venom, was suspected to have reached Hili from France via Bangladesh.

Acting on a tip-off, officials of Belakoba range under Baikunthapur Forest Division of West Bengal Forest Department nabbed four persons an...

The shipment of cobra venom, estimated to be worth Rs 100 crore, was on its way to China from France via Bangladesh, India and Bhutan.

A similar technical support was also committed to Afghanistan for supporting polio eradication programme, besides providing micro level pla...

After items like antiques, narcotics, sandalwood or animal body parts, now it is the turn of live animals like snakes.

"The Indian crocodile and the King Cobra are presently not on the verge of extinction," environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan said.