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Pilibhit (UP), Jul 7 (PTI) A 15-foot dead python found floating in the Kharja canal at Kalinagar area of Pilibhit district threw local residents into a frenzy on Monday. The locals, who noticed the massive snake drifting in the water, alerted the forest department, who reached the spot and fished out the carcass. Divisional Forest Officer Manish Singh said, "The preliminary investigation has not ascertained the cause of death, but it appears to be natural." The dead python attracted a large crowd of curious villagers, many of whom captured photos and videos on their mobile phones. The frenzied gathering soon grew unruly, prompting intervention by forest and local administrative personnel who controlled the situation. According to locals, wildlife activity is frequent around the Kharja canal, and sightings of snakes, including pythons, have occurred in the past. However, this was the first time such a large python has been seen in the area, they said. Forest officials said they are investigating how the python ended up in the canal. PTI COR KIS RUK RUK
Bhubaneswar: Nature lovers have a fresh reason to visit Nandankanan Zoological Park in Odisha's Bhubaneswar, as the famed wildlife sanctuary welcomed seven baby yellow anacondas into its reptilian fold on Sunday -- a rare and exciting addition that underscores the zoo's growing reputation as a haven for exotic species. The tiny hatchlings were born to a breeding pair of yellow anacondas brought to Nandankanan from the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust in Chennai in October 2019. With these new arrivals, the zoo now proudly houses a thriving family of 14 yellow anacondas -- two adult males, two adul ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has filed a chargesheet against YouTuber Siddharth Yadav alias Elvish Yadav, his friend and singer Rahul Yadav alias Fazilpuriya apart from two others, and charged them with money laundering in an alleged wildlife crime involving protected snakes and lizards, official sources said. The prosecution complaint was filed on October 13 before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Gurugram, Haryana. The court is yet to take cognisance of the chargesheet. Yadav (28), Fazilpuriya (35), a company named Sky Digital India Pvt. Ltd. and its di ...Read More >
New Delhi Oct 16 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its chargesheet filed against YouTuber Elvish Yadav, rapper Rahul Yadav (Fazilpuria), a digital company, and its director has accused them of indulging in money laundering by generating money using income from videos that featured protected wildlife species like snakes and an iguana. The prosecution complaint, filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), states that the songs "32 BORE" on Fazilpuria's channel and a vlog on Elvish Yadav's channel depicted the protected animals, which is a scheduled offence under the Wild ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 14 (ANI): Russian woman Nina Kutina and her two children were rescued by Gokarna Police and processed by the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in Bengaluru before being sent back to a rescue centre in Tumakuru. Kutina, who had been living with her daughters in a cave near Gokarna, defended her lifestyle and rejected the claims made about her situation. You give already a lot of lying information. We have big experience to stay in natural, in jungle, and we were not dying, and I did not bring my children, my daughters to die in jungle. They did ...Read More >
Lucknow: Enforcement Directorate's Lucknow unit filed prosecution complaint against YouTuber and Bigg Boss OTT season 2 winner Elvish Yadav and three others under Prevention of Money Laundering Act before a special court in Gurgaon. Court will take cognisance of charges, after which both accused will be summoned. ED also named Chandigarh-based company Sky Digital and its owner as a co-accused in the case.Rs 1 crore assets of Elvish Yadav and his aide Fazilpuria were attached. The duo had used liv ...Read More >
Mumbai Customs officers intercepted a Thane-based woman at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport for attempting to smuggle 154 exotic animals. Hidden inside plastic containers in her luggage, the haul included four baby anacondas, iguanas, bearded dragons, tortoises, turtles, lizards, and raccoons. This marks the first time in at least five years that baby anacondas, a foreign snake species, have been seized at Mumbai Airport. The seized species are protected under international law ...Read More >
Mumbai: Drugs, gold and other expensive or illegal items are often seized from passengers during inspection at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, the country's financial capital. However, this time, customs officials seized as many as 48 poisonous snakes and 5 turtles from a passenger. Even the security guards were alarmed when it came to light that the passenger had been found with poisonous snakes. The passenger concerned had been to Thailand and had taken a flight from Bangkok on his way to India. At Mumbai's airport, customs found 48 poisonous snakes and five tur ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 14 (ANI): Russian woman Nina Kutina and her two children were rescued by Gokarna Police and processed by the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in Bengaluru before being sent back to a rescue centre in Tumakuru. Kutina, who had been living with her daughters in a cave near Gokarna, defended her lifestyle and rejected the claims made about her situation. 'You give already a lot of lying information. We have big experience to stay in natural, in jungle, and we were not dying, and I did not bring my children, my daughters to die in jungle. They di ...Read More >
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], October 3 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday met Mahamandaleshwar Swami Yatindranand Giri Maharaj at the Chief Minister's residence in Dehradun. During the meeting, the two held detailed discussions on various spiritual, social, and national interest issues. Also Read | Mizoram: Lengpui Airport Halts Operations As Potholes Spotted on Runway, 4 Flights Cancelled. Welcoming Mahamandaleshwar Swami Yatindranand Giri Maharaj, Chief Minister Dhami said that the blessings of saints and spiritual leaders bring positive energy into society ...Read More >
Mumbai: Hooliganism under the guise of Marathi pride will not be tolerated in the state, CM Fadnavis warned on Friday. He said police had registered an FIR and taken action in the Mira Road incident where a businessman was beaten up by MNS workers for not knowing Marathi.Speaking to the media, Fadnavis said beating up someone over language was wrong. "We are Marathi and are proud of the language. Insisting that a person speak in Marathi is not wrong, but beating up a businessman because he does not know it is wrong. Our Marathi-speaking people are doing business in different states, and if the ...Read More >
VMPL New Delhi [India], August 14: Ellenox, India's largest venture studio, is accelerating its global push in enterprise AI development. In the past year, the company has grown its headcount by 50% over the last year, bringing in senior AI talent from Amazon and Google to power its next phase of expansion. Already delivering AI transformation for Fortune 50 leaders in fintech, cloud computing, consumer social, and sports-tech, Ellenox has built systems that replace costly call centers with natural-voice AI agents and deployed end-to-end social media pipelines capable of scaling global brand ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: As serious concerns grows over the rising human-animal conflicts near the forest fringes across central Kerala districts mainly the hinterlands of Ernakulam and across Idukki and Kottayam, the state forest department is all set to launch a mobile application today enabling public to report incidents and sightings to the forest department office. Even though there are locally prepared applications in certain areas of Wayanad which helps monitoring the wild animals, it is confined to few regions of the state. Named as 'Wildwatch', the App will enable near real-time reporting ...Read More >
Gurgaon: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a detailed chargesheet against YouTuber Elvish Yadav and singer Fazilpuria, accusing them of using protected wildlife for online fame and financial gain. According to the prosecution complaint submitted on Oct 13 to a special court in the city, Elvish (28) and Fazilpuria (35) allegedly featured protected snakes and an iguana in their viral videos, violating the Wildlife Protection Act. The ED claimed that Elvish earned Rs 84,000 from a 2023 video showing these animals, while Fazilpuria was charged for producing the music video '32 Bore', whic ...Read More >
Nellore: Minister Nara Lokesh has made it clear that "only those who work for the party will be given positions," and there's no room for compromise on this norm. Addressing a TD leaders' meeting in Nellore, he emphasized the need for strengthening the cadres and ensuring regular outreach to the public every four months. Lokesh acknowledged past mistakes and promised to correct them, adding, "Even Chandrababu is willing to listen -- leadership means being accountable." He vowed to complete the temple and AMC committees by the end of July. He criticized the neglect of poor students due to th ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Forest Department has issued a public alert and launched an awareness drive in several villages along the Old Kollidam River after crocodiles were sighted in the region following heavy water discharge from the main Kollidam River. Teams led by Forest Range Officer Vasanth Bhaskar, Forester Panneerselvam, and Forest Guard Anbumani visited villages including Velakkudi, Agaranallur, and Pazhaiyannallur on Saturday to warn residents and distribute pamphlets outlining safety measures. The officials went door-to-door, cautioning people against entering canals, ponds, or low ...Read More >
Bhopal: A search by the Meghalaya police in a flat of father-in-law of Shalom James, an Indore-based property dealer arrested on charges of destroying evidence in the killing of Raja Raghuvamsi allegedly by his wife Sonam during their honeymoon in Shillong last month, in Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh, has yielded a laptop, a pen drive, jewelry and incriminating documents, believed to be belonging to the couple, sources said on Monday. The search was conducted in the flat of Manoj Gupta, father-in-law of James, on Sunday following inputs received during the interrogation of the latter, a crime bran ...Read More >
Pilibhit (UP), Jul 7 (PTI) A 15-foot dead python found floating in the Kharja canal at Kalinagar area of Pilibhit district threw local residents into a frenzy on Monday. The locals, who noticed the massive snake drifting in the water, alerted the forest department, who reached the spot and fished out the carcass. Also Read | US Demands Trade Deals or Threatens Tariffs by August 1. Divisional Forest Officer Manish Singh said, "The preliminary investigation has not ascertained the cause of death, but it appears to be natural." The dead python attracted a large crowd of curious villagers, man ...Read More >
Mumbai: In a major wildlife trafficking bust, a 34-year-old man from Chennai was arrested by Customs officials at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport for allegedly smuggling 16 exotic snakes into the country. The accused, identified as Goodman Linford Leo, was intercepted on Friday night after he landed in Mumbai from Bangkok. Officials said a routine baggage scan revealed suspicious contents inside Leo's luggage. Upon further inspection, Customs officers discovered several cotton bags containing 16 live snakes, including rare and exotic species. Among the reptiles were ...Read More >