Drowning, followed by inhalation of water leading to lung failure was the immediate cause of death of the elephant, said the preliminary report prepared on May 28, a day after the elephant, estimated to be 15-year old, died in Velliyar River.
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The survivors, one with broken limbs and the other with torn clothes and bruises, were crying out for help when Rahman reached the spot.
Trawling back into the past, she said her family had an elephant mahal, where the jumbos were kept in large numbers after being tamed and domesticated.
'The prime minister can think of bullet trains and speed, but cannot think of special measures to save these magnificent creatures.'
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Personnel of Kerala police and the forest department's Crime Investigation Team, probing the incident which triggered widespread outrage especially on social media, visited the spot and collected evidence, he said, assuring that all concerns raised will not go in vain and justice will prevail and the culprits brought to book.
Our focus should rather be on strengthening security measures to prevent Kollam-like tragedies, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
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The Akhil Bharatiya Kinnar Akhara is the 14th akhara at the Maha Kumbh.
China's Defence Ministry says the militaries of China and India are making "great progress" in implementing the disengagement agreement to end over four-year-long standoff in eastern Ladakh. Spokesman Sr Col Wu Qian said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Chinese counterpart Admiral Dong Jun had a positive meeting in Vientiane, Laos, last week, and the two sides are implementing the settlement reached between the two counties. The two ministers agreed to implement the important consensus reached between the top leaders and promote stable relations between the two countries, the spokesman said.
As the issue became a hot topic of discussion among citizens on social media platforms, Chaudhary, who claims to hold a master of business administration degree, came out with a clarification, saying he deliberately misspelt the word to test the ability of schoolchildren to detect spelling errors.
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Primary investigation into the death of the pregnant elephant in Kerala has found that it may have accidentally consumed a cracker-stuffed fruit, the environment ministry said on Monday. The ministry also noted that many a time, locals resort to the illegal act of planting explosive-filled fruits to repel wild boars from entering plantation farms.
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After the 1962 War with China, there was a demand to forge greater defence cooperation between India and the West. One such voice was that of Sudhir Ghosh, a distinguished MP, to tie up strategic cooperation with the USA immediately after the Chinese attack on India, recalls Rup Narayan Das.
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The temple authorities and jumbo owners even suspected that the conditions of the circular with regard to parading of the domestic elephants during festivals were part of a conspiracy to sabotage the Pooram.
Elephants were trapped by a sudden release of flood waters at the Mundali Barrage. Five of them were swept away from the herd
The plea filed by an advocate has also sought issuance of guidelines for creation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to tackle such incidents and filling up of vacancies in forest forces across the country.
My mind was boggling at the sheer ease with which something as large and temperamental as an elephant could be hidden so easily from the authorities
Elephants hold a special place in the hearts of Southeast Asians. And if it's a white elephant, it becomes a matter of hope and good fortune.
In a major success, the Sri Lankan troops today seized the strategic Elephant Pass, the gateway to the Jaffna peninsula, dislodging the Tamil Tigers from their key bastion a week after capturing the rebels' de facto capital Kilinochcci in the island nation's embattled north.
Mumbai Bharatiya Janata Party chief Ashish Shelar attacked the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi ahead of his upcoming visit to Maharashtra and sought an apology for his remarks on 'reservation ' and 'Veer Savarkar'.
The China threat continues to resonate in the strategic partnership between India and the USA, points out Rup Narayan Das.
Even as the number of Tigers has dwindled in recent decades, the population of elephants has recorded an increase. The number of the pachyderms in the 2007 Census was shown to be 18,664 as compared to 17,422 in the 2002 Census.
In the garb of the age-old traditional practice of daan (gift), nearly three dozen elephants have been sold at the Sonepur cattle fair in Bihar, considered Asia's largest cattle fair.
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The pachyderms were crossing the track in a bird sanctuary
PCB unfortunately didn't have solid support from other members on the executive board and even the ICC management didn't give them the respect they deserved.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Congress party, accusing it of repeatedly "wounding" the Indian Constitution. He claimed that the Congress, driven by its "lust for power," has consistently undermined the principles of the Constitution. Modi, however, praised India's democratic journey since its independence, highlighting the country's strong democratic roots and its unwavering commitment to its founding principles. He underscored the importance of unity for India's future development and emphasized that the Constitution is the bedrock of that unity.
Darrick, who is originally from Toronto, Ontario, pretended that he had got into trouble in the river, splashing and crying out for help. The footage shows the elephant going towards him as he moves towards the river bank on the other side.
Has Odisha's Ganjam district become a graveyard for elephants? One can presume so going by the number of jumbo deaths this year.
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'By his words, actions, and body language during their joint press appearance wanted to convey his personal respect and, more broadly, his desire to work closely with India.'
Two persons including a woman were killed and several houses damaged when a wild elephant went on a rampage at Junglebasti village in Amlakhi Tea Estate near Kaliabor in Nagaon district of Central Assam on Sunday night.
