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Modi govt approves Rs 2,900-crore 'Project Lion': All you need to know about it

India | Mar 04, 2025, 12:55 PM IST

Project Lion: The central government has given the green signal to 'Project Lion', a comprehensive initiative aimed at the conservation and expansion of the Asiatic lion population in India. With this project, the government aims to take a proactive approach to secure the future of Asiatic lions.

On World Wildlife Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on

PM Modi embarks on lion safari in Gir National Park on World Wildlife Day | Pics

India | Mar 03, 2025, 11:51 AM IST

On World Wildlife Day, PM Modi enjoyed a lion safari in Gir, Gujarat, reaffirming India's commitment to wildlife conservation and announcing over Rs 2,900 crore for Project Lion.

Wild lion enters hotel compound in Junagarh, Gujarat | Watch video

News | Feb 10, 2021, 01:24 PM IST

A lion from Gir forest entered into a hotel in Gujarat Junagarh. After nearly 40 seconds the lion went out of the hotel. The whole incident got captured in the CCTV camera installed in the hotel.

Gujarat: Lion enters into a hotel in Junagarh | Watch video

News | Feb 10, 2021, 12:20 PM IST

A lion from Gir forest entered into a hotel in Gujarat Junagarh. After nearly 40 seconds the lion went out of the hotel. The whole incident got captured in the CCTV camera installed in the hotel.

Lion hunts down cow at Gujarat's Gir | Watch video

India | Oct 16, 2020, 12:57 PM IST

A video of an Asiatic lion from Gir forest has emerged where it can be seen hunting down a cow, which was kept as a bait for the lion.

Gujarat: 14 lions captured in Gir forest, after cubs fall ill

India | Apr 21, 2020, 08:40 PM IST

At least 14 lions were captured from Gujarat's Gir Wildlife Sanctuary and shifted to Jasadhar care centre in the forest, after some cubs in a pride fell ill, a senior official from the state forest department said on Tuesday.

Indian scientists develop new, improved method to survey lion populations

Science | Feb 20, 2020, 06:32 PM IST

An alternative method for monitoring endangered lions in India could improve estimates of their abundance, according to a study which may help inform conservation policy and management decisions

WATCH | Man risks life to take selfie with lion in Gujarat

India | Nov 16, 2019, 12:47 PM IST

What is surprising that the "dude" was completely unscathed by the dangerous encounter.

4 villagers torture a leopard cub in Gir forest, case registered

India | Oct 14, 2019, 03:47 PM IST

The video which has gone viral on WhatsApp and social media, shows how the men have pinned the cub in the fork of a tree, and while poking and torturing it with sticks, filmed the innocent creature's hapless cries for help.

An ailing lion cub rescued from Gir forest, Gujarat

Animal ambulance rescues two-month-old ailing lion cub from Gir forest in Gujarat

India | Jul 27, 2019, 12:17 PM IST

The hi-tech lion-ambulance, which was rescued from Gir forest was launched last month after the visit of Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani to the Gir Sanctuary. It was launched for the rescue and treatment of endangered Asiatic lions and other wild animals of the Gir forest.

Watch: Troubled by mosquitoes, Gir lions migrate to hills

India | Jun 30, 2019, 01:23 PM IST

Monsoon has reached Gujarat and mosquitoes have found their best time to pray. At the Gir forest, where there is almost no sign of humans, the arthropods rely on huge animals like lions.

Gir lions step out in residential area looking for prey

India | Jun 16, 2019, 01:04 PM IST

The CCTV footage is of Anand Society located near the Jalaram temple of Khambha, where two lionesses came out at the residential area at 12 o'clock for hunting. In the herd of cow, they hunt one, while the other cows managed to escape.

Gir forest and other protected areas spread across

Illegal lion shows still being carried out in Gir's Amreli region | Watch video

India | May 16, 2019, 12:26 PM IST

A video has emerged that shows a bike-borne miscreant indulging in an illegal lion show outside the premises of the sanctuary.

Fearless dog shows a lioness who's the boss | Watch

India | May 05, 2019, 12:27 PM IST

The video is said to be shot at the Gir Forest National Park in Gujrat, where an Asiatic lioness was hunting for her meal. She locks her target on a stray dog -- at a few metre distance.

Video of man teasing a hungry lion at Gir forest goes viral on social media

News | Oct 25, 2018, 11:14 PM IST

Video of man teasing a hungry lion at Gir forest goes viral on social media

Vaccination of Gir lions begins in Gujarat

Vaccination of Gir lions against deadly virus begins in Gujarat

India | Oct 07, 2018, 10:30 PM IST

Canine distemper virus (CDV) is considered a dangerous virus and had been blamed for wiping out 30 per cent population of African lions in East African forests.