Elephants trample woman to death in Meghalaya
SHILLONG: A Garo tribal woman was trampled to death by wild elephants in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district, an official said...
View ArticleElephants run amok, kill three
BANKURA/SURI: Three persons, two in Bankura district and one near Suri, were killed by elephants straying into villages on Sunday. For the past few days, a herd of eight elephants have reportedly...
View ArticleWild elephant kills two Thais in rubber plantation rampage
A wild elephant killed two Thai men in separate pre-dawn attacks on Friday as they worked at a rubber plantation in eastern Thailand, police said. The two rubber tappers, both in their forties and...
View ArticleHerd pushed back at border
NAYAGRAM: Like last year, Dalma elephants were again prevented from entering Odisha through West Midnapore. For two days, Bengal forest officials tried desperately to push a Dalma herd of about 100...
View ArticleJumbo calves separated from herd enjoy villagers' hospitality
Two elephant calves separated from the herd, enjoyed the hospitality of the villagers in two separate incidents near Sirsi and Haveri on Tuesday. “On Monday at around 7:30 pm a herd of eight...
View ArticleElephant menace: Villagers block road
JORHAT: Hundreds of villagers blocked NH-37 at Kakojan in Jorhat district on Thursday in protest against the forest...
View ArticleJumbo herd creates panic in Mayurbhanj
Bhubaneswar: Elephant menace is back to haunt Mayurbhanj district. A herd of 80 elephants was spotted near Rasgobindpur and Deuli forest ranges on Friday creating panic among villagers. Around this...
View ArticleElephant patrol to bring forest fires under control
Forest fires difficult to control? Call in the pachyderm patrol. Officials in Indonesia are using trained elephants outfitted with water pumps and hoses to help control fires that have claimed vast...
View ArticleAnother first for Assam, now a mobile clinic for elephants
Morigaon (Assam), Nov. 14 (ANI): A mobile clinic for elephants was launched in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Morigaon district in Assam today. The clinic will be treating both elephants in the...
View ArticlePolice kill 3 innocent villagers during anti-Maoist operation
Three innocent villagers were killed and two others sustained serious injuries when security persons engaged in anti-Maoist operations opened fire suspecting them to be Maoists inside Karlapat forest...
View Article3 villagers killed in SOG-Maoist clash
Bhawanipatna: Three people were killed and two injured in a crossfire between security forces and Maoists in Jugsaipatna reserve forest of Karlapat wildlife sanctuary in Kalahandi district on Sunday....
View ArticleOdisha: Police kill 3 villagers, SP claims Maoist link
Three tribals of Kalahandi, out in the forest to herd goats, were allegedly shot dead and two minor boys injured by anti-Maoist police force Special Opertion Group in a reserve forest in Kalahandi...
View ArticleMarauding elephants force tribals to reside atop trees
Balasore: Hundreds of tribal families in Bijatala block of Mayurbhanj district have left their homes for "safer" - read higher - places as a herd of wild elephants have been wreaking havoc in the area,...
View ArticleTiger kills man, injures another in HD Kote village
A tiger suspected to have killed a man in HD Kote taluk in the recent past, resurfaced on Tuesday, devouring a 55-year-old man and injuring another at Hadanuru village, in the same taluk. The deceased...
View ArticleJumbo herd kills man in Sundargarh
ROURKELA: A 50-year-old man was trampled to death by an elephant herd near Rio village under Kuanrmunda forest range in Sundargarh district late on Monday. The...
View ArticleCPI-M's Bengal lawmaker joins Trinamool
Kolkata, Nov 19 (IANS) In a jolt to West Bengal's opposition CPI-M, its legislator Nabin Chandra Bag on Thursday...
View ArticleTaliban Overruns Northeastern Afghan District
Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD— Afghan officials and insurgent sources say the Taliban has captured a remote district in the northeastern province of Badakhshan. This is the second time during this year’s fighting...
View ArticleElephant found dead after suspected pesticide poisoning
A six-year-old male elephant was found dead on a block of farmland in Pucok Turue village in Mane district, Pidie, Aceh, on Wednesday, allegedly due to poisoning from eating pesticide stored by a...
View ArticleMidnapore: Villagers demand money to drive out elephants
MIDNAPORE: The forest department on Thursday gave in to demands of some 200 residents of Bechua village, promising to pay each of them a day's wage to chase a herd of Dalma elephants from the adjoining...
View ArticleEx-MP injured after attack in Bengal
Kolkata, Nov 21 (IANS) Former CPI-M MP Ram Chandra Dome along with several party activists was injured after their protest march was attacked in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Saturday. The march...
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