Cultural performances by students from various city schools mesmerised the audience at the Independence Day celebrations in Bannimantap, Mysuru, on Saturday District minister PM Narendraswamy during the Independence Day celebrations in Madikeri on Saturday Cultural performances by students from various city schools mesmerised the audience at the Independence Day celebrations in Bannimantap, Mysuru, on Saturday…
Bahraich/Lucknow: Panic gripped villages on the fringes of the Katarniaghat Wildlife Division in Bahraich after a 75-year-old woman and a seven-year-old boy were killed in two separate suspected wildlife attacks within hours of each other on Friday evening.The first incident was reported from the Dharmapur range, where Jamia (75) of Gujarhana village went out to…
Hassan: Forest department officials on Thursday evening rescued a 20-year-old wild tusker after an 8-hour-long operation near Shiraguru village in Belur taluk. The elephant was raiding crops and creating panic among locals for several days.To ensure public safety, the department had ordered the capture and relocation of the tusker. The operation was part of a…
4 min readNew DelhiAug 14, 2026 10:59 AM IST The nilgai, India’s largest antelope, is a familiar sight across parts of the Indian subcontinent. But thousands of kilometres away, the same animal has become an ecological concern. A recent Business Today report details how nilgai introduced to Texas nearly a century ago eventually established feral…
A team of ministers led by forest minister Shibu Baby John will visit Aralam Farm Thiruvananthapuram: A team of ministers led by forest minister Shibu Baby John will visit Aralam Farm in Kannur to assess the measures being carried out to reduce human-wildlife conflict. The settlement has witnessed several incidents of wild elephant intrusion, resulting…
A 60-year-old woman was seriously injured after a leopard entered her house and attacked her while she was sleeping in the early hours of Wednesday in Maheshpur area under Motipur police station limits in Bahraich district. Lucknow: A 60-year-old woman was seriously injured after a leopard entered her home and attacked her while she was…
Elephants being driven back into the forest Hassan: The forest department is set to launch a major operation in the Malnad region of Hassan district to provide relief to residents affected by the elephant menace.As part of the operation, officials plan to capture and relocate a rogue tusker and fit radio collars on two lone…
Chintamani: Forest officials rescued two blackbucks (Indian antelopes) after they accidentally fell into a nearly 60- to 70-foot-deep open well in an agricultural field at Jagatanahalli village in Chintamani taluk of Chikkaballapur district.Landowner Bhimaraddi noticed the animals trapped inside the well and alerted the forest department. Forest officials, with the assistance of local villagers, immediately…
Bahraich: Senior IAS officer Akshay Tripathi, a 2014-batch Uttar Pradesh cadre officer and outgoing Bahraich District Magistrate, has been appointed Private Secretary to Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram. The appointment was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on August 8, 2026.Tripathi’s move to central deputation is expected to end his tenure as…
Coimbatore: Coimbatore-based farmers’ associations on Thursday said several announcements in the agriculture budget presented by minister R Vinoth were disappointing, alleging that they appeared to favour agricultural traders rather than cultivators. Tamizhaga Vivasayigal Sangam stated that announcements relating to protective covers for mangoes and banana bunches, seed sales, wildlife repellents, agricultural tonics, growth promoters, micro-irrigation,…
