Forest Department
- India
Video: UP’s forest depart puts a halt on Arif, Sarus friendship, bird taken away
Lucknow: A unique friendship between a harvester operator in Uttar Pradesh and a Sarus crane has finally ended after the wild bird was taken away by forest department officials. DFO, Amethi, Dev…
- Telangana
Telangana: Kondagattu temple restoration works to begin soon
Hyderabad: Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF), RM Dobriyal visited the Kondagattu Temple surrounding areas in Jagtial on Monday to review the forest area for restoration and redevelopment works. The visit was…
- Telangana
Telangana allocates Rs 1471 Cr for Forest dept, Haritha Haram
Hyderabad: The Telangana government allocated Rs.1,471 crore for the Forest Department and state’s flagship program Haritha Haram in the budget for 2023-24. Telangana finance minister T Harish Rao during his budget presentation…
- Telangana
Telangana: New ‘tiger stay’ packages launched in Amrabad reserve
Hyderabad: The Telangana government safari relaunched new initiatives including tours to see tigers in the Amrabad Tiger Reserve here. Visitors can book their slots from January 26. Eight new safari vehicles were…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Minister inaugurates state forest department head office
Amaravati: Andhra Minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy inaugurated the State forest department head office here on Thursday. Yuvajana Sramika Rythu (YSR) Congress Party leader said, “I want to work for the benefit of…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Ten Alexandrine Parakeets rescued from poaching
Hyderabad: On receipt of reliable information about poaching and illegal trade in live wild animals, the Forest Range Officer, Anti-Poaching Squad, Hyderabad along with the staff proceeded to Aramghar area in Hyderabad…
- Bangalore
Leopard menace: Tension in Bengaluru University campus
Bengaluru: The authorities have issued directions for students and staff, and the general public not to wander in the Jnanabharthi campus after two leopards were spotted there. The campus road connecting to…
- Bangalore
Leopard scare: Bangalore University cautions students & faculty
Bengaluru: Alarmed by media reports about a leopard being sighted on its campus, the Bangalore University has asked students, faculty and other staff to be watchful and report on spotting the movement…
- Telangana
Sankranti 2023: Telangana govt sets up helpline to fight sale of synthetic manja
Hyderabad: The Telangana Forest Department during the festival season of Sankranthi is deploying six mobile parties with uniformed staff and NGOs to go around the shops selling synthetic Manja to ensure implementation…
- India
Wild boars die in large numbers in Tamil Nadu, swine flu suspected
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu forest department has deployed anti-poaching watchers (APW) to look for wild boar carcasses in interior forest areas after a large number of wild boars died in the forest…
- Telangana
Telangana FRO murder: Drive out Gutti Koya tribals, demand foresters
Hyderabad: A day after the killing of a forest official by Gutti Koya tribals in Telangana’s Bhadradri Kothagudem district, forest personnel on Wednesday demanded that the government drive out encroachers of forest…
- India
Maharashtra: Anxious leopard mom reunites with three cubs in 48 hrs
Satara: In a happy ending, an anxious female leopard was reunited with her three lost cubs after nearly 48 hours, with some discreet help from the Forest Department, Karad, officials said here…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Several projects discussed in Forest dept committee meeting at Aranya Bhavan
Hyderabad: In the first meeting of the project screening committee conducted at the Aranya Bhavan on Saturday, ten projects – two on transmission, one on irrigation, two on Singernie Collieries, two on…
- India
Uttarakhand forest officer booked for killing tigress instead of using tranquiliser
A tigress was shot dead on November 14 by the Uttarakhand forest department after it strayed away into a marketplace. The wild cat was allegedly shot by a service rifle. The tigress…
- Telangana
Telangana: Forest department increases vigilance to prevent poaching
Hyderabad: Telangana forest department officials are increasing their vigilance in the forest in Telangana to prevent smuggling or poaching of birds for superstitions beliefs. Following the ‘Haritha Haram’ projects and bountiful rains…
