Forests
(Search results - 25)IndiaJul 9, 2020, 1:56 PM IST
MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar, netizens praise Sivan who walked through forests to deliver letters for 30 years
Netizens and Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar praised Tamil Nadu postman D Sivan who walked through forests to deliver letters for 30 years
PoliticsJul 15, 2019, 1:42 PM IST
Telangana plans to follow Karnataka, Odisha models to digitise forest boundaries
Speaking to reporters in Hyderabad, Telangana principal chief conservator of forests PK Jha said that their state government has taken feedback from Karnataka, which has done geo-referencing of their forest boundaries
IndiaMar 17, 2019, 1:40 PM IST
Western Ghats in trouble as govt builds roads in dense forests
The government is paving a four-lane road in the middle of the western ghats. Though it is not necessary, the government is insistent on the project. In the name of development and modernisation, the forests are being demolished
IndiaJan 6, 2019, 1:54 PM IST
Six people including 18-year-old girl die of monkey fever in Karnataka
Monkey fever, also known as Kyasanur Forest disease, cases also have been reported in neighbouring Maharashtra and Goa, in areas closer to forests over the years.
IndiaDec 23, 2018, 4:17 PM IST
KCR seeks Rs 100 crore from Centre to develop 188 ‘forest blocks’
Chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao also asked the Centre to grant Rs 100 crore from its part of Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) funds for supporting the state government’s initiative of developing 188 forests blocks in Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) limits.
IndiaOct 18, 2018, 12:51 PM IST
Veerappan: 14 years since sandalwood smuggler was shot dead (Video)
It’s been 14 years since the life of the criminal Veerappan, who ruled the forests covering about 6,000 sq km in three different states for decades, turned into ashes.
IndiaAug 23, 2018, 10:48 AM IST
NewsAug 1, 2018, 7:32 PM IST
Anti-rape activist, Shehla Rashid's associate, arrested for rape in Jammu and Kashmir
According to the FIR, Talib forcibly tried to rape Arjuman Begum when she went to Chadwa Forests for grazing her cattle
IndiaJul 31, 2018, 5:19 PM IST
World Ranger Day: Watch protectors of India’s deepest jungles at work
A rare chronicle of the custodians of the country’s farthest forests follows their lives as they watch over nature's corridors
IndiaJul 24, 2018, 5:02 PM IST
India’s schoolchildren on Boko Haram’s target as new terror monster looms on intel horizon
Intelligence agencies have found that nine terrorists trained by the dreaded Boko Haram in the forests of northern Nigeria were set to enter India with the most sinister motive: to target schoolkids