Cholanaikars vote braving rain, wild elephants
: Adivasis belonging to the Cholanaiker tribe polled their vote at a booth at Nedunkayam, braving incessant rain and the threat of...
View ArticleWill China come to investment-starved Bengal's rescue?
Kolkata, Nov 13 (IANS) After hunting for investments in a rather futile way in Singapore and Britain, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appears to have taken some interest in looking for money...
View ArticleCPI-M legislator, ex-MP injured in Bengal attacks
Kolkata, Nov 21 (IANS) A former CPI-M parliamentarian and a sitting legislator were injured in attacks, while a former party lawmaker was made to hold his ears and promise that he would quit the...
View ArticleElephant herd chased away into forest
A herd of wild elephants that strayed into human habitations from the reserve forests near Hosur three days ago were driven back into the forests in the early hours of Friday. The herd of...
View ArticleTiger killed outside Bandipur Reserve
Bengaluru: Two days after a tiger attacked and killed a villager outside the Bandipur Tiger Reserve (BTR), the combing team shot the tiger when it tried to attack a forester on Thursday. The deceased...
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 ArticleTusker run over by goods train in West Bengal
A tusker was killed after it was hit by a goods train in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district at the early hours of Sunday between Madarihat...
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 ArticleTwo rescued elephants travel in India’s first customized ambulance for jumbos
Agra: After spending decades in a circus, elephants Mia and Sita were rescued by an animal welfare group on Sunday, and are now travelling to a conservation centre on board India's first modern...
View ArticleTusker knocked down by goods train in Bengal
A tusker was killed after being hit by a goods train in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district. The incident occurred at 2.33 a.m. on Sunday between...
View ArticleElephant mowed down by train near New Jalpaiguri
JALPAIGURI: An elephant was killed in the wee hours on Sunday on the railway track between New Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar Junction when it was hit by a Guwahati-bound goods train. The incident happened...
View ArticleTwo elephants electrocuted in Odisha’s Subarnapur district
Two elephants were electrocuted in Odisha’s Subarnapur district on Sunday. The incident took place in Tithipali reserve forest where someone charged solar fencing with electric current. Two female...
View ArticleBatting for elephant protection
Does the onus of protecting elephants from being victims of captivity fall solely on the forest authorities, or does it lie on the eager tourist paying to see the caged jumbos? A collective...
View ArticleIndo-Bangla work on free jumbo route
GUWAHATI: Human migration may remain a contentious issue between India and Bangladesh, but not elephants. The two countries are working with their respective external affairs and home affairs...
View ArticleSumatran elephants being harrassed in Aceh
Krueng Peusangan, which literally means Peusangan River, a major watershed zone stretching from Central Aceh, Bener Meriah to Biruen regencies, Aceh, constitutes the habitat of Sumatran elephants, but...
View ArticleIndia's first Elephant ambulance bringing Mia and Sita, the female jumbos...
AGRA: After spending decades in the circus, Mia and Sita were rescued by wildlife SOS under their circus elephant rescue mission, coordinated by union government, on Sunday. The two female jumbos are...
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 ArticleTiger killed outside Bandipur Reserve
Bengaluru: Two days after a tiger attacked and killed a villager outside the Bandipur Tiger Reserve (BTR), the combing team shot the tiger when it tried to attack a forester on Thursday. The deceased...
View Article350 deaths a year, thousands of hectares damaged in man-elephant conflict
BAREILLY: For the first time ever, the extent of crop and property damage as well as human casualties due to man-elephant conflict has been compiled by a senior wildlife expert, who estimates that at...
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