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Assam to arm forest staff with AK series weapons

The Assam forest department is keen to arm forest guards in Kaziranga National Park with sophisticated weapons like AK series assault rifles to counter the new brand of rhino poachers who are using......

Assam: Ultras release abducted forest officials

Two senior Assam Forest Department officials who were abducted by tribal militants on March 3 last in Karbi Anglong hill district of Assam were released by their abductors in the wee hours on......

Sabarimala stampede: 'Tourist vehicles a reason'

The Kerala forest department is of the view that unrestricted entry of vehicles for ferrying pilgrims into the Pullumedu trekking path was one of the factors that paved the way for the January 14......

Forests to use DNA fingerprinting for tiger census

As the Karnataka forest department analyses the data gathered during the six-day tiger census conducted in the state in January, various wildlife organisations have chipped in to identify the......

Sikkim to market Himalayan Viagra

The Sikkim government is considering a proposal by the Forest and Wildlife Department to market the medicinal herb Cordyceps Sinensis, popularly known as Himalayan Viagra. The herb, whose......

Salboni: Bengal govt gives ultimatum to JSW

The West Bengal government has upped the ante against JSW Steel and charged it with delaying the Salboni steel and power project.At Rs 35,000 crore (Rs 350 billion), the investment for the project......

As debate rages on GM crops, GEAC in limbo

Even as the Supreme Court is set to hear the petition to ban testing of genetically modified (GM) crops on October 29, the apex body that is supposed to regulate GM crops in the country, the......

Bengaluru's north emerging as knowledge hub

Bengaluru north is emerging as India's first and biggest knowledge city, attracting an aerospace park witnessing around $8-9 billion made by four major global aerospace players and, four defence......

Big airport projects to get a boost

The cabinet committee on infrastructure's clearance to big-ticket aviation projects, including the New Navi Mumbai airport, and plans to develop India as a civil aviation hub will help expedite the......

PM tightens his grip on India's economic matters

India's economic downslide has forced Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to encroach into the domain of Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddy and Industries and Commerce Minister Anand Sharma in the last......

Happy with the Oscar winners?

The Oscar winners are out. The Departed has won the Best Film, while Forest Whitaker (The Last King Of Scotland) and Helen Mirren (The Queen) have bagged the Best Actor and Actress respectively.Do......

Now, Aamir caught in chinkara case

The Gujarat forest department has sent a notice to Aamir Khan for allegedly violating the Wildlife Act during the making of his film, Lagaan, in 2000, when he had filmed a chinkara without......

Blackburn fire manager Berg after 57 days in charge

Blackburn Rovers sacked Henning Berg on Thursday after only 57 days and 10 games in charge, becoming the second manager to depart a foreign-owned English Championship (second division) club in the......

People speak for department of forest

QNA

Q. Where do you report a dangerous animal?
Narendra Sharma: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/where-do-you-report-a-dangerous-animal/25510606/answers/

Q. What Animal/bird are you?
Nikita: A. the forest department or the forest warden more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-animalbird-are-you/25507163/answers/25510685

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Sunderbans has more tigers than official estimate

A recent camera-trap study by WWF-India and the West Bengal forest department has detected the presence of at least 77 tigers in the mangroves,... ...

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MP 'halts' power line project for political gain

The work on high-tension power line project from Mysore to Kozhikode via Kodagu has been stopped. It is alleged that the work, which is a part of... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/334531/mp-039halts039-power-line-project.html

Leopard rescued from well in Sarzora

A three-year-old leopard was rescued after it fell into a 40ft well at Udaka Ba, Sarzora, by the forest department's animal rescue squad. ...

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No action against 'tainted' woman forester for TP violations

The forest department seems to be reluctant to take action against 'tainted' woman forester who issued bogus transit pass for truckload of sawn... ...

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Stage set for daylong machan census today

Over 1,500 volunteers and forest department staff will take part in the daylong annual waterhole (machan) estimation exercise of herbivores and... ...

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Assam to arm forest staff with AK series weapons

Assam: Ultras release abducted forest officials

Sabarimala stampede: 'Tourist vehicles a reason'

Forests to use DNA fingerprinting for tiger census

Sikkim to market Himalayan Viagra

Salboni: Bengal govt gives ultimatum to JSW

As debate rages on GM crops, GEAC in limbo

Bengaluru's north emerging as knowledge hub

Big airport projects to get a boost

PM tightens his grip on India's economic matters

Happy with the Oscar winners?

Now, Aamir caught in chinkara case

Blackburn fire manager Berg after 57 days in charge

People speak for department of forest

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