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  Stop taking 'selfie with lions': Gujarat forest department warns tourists

  India | June 12, 2016 8:25 IST

  Ahmedabad: The tourists and locals are told by Gujarat forest department that taking selfie with lions is not allowed as this could be very dangerous and by going close to the wild animal they are

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  Watch Video: Leopard's head stuck in a pot while drinking water

  Mouthful | September 30, 2015 17:57 IST

  New Delhi: A leopard landed in a life threatening situation today after its head got stuck in a steel pot. The incident, which happened in Rajsamand district of Rajasthan, made the poor animal helpless and

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  Manipur plans to translocate critically-endangered Sangai

  India | June 16, 2015 11:04 IST

  Kolkata:  The critically-endangered species of brow-antlered deer 'Sangai', which is found only on a floating biomass on Manipur's Loktak lake, will soon be provided a second home to save it from extinction.The Manipur Forest Department

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  Jammu and Kashmir government to restructure the organisation of forest department

  India | April 24, 2015 17:44 IST

  Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government is mulling to restructure the organisation of the forest department so as to make optimum use of manpower and to streamline its functioning.J&K minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment,

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  Sarus cranes missing in UP; forest department seeks help from NGOs and photographers

  India | January 21, 2015 14:48 IST

  New Delhi: Survey carried out to record the number of Sarus birds in Uttar Pradesh is almost over, but surveyors are yet to locate a single bird yet in Ghaziabad district.The forest department has now

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  One held by forest department, police for poaching blackbucks

  India | December 27, 2014 9:18 IST

  Ahmedabad: One person was caught with four carcasses of blackbucks by the forest department and the police in a joint operation, official sources said  yesterday. The carcasses were of blackbucks allegedly shot by poachers near the

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  Two Forest officials killed in accident

  India | November 06, 2014 23:19 IST

  Jamshedpur: Two officials of Forest department were killed while a villager sustained serious injury after their motorcycles collided near Raghunathpur forest guest house in Seraikela-Kharswan district today.Ranger Krishna Kumar and Forester Chandreshwar Singh were on

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  No land for planting trees in Delhi: Forest department

  India | May 16, 2013 16:30 IST

  New Delhi, May 16: With urbanisation and infrastructural development taking place rapidly in the national capital, the forest department has been struggling with land to plant trees, an official said Thursday.Speaking at a public lecture,

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  Job Scam Unearthed In Pune

  India | May 19, 2011 17:41 IST

  Pune, May 19: Around 800 youths from different parts of India were cheated by fraudsters who promised them jobs in the Maharashtra forest department and gave them fake appointment letters, reports India TV correspondent Ajay