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Bengaluru: Based on the preliminary report submitted by the committee formed to probe into the death of five tigers, including a mother and four cubs, the forest minister has recommended suspension of the three senior forest officers. After confirming dereliction of duty by the senior officers through the report, Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre has recommended suspension of the IFS officer and DCF of MM Hills Wildlife Sanctuary Chakrapani Y, Assistant Conservator of Forests Gajanana Hegde and Ra ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 4 (ANI): Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre has recommended the suspension of four forest officials, including DCF Chakrapani, for alleged negligence and dereliction of duty in connection with the deaths of a tigress and her four cubs in the Male Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary. The minister's decision follows a preliminary investigation report that revealed the tigers died after consuming a poisoned cow carcass. The minister, who received and re ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Karnataka's Forest, Environment and Ecology Minister, Eshwar B Khandre, has recommended the suspension of three forest officials in connection with the death of a tigress and her four cubs due to poisoning in the Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills Wildlife Sanctuary. The officials are accused of gross dereliction of duty, which allegedly contributed to the tragic deaths. The officials named are Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) Y Chakrapani, Assistant Conservator of Forests of the Hanur ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Jul 4 (PTI) Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre on Friday recommended the suspension of Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) Y Chakrapani and three other officials for negligence and dereliction of duty in connection with the 'unnatural deaths' of five tigers in the Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills, officials said. A female tigress and her four cubs were found dead in the Hugyam range of the MM Hills on June 26. Also Read | Chinese App Investment Scam: ED Arrests Delhi-Based Forex S ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The preliminary report of the high-level inquiry committee probing mass tiger deaths in Male Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary of Chamarajanagar district revealed use of insecticide to poison a tigress and her four cubs. The patrolling forest personnel of the MM Hills Sanctuary came across a tigress and her four cubs dead at Gajanur beat of Hoogyam range on June 26. Acting on the report, Minister of Forests and Environment Eshwar Khandre on Friday stated to have placed Deputy Con ...Read More >
Guwahati, July 4: A letter from the Union Forest Ministry seeking action against the then Assam Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) and Head of Forest Force (HoFF) has blown the lid off the illegalities carried out in Geleky Reserve Forest and Hailakandi's Innerline Reserve Forest where "large scale" constructions were being carried out for housing police battalions in gross violations of law. In an affidavit filed before the NGT, the then PCCF and HoFF had stated that there was "no i ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has ordered legal action against Assam's Special Chief Secretary, M K Yadava, for serious breaches of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. The case involves the unauthorised diversion of reserved forest land for the construction of Commando Battalion Camps in Assam -- projects initiated without mandatory prior approval from the Central Government. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! Ya ...Read More >
The construction of the camps has been under a cloud since early 2024 and faced scrutiny from the environment ministry as well as the National Green Tribunal's principal bench and eastern zone bench (Kolkata). The Union environment ministry's regional office in Shillong has directed the Assam forest department to take legal action against Special Secretary (Forest) M K Yadava for authorising two commando battalion camps on forest land in "gross violation" of the law, official documents show. T ...Read More >
Gurgaon: The city, which is growing at a rapid pace, stands at a crossroads where it can learn from several innovative urban management practices of other Indian cities to tackle its own challenges. At the national conference of urban local bodies in Manesar on Thursday, mayors and municipal corporations from across the country shared their strategies, offering valuable insights for Gurgaon to consider.Surat generates Rs 140 crore from selling sewage-treated water to industries and has introduce ...Read More >
Mysuru: Tiger deaths outside tiger reserves have raised concerns, even as authorities are contemplating plans to step up measures for the protection of big cats.The recent death of five tigers in MM Hills Wildlife Sanctuary has once again drawn attention to the need for stronger tiger conservation measures outside reserve areas. This year, seven out of ten tiger deaths in Karnataka occurred outside the designated tiger reserves.Between 2012 and 2024 (till Sept), 179 tigers died in Karnataka, som ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has directed Assam's Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) to initiate legal proceedings against Special Chief Secretary MK Yadava for unauthorized diversion of 11.5 hectares of forest land in the Damcherra Innerline Reserve Forest in Hailakandi district of Barak Valley. Yadava, who was then serving as PCCF and Head of Forest Force (HoFF), had approved the use of the forest land by the Assam Police Housing Corpor ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Zeenat, the three-year-old tigress from Maharashtra brought to Odisha's Similipal last year under translocation project, is believed to be pregnant after mating with a melanistic male tiger named T-12 Mahabal in May this year. If her pregnancy is confirmed, Zeenat would deliver cubs around August or September this year, said Prem Kumar Jha, Odisha's Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife). Love blossomed after Zeenat was released into the wild in April this year. She made ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A heartening chapter is unfolding deep within the emerald wilderness of Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha, where a Royal Bengal tigress named Zeenat, originally from Maharashtra, is believed to be carrying a new generation of cubs -- a milestone that could reshape the future of the region's famed tiger population. Brought to Similipal in 2023 as part of a bold genetic diversification project, Zeenat was tasked with an extraordinary mission: to infuse new bloodlines into a populatio ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The government lacks any clear provision to probe complaints against the ministers. The personnel department probes complaints against the IAS officers, the home department deals with inquiry against the IPS officers, and the forest department investigates plaints against the IFS officers. But the government is in short of clarity about who will probe the complaints against the ministers. The case has led to a debate after former legislator Kishor Samrite complained ab ...Read More >
New Delhi: A group of 60 former civil servants has written to the Chief Justice of India, claiming that a "conflict of interest" in the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) could compromise the outcome of cases challenging the Forest Conservation Amendment Act, 2023. In their open letter dated June 30, the signatories, including former secretaries, ambassadors, police chiefs and forest officers, said the four-member CEC currently includes three former Indian Forest Service ...Read More >
New Delhi: A group of 60 former civil servants has written to the Chief Justice of India, claiming that a "conflict of interest" in the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) could compromise the outcome of cases challenging the Forest Conservation Amendment Act, 2023. In their open letter dated June 30, the signatories, including former secretaries, ambassadors, police chiefs and forest officers, said the four-member CEC currently includes three former Indian Forest Service ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Following the death of a nine-year old tigress and her four cubs due to poisoning in Malai Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary (MM Hills), the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Head of Forest Force, issued an order on Monday, sending three staffers on three months compulsory leave. The staffers include Deputy Conservator of Forests Y Chakrapani, Assistant Conservator of Forests Gajanna Hegde, Hanur wildlife division, and Range Forest Officer-cum-surveyor Madesh, Hoogyam wildlife ra ...Read More >
New Delhi: The famous orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala of Mumbai who operated on Rishabh Pant after a serious road accident in December of 2022 feels that although the somersaults by Pant are being done rather well, it is an unnecessary event. During his path back home in Roorkee in December 2022, Rishabh Pant was involved in an accident with his luxury car hitting a divider after which he sustained various injuries. He had been treated in Dehradun and then he was flown to Mumbai. Dr. ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Bengaluru Urban forest officers have busted a poaching racket, arrested one and seized the carcasses of four spotted deer, a wild boar, and 74 kg of deer meat. The accused allegedly killed nine deer and a wild boar for the illegal wildlife meat trade. The officials said that based on a tip-off, a team led by the Bengaluru Urban Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) along with officers from the Kaggalipura range intercepted two cars near Nice Road Junction on Bannerghatta Road late ...Read More >
Lucknow: UP is set to celebrate Van Mahotsav from July 1 to 7 under the guidance of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath wherein the forest and wildlife department plans to plant a record 35 crore saplings across Uttar Pradesh, the highest in country.The department, working in close coordination with various other departments, has gathered 52.33 crore saplings and completed advance soil work on 72,912 hectares of land.A review meeting led by forest and environment minister Arun Kumar Saxena was held f ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Concerns have been raised following the report of another tigress' death in Karnataka on Saturday, coming close on the heels of the shocking incident involving the death of a tigress and her four cubs. According to forest officials, the latest death has been reported from the Gundre Forest Range in Bandipur, located in Chamarajanagar district. Authorities, based on preliminary investigation, have stated that the tigress, estimated to be between 4 and 5 years old, appears to have die ...Read More >
Bengaluru, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Forest and Police authorities have cracked the sensational case involving the death of a tigress and her four cubs in the Male Mahadeshwara Hills forest region and arrested two persons in connection with the incident on Saturday. The arrested individuals have confessed to poisoning the meat in order to kill the tigers, claiming it was an act of revenge for the death of their cow. The accused have been identified as Mada, also known as Maduraju, and Nagar ...Read More >
India has launched an investigation after an endangered tigress and her four cubs were found dead in a protected forest in the southern state of Karnataka, an official said Friday. State forest minister Eshwar Khandre said the "unnatural" deaths were "extremely tragic and distressing" and that an investigation team had been formed. Local media reports said forest officials suspected poisoning. The tigress had reportedly killed a cow days earlier, and poison may have been laced into the carcas ...Read More >
Puri: Despite travel uncertainties due to recent conflicts in some parts of the world, people from Europe and elsewhere have reached Puri to witness the annual Ratha Yatra of the sibling deities.As non-Hindus are not allowed inside the 12th-century Jagannath Temple, the Ratha Yatra provides a rare opportunity for devotees across the world to see the deities in their full glory atop their majestic wooden chariots."Back home, we are surrounded by uncertainty and fear. But here, I found peace. I ca ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The death of five tigers at Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills Wildlife Sanctuary in Chamarajanagar on Thursday -- said to be the largest single-day tiger mortality in the state since the launch of Project Tiger in India -- has raised several questions over the preparedness of the forest department in the management of the protected areas across Karnataka.Amid the mounting criticism over the deaths, former Indian Forest Service (IFS) officials have pointed out the failure of the forest inte ...Read More >
Bengaluru, June 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said an investigation has been launched into the death of a tigress and its four cubs in the state's Chamarajanagar district, and necessary orders have already been issued, even as two suspects have been held for questioning. Sources said that the authorities have taken two persons into custody on Friday and are questioning them in connection with the incident. Speaking to the media in Bengaluru, CM Siddaramaia ...Read More >
Mysuru: A tragic incident has unfolded at the Malai Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary in Chamarajanagar, where a mother tiger and her four cubs were found dead under suspicious circumstances near the Hoogyam forest range. In response to the tragedy, Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre has called for a comprehensive investigation. The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) will oversee the inquiry, and the minister has requested a detailed report to be submitted promptly. He has also e ...Read More >
Bengaluru: In a gruesome incident, five tigers, including four cubs and a mother were poisoned in Malai Mahadeshwara Wildlife Division. The decomposed bodies of the five tigers, four grown up cubs of which three are female and one male, along with their mother were found at Hoogyam range of Meenyam section near Gajanur Beat. According to preliminary information, the poisoning is suspected to be the handiwork of the local people who grazecattle inside the MM Hills tiger reserves. The tigers had ...Read More >
Bengaluru, June 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The forest and police authorities have launched a search on Friday for the owner of the cow in connection with the death of a tigress and her four cubs in the Male Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar district. In a deeply concerning incident, the unnatural death of a tigress and her four cubs, likely due to poisoning, had come to light on Thursday. Initially, it was reported that the tigress and three cubs had died. However, a ...Read More >
New Delhi: Alleging "blatant misuse" of agencies to defame its leaders, AAP on Thursday questioned why the first information report filed against former Delhi ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj and Satyendar Jain was being kept under wraps and "selective" press notes were being leaked to the media.Bharadwaj, who is Delhi AAP convener, alleged that only two former ministers were named in the case without any reasonable cause while all the officers of the health and public works departments, who were act ...Read More >
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