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Union Minister's Response To 4 Questions In Parliament On Manipur Illegal Opium Poppy Cultivation
Kangpokpi district reported the largest area under illegal opium poppy cultivation in Manipur at 17.49 square kilometres (sqkm), or 4,322 acres, in 2023-24, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav 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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Woman's Body Chopped Up Into 40 Pieces By "Butcher" Live-In Partner
A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner in a forested area and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand's Khunti district, police said.
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Producer Of Yash-Starrer 'Toxic' Charged For Illegal Tree Cutting In Bengaluru
A case has been registered against the producer of the Kannada movie 'Toxic' and 2 others for alleged illegal tree cutting during its filming in a forested area in Bengaluru. The movie features Kannada star Yash, best-known for 'KGF', in a lead role.
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Bodies Of 2 Elephants Recovered In Assam Forests, Electrocution Suspected
Bodies of two wild elephants were recovered in two different places under the West Kamrup Divisional Forest area in Assam today.
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Woman Claims Sighting Leopard At Odisha Airport, Prompts Search Operation
Personnel of the Odisha forest department on Saturday launched a search operation at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here, after a woman claimed to have spotted a leopard near the dump yard area, officials said.
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Body Of Soldier Kidnapped By Terrorists Found In Forest In J&K's Anantnag
Hilal Ahmad Bhat was among the two soldiers who were allegedly kidnapped by terrorists during search operations in the forest area of Anantnag last night.
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696 Leopards Found In Odisha After First State-Sponsored Census
The first state-sponsored leopard census conducted in Odisha has revealed the presence of 696 leopards in different forest areas of the state, officials said.
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Madhya Pradesh Cops Use Night-Vision Drone To Catch Rape Accused In Jungle
Police in Madhya Pradesh's Harda district on Friday employed a night-vision drone to scour a forested area to catch a man accused of raping a five-year-old girl.
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Body Of UPSC Aspirant From Rajasthan Found In Delhi, Cops Suspect Suicide
The body of a UPSC aspirant from Rajasthan's Dausa was discovered hanging in a forested area of Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar on September 20, police said.
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Man Mauled To Death By Tiger In UP, Second Such Incident Within A Fortnight
A 40-year-old man was killed by a tiger in the Maheshpur range of the South Kheri forest division in this Uttar Pradesh district on Wednesday, marking the second such fatality in the area within a fortnight.
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Thar, Scorpio SUVs Inside Restricted Zone In Ranthambore Tiger Reserve Seized
Fourteen SUVs believed to be on an off-roading experience trip from five states were caught in Zone 8 - an area not open to public access via vehicles - of Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur, forest department officers said.
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Anti-Terror Op Intensified In J&K's Anantnag After 2 Soldiers Killed In Action
Security forces on Sunday intensified their operation to flush out terrorists from the forest area of Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on the second day of an encounter that has left two soldiers and a civilian dead.
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Task Force To Clear All Encroachments In Karnataka Forests, Western Ghats: Minister
This task force has been formed under the leadership of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force, and it will carry out forest encroachment clearance operations in western ghats and other ghat areas
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Delhi Government Must Take Blame For Permission To Fell 422 Trees: Supreme Court
Delhi government has shown lack of sensitivity over protecting the environment, the Supreme Court said while rapping it for granting permission to the DDA to chop 422 trees in the Southern Ridge's reserve forest area to construct a road.
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Union Minister's Response To 4 Questions In Parliament On Manipur Illegal Opium Poppy Cultivation
Kangpokpi district reported the largest area under illegal opium poppy cultivation in Manipur at 17.49 square kilometres (sqkm), or 4,322 acres, in 2023-24, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav 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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Woman's Body Chopped Up Into 40 Pieces By "Butcher" Live-In Partner
A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner in a forested area and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand's Khunti district, police said.
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Producer Of Yash-Starrer 'Toxic' Charged For Illegal Tree Cutting In Bengaluru
A case has been registered against the producer of the Kannada movie 'Toxic' and 2 others for alleged illegal tree cutting during its filming in a forested area in Bengaluru. The movie features Kannada star Yash, best-known for 'KGF', in a lead role.
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Bodies Of 2 Elephants Recovered In Assam Forests, Electrocution Suspected
Bodies of two wild elephants were recovered in two different places under the West Kamrup Divisional Forest area in Assam today.
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Woman Claims Sighting Leopard At Odisha Airport, Prompts Search Operation
Personnel of the Odisha forest department on Saturday launched a search operation at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here, after a woman claimed to have spotted a leopard near the dump yard area, officials said.
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Body Of Soldier Kidnapped By Terrorists Found In Forest In J&K's Anantnag
Hilal Ahmad Bhat was among the two soldiers who were allegedly kidnapped by terrorists during search operations in the forest area of Anantnag last night.
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696 Leopards Found In Odisha After First State-Sponsored Census
The first state-sponsored leopard census conducted in Odisha has revealed the presence of 696 leopards in different forest areas of the state, officials said.
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Madhya Pradesh Cops Use Night-Vision Drone To Catch Rape Accused In Jungle
Police in Madhya Pradesh's Harda district on Friday employed a night-vision drone to scour a forested area to catch a man accused of raping a five-year-old girl.
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Body Of UPSC Aspirant From Rajasthan Found In Delhi, Cops Suspect Suicide
The body of a UPSC aspirant from Rajasthan's Dausa was discovered hanging in a forested area of Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar on September 20, police said.
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Man Mauled To Death By Tiger In UP, Second Such Incident Within A Fortnight
A 40-year-old man was killed by a tiger in the Maheshpur range of the South Kheri forest division in this Uttar Pradesh district on Wednesday, marking the second such fatality in the area within a fortnight.
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Thar, Scorpio SUVs Inside Restricted Zone In Ranthambore Tiger Reserve Seized
Fourteen SUVs believed to be on an off-roading experience trip from five states were caught in Zone 8 - an area not open to public access via vehicles - of Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur, forest department officers said.
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Anti-Terror Op Intensified In J&K's Anantnag After 2 Soldiers Killed In Action
Security forces on Sunday intensified their operation to flush out terrorists from the forest area of Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on the second day of an encounter that has left two soldiers and a civilian dead.
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Task Force To Clear All Encroachments In Karnataka Forests, Western Ghats: Minister
This task force has been formed under the leadership of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force, and it will carry out forest encroachment clearance operations in western ghats and other ghat areas
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Delhi Government Must Take Blame For Permission To Fell 422 Trees: Supreme Court
Delhi government has shown lack of sensitivity over protecting the environment, the Supreme Court said while rapping it for granting permission to the DDA to chop 422 trees in the Southern Ridge's reserve forest area to construct a road.
