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US Woman Found In Maharashtra Jungle Says She Chained Herself To Tree
The 50-year-old American woman found tied to a tree with an iron chain in a forest in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district has now told police she had shackled herself and no one else was involved in the incident, an official said on Monday.
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US Woman Found Chained To Tree In Maharashtra Jungle Had Visited Mumbai In June: Police
A 50-year-old American woman, who was found tied to a tree with an iron chain in a forest in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district, had visited Mumbai in June but the motive behind it is still unclear, police said on Wednesday.
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Attempted Murder Case Filed Against Ex-Husband Of US Woman Found Chained
Police have registered a case of attempted murder against the former husband of the 50-year-old American woman after she was found tied to a tree with an iron chain in a forest in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district, a senior police official said.
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Woman Found Chained In Maharashtra Jungle With US Passport Copy In Pocket
A 50-year-old woman was found tied to a tree with an iron chain in a forest in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg, and a photocopy of her US passport as well as other documents were recovered from her, a police official said today.
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Maharashtra Reserves Forest For Elephants Who Came From Karnataka
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday declared almost 3,000 hectares of Tillari forest land as a conservation reserve for elephants who had wandered into Sindhudurg district from neighbouring Karnataka almost two decades ago.
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Blue Whales Spotted Off Maharashtra Coast After More Than 100 Years
Researchers have spotted a pair of blue whales along Sindhudurg coast in Maharashtra, the first such sighting along the state coastline in a century.
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Crucial tiger corridor in Maharashtra gets legal cover
It's a big victory for villagers and environmentalists alike, fighting to save Maharashtra's fragile forests that are part of the Western Ghats. The Bombay High court has ordered the state government to declare the Sawantwadi-Dodamarg belt in the Sindhudurg district bordering Goa, as an ecologically sensitive area (ESA).
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Environment Ministry extends moratorium in Konkan
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has extended its moratorium on new projects in the districts of Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra. The moratorium has now been extended till December 31, 2012. The moratorium means that no new projects will be cleared in these two districts, where a large number of mining and coal-based power pro...
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Sindhudurg: Mining at the cost of tigers?
Are plans being laid for mining in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra at the cost of tigers? Located in the fragile Western Ghats, forests in Sindhudurg are crucial wildlife corridors that connect the Anshi-Dandeli Tiger Reserve in the south with the Sahyadri Tiger Project in the north. But they could be completely destroyed since a large chunk of ...
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US Woman Found In Maharashtra Jungle Says She Chained Herself To Tree
The 50-year-old American woman found tied to a tree with an iron chain in a forest in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district has now told police she had shackled herself and no one else was involved in the incident, an official said on Monday.
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US Woman Found Chained To Tree In Maharashtra Jungle Had Visited Mumbai In June: Police
A 50-year-old American woman, who was found tied to a tree with an iron chain in a forest in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district, had visited Mumbai in June but the motive behind it is still unclear, police said on Wednesday.
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Attempted Murder Case Filed Against Ex-Husband Of US Woman Found Chained
Police have registered a case of attempted murder against the former husband of the 50-year-old American woman after she was found tied to a tree with an iron chain in a forest in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district, a senior police official said.
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Woman Found Chained In Maharashtra Jungle With US Passport Copy In Pocket
A 50-year-old woman was found tied to a tree with an iron chain in a forest in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg, and a photocopy of her US passport as well as other documents were recovered from her, a police official said today.
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Maharashtra Reserves Forest For Elephants Who Came From Karnataka
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday declared almost 3,000 hectares of Tillari forest land as a conservation reserve for elephants who had wandered into Sindhudurg district from neighbouring Karnataka almost two decades ago.
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Blue Whales Spotted Off Maharashtra Coast After More Than 100 Years
Researchers have spotted a pair of blue whales along Sindhudurg coast in Maharashtra, the first such sighting along the state coastline in a century.
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Crucial tiger corridor in Maharashtra gets legal cover
It's a big victory for villagers and environmentalists alike, fighting to save Maharashtra's fragile forests that are part of the Western Ghats. The Bombay High court has ordered the state government to declare the Sawantwadi-Dodamarg belt in the Sindhudurg district bordering Goa, as an ecologically sensitive area (ESA).
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Environment Ministry extends moratorium in Konkan
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has extended its moratorium on new projects in the districts of Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra. The moratorium has now been extended till December 31, 2012. The moratorium means that no new projects will be cleared in these two districts, where a large number of mining and coal-based power pro...
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Sindhudurg: Mining at the cost of tigers?
Are plans being laid for mining in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra at the cost of tigers? Located in the fragile Western Ghats, forests in Sindhudurg are crucial wildlife corridors that connect the Anshi-Dandeli Tiger Reserve in the south with the Sahyadri Tiger Project in the north. But they could be completely destroyed since a large chunk of ...
