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On Camera, Tiger Attacks Forest Worker In Sundarbans. How He Was Rescued
A forest department worker was injured after a tiger attacked him in the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve in West Bengal on Monday morning, officials said.
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5-Km Trek Through Forest, Maoist Drones Above: How Poll Officers Keep Democracy Ticking
They cross glaciers, lug electronic voting machines up mountains on their backs, and work in dangerous areas to ensure every last person can cast their ballot in the world's largest democracy.
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4 Workers Injured In Forest Fire To Be Airlifted To AIIMS Delhi: Pushkar Dhami
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said that four forest workers who were burnt in the forest fire in Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary in the State's Almore district are being shifted to the AIIMS hospital in New Delhi in two air ambul
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4 Forest Workers Killed While Extinguishing Fire In Uttarakhand
Four forest workers were killed and four were injured while extinguishing a fire at the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary under the Civil Soyam Forest Division in the Almora district of Uttarakhand, officials said on Thursday.
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Body Parts Of Woman Rural Health Worker Found In Forest In Jharkhand
The body parts of a woman, reportedly an anganwadi worker, were recovered in a forest area in Jharkhand's Sahibganj district, police said on Wednesday.
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Russian Soldiers Drove Over Radioactive Dust In Chernobyl: Report
Russian soldiers who seized the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster drove their armoured vehicles without radiation protection through a highly toxic zone called the "Red Forest", kicking up clouds of radioactive dust, workers at the site said.
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No Covid Case In Assam's Remote Area, But Officials Fight Vaccine Hesitancy
Rural health workers in Assam's Kokrajhar district, braving forests, streams and bad roads to reach Lungsung forest near the Bhutan border. This tribal community hasn't reported a single COVID-19 case.
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Tribals In Uttarakhand Village Flee Into Forest To Escape Covid Testing
Residents of a tribal village in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh fled to a nearby forest area when a team of district health workers came to the village recently for COVID-19 testing.
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6 Migrant Workers Dead After Falling Into Pit In Meghalaya Forest
Six migrant workers from Assam died after they fell into a 150-feet pit in a forest in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, the same district where 15 men disappeared inside an illegal rat-hole mine after it collapsed in December 2018.
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Leopard Attacks Bengal Forest Workers, Thrashed, Killed In "Self Defence"
In a shocking incident near Siliguri in north Bengal, an adult leopard was viciously beaten by forest workers and then shot dead. The incident took place on Wednesday evening at Phansidewa on Siliguri's outskirts.
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Man Drives Kerala Schoolgirl To Tamil Nadu, Allegedly Murders Her
A teenage girl from Kerala was murdered in a forested area in neighbouring Tamil Nadu allegedly by a man on Tuesday night. The accused, a worker at an automobile service centre, has been arrested and handed over to the Kerala police.
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Telangana Officer Went To Plant Trees. She Was Thrashed By TRS Workers
A forest officer who was leading preparations for a tree plantation drive in Telangana was left bleeding and injured after she was attacked violently allegedly by workers of the ruling party in the state on Saturday. She has been hospitalised after the attack.
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5 Guest House Employees Allegedly Beaten Up By Policemen In Bihar
Five daily wage employees of a forest department guest house in Bihar's Nalanda district were allegedly assaulted by cops inside a police station, following which its station house officer (SHO) was suspended on Sunday, officials said.
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Himachal Officer Shot By Hotelier Didn't Tell Team Before Going In: Cops
The hotel owner charged with murder of a government official in Himachal Pradesh's Kasauli, after initial attempts to block the demolition team by threatening suicide, had deployed his workers too for the job. But after the lunch break, Shail Bala entered the guest house along with a forest ranger and labourer without informing her team leader.
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Skeleton Found In Thane Forest, Suspected To Be Missing Hospital Worker
Police suspect murder after a human skeleton was discovered in a jungle in the Bhiwandi Tehsil of Thane in Maharashtra. They also recovered an identity card with the remains, which belonged to a hospital employee who has been missing since January.
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On Camera, Tiger Attacks Forest Worker In Sundarbans. How He Was Rescued
A forest department worker was injured after a tiger attacked him in the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve in West Bengal on Monday morning, officials said.
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5-Km Trek Through Forest, Maoist Drones Above: How Poll Officers Keep Democracy Ticking
They cross glaciers, lug electronic voting machines up mountains on their backs, and work in dangerous areas to ensure every last person can cast their ballot in the world's largest democracy.
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4 Workers Injured In Forest Fire To Be Airlifted To AIIMS Delhi: Pushkar Dhami
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said that four forest workers who were burnt in the forest fire in Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary in the State's Almore district are being shifted to the AIIMS hospital in New Delhi in two air ambul
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4 Forest Workers Killed While Extinguishing Fire In Uttarakhand
Four forest workers were killed and four were injured while extinguishing a fire at the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary under the Civil Soyam Forest Division in the Almora district of Uttarakhand, officials said on Thursday.
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Body Parts Of Woman Rural Health Worker Found In Forest In Jharkhand
The body parts of a woman, reportedly an anganwadi worker, were recovered in a forest area in Jharkhand's Sahibganj district, police said on Wednesday.
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Russian Soldiers Drove Over Radioactive Dust In Chernobyl: Report
Russian soldiers who seized the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster drove their armoured vehicles without radiation protection through a highly toxic zone called the "Red Forest", kicking up clouds of radioactive dust, workers at the site said.
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No Covid Case In Assam's Remote Area, But Officials Fight Vaccine Hesitancy
Rural health workers in Assam's Kokrajhar district, braving forests, streams and bad roads to reach Lungsung forest near the Bhutan border. This tribal community hasn't reported a single COVID-19 case.
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Tribals In Uttarakhand Village Flee Into Forest To Escape Covid Testing
Residents of a tribal village in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh fled to a nearby forest area when a team of district health workers came to the village recently for COVID-19 testing.
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6 Migrant Workers Dead After Falling Into Pit In Meghalaya Forest
Six migrant workers from Assam died after they fell into a 150-feet pit in a forest in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, the same district where 15 men disappeared inside an illegal rat-hole mine after it collapsed in December 2018.
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Leopard Attacks Bengal Forest Workers, Thrashed, Killed In "Self Defence"
In a shocking incident near Siliguri in north Bengal, an adult leopard was viciously beaten by forest workers and then shot dead. The incident took place on Wednesday evening at Phansidewa on Siliguri's outskirts.
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Man Drives Kerala Schoolgirl To Tamil Nadu, Allegedly Murders Her
A teenage girl from Kerala was murdered in a forested area in neighbouring Tamil Nadu allegedly by a man on Tuesday night. The accused, a worker at an automobile service centre, has been arrested and handed over to the Kerala police.
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Telangana Officer Went To Plant Trees. She Was Thrashed By TRS Workers
A forest officer who was leading preparations for a tree plantation drive in Telangana was left bleeding and injured after she was attacked violently allegedly by workers of the ruling party in the state on Saturday. She has been hospitalised after the attack.
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5 Guest House Employees Allegedly Beaten Up By Policemen In Bihar
Five daily wage employees of a forest department guest house in Bihar's Nalanda district were allegedly assaulted by cops inside a police station, following which its station house officer (SHO) was suspended on Sunday, officials said.
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Himachal Officer Shot By Hotelier Didn't Tell Team Before Going In: Cops
The hotel owner charged with murder of a government official in Himachal Pradesh's Kasauli, after initial attempts to block the demolition team by threatening suicide, had deployed his workers too for the job. But after the lunch break, Shail Bala entered the guest house along with a forest ranger and labourer without informing her team leader.
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Skeleton Found In Thane Forest, Suspected To Be Missing Hospital Worker
Police suspect murder after a human skeleton was discovered in a jungle in the Bhiwandi Tehsil of Thane in Maharashtra. They also recovered an identity card with the remains, which belonged to a hospital employee who has been missing since January.
