Plea in HC to protect rice-eating tusker during darting

A plea was moved on Tuesday in the Kerala high court seeking directions to the Centre and the Kerala and Tamil Nadu governments to ensure that rice-eating tusker Arikomban is not harmed while being......

India has 3682 tigers, home to 75% of global numbers

The number of tigers in India has increased from 2,967 in 2018 to 3,682 in 2022, an annual rise of 6 per cent, according to the latest government data released on the International Tiger Day on......

When poachers became tourist guides

What does a poacher do when he has hung up his boots and surrendered his guns?At the Periyar Tiger Reserve located along the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border, he dons a government uniform and leads......

Only 'women activists' expected to visit Sabarimala: TDB chief

"Is it possible for women to trek kilometers through the forest path and stand amongst the packed crowd?"  IMAGE: Makara Vilakku is being celebrated at Lord Ayyappa temple, in Sabarimala.......