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ahmedabad, India - A preliminary report into the tragic crash of Air India flight AI171 has revealed that all crew members were deemed fit to operate the flight after being breathalysed upon arrival at Ahmedabad airport. The inquiry is now intensely focused on retrieved engine components, with investigators identifying "components of interest for further examinations." The aircraft,en route to Ahmedabad,began losing altitude before crossing the airport perimeter wall. While no significant b ...Read More >
Erode: A lone elephant strayed into a farm adjacent to the Thalavadi forest range in Erode district in the early hours of Saturday and destroyed over 300 fruit trees.The incident took place on a farm owned by K Rasukutty, 54, of Jorekadu hamlet near Thalavadi. "The elephant breached the wire fencing to enter the property and destroyed over 300 banana trees, three jackfruit trees, a parked tractor and some water pipes," Rasukutty said. Rasukutty notified forest officials who arrived at the scene ...Read More >
Guwahati: Days after evictions in Dhubri, the Goalpara district administration, with the help of forest and police officials, carried out a massive eviction drive on Saturday in settlements by minority community within Paikan Reserve Forest in lower Assam. The forest adjoining Meghalaya's hills, which got the recognition of a reserve forest in 1982, has gone through widespread encroachment over the past 25 years. Authorities cleared 140 hectares of forest land and evicted 1,080 families who had ...Read More >
MUMBAI : Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Friday posted a video on X purportedly showing the state's social justice minister Sanjay Shirsat of the Shiv Sena sitting in a room along with a partially opened bag containing what look like bundles of currency notes. Shirsat, however, rubbished the claim, saying the bag only contained clothes.The allegation came a day after it emerged that Shirsat had received a notice from the income tax department seeking an explanation for increase in his financia ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The Punjab assembly on Friday unanimously passed a resolution rejecting the proposed deployment of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel at vital Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) installations. The state govt asserted Punjab police's capability to secure these projects, calling the central force's deployment an unnecessary financial burden, adding that providing security at these installations falls in the state's jurisdiction.The House recommended that the Punjab gov ...Read More >
Madikeri: The Central Horticultural Experimental Station at Chettalli near Madikeri faces a continuous threat from wild elephants as they have damaged orchards.The centre maintains distinct blocks of orchards, including naseberry, guava, and butter fruit trees aged between 15 to 20 years. Wild elephants regularly invade these orchards during harvest seasons, destroying crops and damaging trees extensively. Wild elephants from the adjacent Meenakoli Reserve Forest have damaged the guava block.A m ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam Cabinet has approved the Draft Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and Regulatory Guidelines to Prevent Coercive Practices by Private Nursing Homes/Hospitals in Assam and Hospitals must hand over dead bodies within two hours post-death certification irrespective of pending payment. The cabinet has deliberated that there will no withholding of dead Bodies, Hospitals must hand over dead bodies within two hours post-death certification irrespective of pending payment. Delay beyond t ...Read More >
Dispur (Assam) [India], July 10 (ANI): The Assam cabinet on Thursday approved the proposal to enhance the remuneration of Gaon Pradhans from Rs 9,000 per month to Rs 14,000 per month with effect from October 1. This has been done keeping in view the increasing responsibilities of the Gaon Pradhans in Assam and as per Budget announcement 2025-2026. This will also be extended to Gaon Pradhans of Forest Villages. Also Read | Bengaluru Peeping Tom Case: CM Siddaramaiah Condemns Man Filming Women i ...Read More >
Dispur (Assam) [India], July 10 (ANI): The Assam cabinet on Thursday approved the proposal to enhance the remuneration of Gaon Pradhans from Rs 9,000 per month to Rs 14,000 per month with effect from October 1. This has been done keeping in view the increasing responsibilities of the Gaon Pradhans in Assam and as per Budget announcement 2025-2026. This will also be extended to Gaon Pradhans of Forest Villages. It also approved the proposal for the implementation of the Gaja Mitra Scheme in the ...Read More >
Guwahati: Following the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) flagging Assam's human-elephant conflict reaching crisis proportions, the state cabinet on Thursday decided to create elephant habitats with food stock in 80 hot spots under a scheme called 'Gaja Mitra' to eliminate the escalating battle.The Gaja Mitra scheme will be implemented in the eight most human elephant conflict prone districts namely -- Goalpara, Udalguri, Nagaon, Baksa, Sonitpur, Golaghat, Jorhat and Biswanath.The cabinet note s ...Read More >
BHOPAL: Vatsala, perhaps the oldest elephant on Earth, breathed her last on Tuesday afternoon, following age-related health issues at Madhya Pradesh's Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR), her home for the past 32 years. Having survived two near-fatal attacks by a male tusker in six years, the female elephant estimated to be aged between 100 and 110 years, also suffered severe cataract (irreversibly damaging her vision), besides digestive issues and movement-related problems at the Hinauta Elephant Camp a ...Read More >
Jalandhar: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) govt is set to introduce new legislation providing for harsher punishment in sacrilege cases in Punjab. However, chief minister Bhagwant Mann's govt is yet to address the proverbial elephant in the room -- the long-pending justice in cases related to the sacrilege of Sikh scriptures in 2015.Justice in sacrilege cases was a key promise made by AAP ahead of the 2022 assembly polls. An inordinate delay in justice in these cases, however, has created a perception ...Read More >
BHOPAL: She never mated, yet raised generations of calves. She survived brutal attacks, lived through blindness, and stood as a matriarch in the forests of Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh for over three decades. But when Vatsala died this week, the gentle elephant did so just short of global recognition - because of one missing document.On Tuesday, Vatsala collapsed into a pit near Hinauta Elephant Camp and could not rise. Her body finally gave way. Forest officials said she was more than ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh for the families of those who died in the bridge collapse in Vadodara. He also announced Rs 50,000 for the injured. At least nine people were killed after a portion of the Gambhira bridge collapsed in the Padra area of Gujarat Vadodara district on Wednesday. In a post on X, the CM Patel said, The collapse of a span of the Gambhira Bridge, connecting Anand and Vadodara, has caused an ...Read More >
ITANAGAR, 9 Jul: Former MLA Kapchen Rajkumar lost his life in an elephant attack on early Wednesday morning while walking from Namsang village to Deomali town in Tirap district, according to family sources. He was 65 years old, and is survived by his wife, two daughters, and a son. Tirap Superintendent of Police Aditya, confirming the news, said that the former MLA was killed in an elephant attack when he was going from his village towards Deomali. Chief Minister Pema Khandu mourned the death ...Read More >
Guwahati: Former legislator Kapchen Rajkumar, 65, was killed in a tragic elephant attack early Wednesday morning while walking from his native Namsang village to Deomali in Arunachal Pradesh's Tirap district, sources said. The incident has shocked the region, where Rajkumar was widely respected for his public service and leadership. He is survived by his wife and several children. Born on April 15, 1960, in Namsang, Rajkumar was the son of Wangmei Rajkumar, a former acting village chief. He se ...Read More >
Bhopal: Vatsala, considered Asia's oldest elephant, died at the age of more than 100 years in Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Madhya Pradesh late on Tuesday. Her last rites were performed in the Hinauta elephant camp inside PTR late on Tuesday evening. "Vatsala was considered to be Asia's oldest elephant. Her last rites were performed by officers and employees of the Panna Tiger Reserve", an official statement said. Popularly known among the forest staff of the PTR as 'Vatsala Daadi (Grandma)' f ...Read More >
Itanagar: Former MLA Kapchen Rajkumar was killed in an attack by a herd of wild elephants while he was on way to Deomali from his house in Namsangin in Tirap district on Wednesday.Born on April 15, 1960, Rajkumar represented the erstwhile Khonsa North assembly constituency in Tirap district from 1985 to 1990. Rajkumar did his early education from Ramakrishna Mission School, Narottamnagar, Deomali, and later studied at Khonsa Govt Higher Secondary School. He also completed a commercial pilot trai ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 9 (ANI): Telangana Irrigation, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Capt. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday said the Congress government in Telangana would persist with its legal, technical, and administrative battle to reclaim the state rightful share of Krishna river waters. He accused the previous BRS regime of betraying Telangana long-term interests by compromising with Andhra Pradesh, allowing large-scale water diversion, engineering failures, and financial ...Read More >
BHOPAL: Vatsala, claimed by the MP govt to be the oldest female elephant in Asia, passed away on Tuesday in the Hinouta range of Panna Tiger Reserve. She was believed to be 100+ years old.Chief minister Mohan Yadav took to X to post his tributes to Vatsala, who was brought from Kerala to Narmadapuram and later shifted to the Panna Tiger Reserve.In his post the chief minister wrote, "The century-long companionship of 'Vatsala' came to a pause today. This afternoon, 'Vatsala' took her final breath ...Read More >
Chennai power cut: Maintenance work will affect several areas in Chennai from 9 AM to 2 PM.Source : @bsesdelhi Residents across several key areas in Chennai will face a temporary power cut on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) has announced that electricity will be suspended from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM due to scheduled maintenance activities. However, officials noted that the power supply may be restored earlier if the work is completed ahead of ...Read More >
Kerala: Forest Beat officer, G.S. Roshni of Paruthipalli range is receiving praise on the Internet for her brave service of rescuing a giant, 18-foot-long King Cobra from the residential area of Kerala. King Cobra was spotted in the water stream nearby Anchumaruthumoot, Peppara region in Thiruvananthapuram by locals who were bathing. In a viral video, the forest officer can be seen attempting to capture the snake. Her brave stint is grabbing attention on the social media. The video was posted b ...Read More >
Itanagar, Jul 7 (PTI) An elephant calf was rescued from a muddy pit in Arunachal Pradesh's Tirap district after being trapped in it for nearly two days, officials said on Monday. On receiving information from villagers, a team of forest personnel rushed to the site in the Deomali forest division on Sunday, they said. The rescue operation, which lasted for around two hours, saw villagers joining hands with the forest personnel. With their efforts, the elephant calf was successfully pulled out ...Read More >
Rourkela: A six-year-old elephant calf that was found severely injured in the Saranda forest near the Odisha-Jharkhand border last week has died despite sustained rescue and treatment efforts. A drone survey conducted June 27 as part of a forest security operation spotted the calf near the M canal with severe injuries to its left hind leg. Six teams of forest officials were immediately mobilised to initiate a rescue operation. By Saturday morning, under the leadership of Saranda DFO Abhiroop S ...Read More >
Patna: In a major political declaration, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Sunday announced his party's intention to contest all 243 seats in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. Speaking at a public rally in Saran district, bordering his Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency, Paswan's announcement signals a bold shift in the state's political narrative."When I say Chirag Paswan will contest the election, I mean that I will field candidates from all 243 seats in Bihar. I will con ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Thousands of people who gathered at ashoorkhana in Dabeerpura on the 10th day of Muharram (Youm-e-Ashura) took part in the Bibi-ka-Alam procession. The procession commenced from Dabeerpura on an elephant and concluded at Chaderghat. The Shia mourners took out the procession to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Prophet Mohammad's grandson, Imam Hussain, on the 10th day of Muharram. Members of the Shia sect performed matam and participated in processions. The 10th Muharram is the day o ...Read More >
Dibrugarh: Forest officials and villagers collaborated on Saturday evening in a rescue operation to save a wild elephant calf that had been trapped in a muddy pit for nearly two days in Arunachal Pradesh's Tirap district.The elephant calf had fallen into what is believed to be an old well in the Deomali area and was unable to get out on its own. The animal's distress was discovered by locals, who immediately alerted the forest department. Upon receiving the information, a team of forest personne ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 6 (ANI): The heavy downpour in Himachal Pradesh has wreaked havoc, with the state reporting 23 flash floods, followed by 19 cloud burst incidents and 16 landslides till today. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued a warning for "Extremely Heavy Rain, Thunderstorm & Lightning, Squall" for July 6. For tomorrow, the IMD forecasts "Very Heavy Rain, Thunderstorm & Lightning, Squall". The weather department has predicted heavy rains for July 8 a ...Read More >
Chaibasa (Jharkhand), July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) A landmine planted by Maoists in the dense Saranda forest of Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district has claimed the life of a young male elephant, Forest Department officials said on Sunday. The six-year-old wild elephant, affectionately called 'Gadru' by local villagers, sustained grievous injuries after stepping on an IED in the Digha area of the Saranda forest on June 24. The powerful blast severely damaged the animal's hind left leg, which left it ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The historic 'Bibi-ka-Alam' procession was underway in the old city of Hyderabad amid tight security as solemnity and mourning marked 'Yaum-e-Ashura' on Sunday. Thousands of people were participating in the procession, which started from Bibi Ka Alawa in a traditional manner. The procession passes through various parts of the old city before concluding at Chaderghat on the banks of the Musi River after sunset. The 'Bibi ka Alam' was carried on a caparisoned ...Read More >
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