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WILD ELEPHANT IN JHARKHAND
‘Ramlal’ the elephant strolls into poll queue, adds colour to Bengal votingPolling in West Bengal's Jhargram saw an unusual interruption. A wandering elephant, Ramlal, briefly paused voting at Jitushol Primary Scho...
Four of family among six trampled to death by wild elephant in JharkhandA wild elephant has caused tragedy in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district. Six people, including four from one family, were trampled to dea...
India's first DNA elephant census finds 25% drop in population, warns of rising habitat lossIndia's first DNA-based elephant census reveals a nearly 25% population drop over eight years, estimating 22,446 elephants. The new scienti...
Over 2,500 people died in five years in human-elephant conflicts: Govt dataHuman-elephant conflicts led to 2,853 human deaths over the past five years, peaking at 628 in 2023, according to government data. Odisha r...
Saving the wildlife is not just a conservation pointWith Parliament reconvening, the amended Forest Bill is up for approval. To save wildlife, we also need to rethink our economic and conserv...
Creating a buzz: Madhya Pradesh to raise honey bee armies to ward off marauding elephantsBeekeeping will be promoted in the villages of Sidhi, Singrauli, Shahdol, Anuppur, Umaria, Dindori and Mandla districts that have a signifi...
Man-animal Conflict: MP villagers to be taught easy techniques to scare away wild elephantsIn a bid to prevent human-elephant conflict and crop destruction by wild jumbos, residents of Madhya Pradesh villages adjoining Chhattisgar...
Supreme Court issues notices to 13 states on cruelty against wild animals. The petition sought the court’s intervention to end such barbaric practices and switch to scientific methods of avoiding man-animal confl...
With human-elephant conflict taking more lives on both sides, stakeholders are split over a sustainable solutionBetween 2015 & 2018, more than 1,700 people and 370 elephants have died due to this conflict.
Human-animal conflict a problem, government should consider task force on it, says SCThere is a problem (human-animal conflict) and at some point of time, you have to solve that problem," the bench told Additional Solicitor ...
ArcelorMittal's Rs 50,000-crore mining project fails to get green ministry nodThe move has dealt a blow to ArcelorMittal India’s big mining plans for iron and manganese in the state ahead of its lease expiry this mont...
Fresh elephant count in India to begin in July; Census report to come next year- Prince Charles to raise funds for elephant corridors
Charles, Prince of Wales, is trying to raise funds for an elephant corridor in Assam.
- SC pulls up West Bengal for planning elephant sterilization
The Supreme Court on Tuesday restrained the West Bengal government from going ahead with its reported proposal to sterilize wild elephants ...
Deserted elephant calves being sent to JaldaparaTwo elephant calves who were deserted by their herd near Jhargram in West Bengal two months ago were on their way on Sunday to Jaldapara Wi...
Wildlife adventure in India is an experience of a lifetimeWildlife adventure is not only a great choice for a holiday with kids, it is also one of the best ways to connect with nature
Thirty people fall prey to wild elephants in ChhattisgarhHerds of wild elephants straying from shrinking habitats in Orissa and Jharkhand have killed at least 30 people in Chhattisgarh so far this...
- EC flies, treks & sails to voters
Polling parties trekked for up to 96 hours to reach polling stations in remote areas of AP or had to brave a 40-hour sea journey to access ...
- Elephants kills 250 people in eastern India
At least 250 people die on an average every year in the country's eastern states in the man-elephant conflict.
- Tiger urine to scare wild elephants
Forest officials in Jharkhand have advised villagers to stock tiger urine and excrement to scare away a killer elephant and his marauding h...