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Saturday, March 7, 2026
TopicForest department

Topic: Forest department

Uttarakhand forests are turning deadly for women. They’re victims of rising animal attacks

Uttarakhand forest department data show that in 2025, there were nearly 71 bear attacks in the state, leading to at least six deaths.

Why it took 30 years to declare Delhi’s Southern Ridge a reserved forest

Delhi govt has finally made good on its intent, first announced in 1994, to officially notify the Southern Ridge as a reserved forest.

A Kudremukh National Park elephant’s capture has angered Karnataka conservationists

Forest dept maintains killing of farmers propelled capture of elephant from within Protected Area of Kudremukh National Park. Experts call capture bizarre, say it could harm conservation efforts.

MM Hills tiger deaths: DCF Chakrapani suspended over unpaid dues to anti-poaching watchers

The killing of five tigers in Karnataka's MM Hills wildlife sanctuary marks the highest single-day death toll in India since Project Tiger began in 1973. They died of poisoning.

Panna loses its grand matriarch: Vatsala, the elephant who defied time

Believed to be world's oldest female elephant, Vatsala was around a 105 years old. She was captured in Kerala’s Nilambur forests in 1972, and used for tiger tracking & monitoring at Panna.

With a leopard on the move in east Delhi, forest officials scout the area to consider rewilding options

A camera trap set by a wildlife photographer captured the leopard near Jagatpur village by Yamuna Biodiversity Park. Officials are assessing if it’s local or just passing through.

MP forest dept to use low-altitude helicopters to herd crop-raiding wildlife away from farmlands

This is the first-of-its-kind move in India, according to APCCF L Krishnamurthy. The animals will be relocated to wildlife sanctuaries and national parks across the state.

Dead tiger found buried in MP’s Bandhavgarh, 2 arrested for laying snare made of electrical wires

Principal chief conservator of forest says residents often put up snares on their fields to catch smaller animals, which can be sold, but larger animals also get caught in them.

Curious case of AP’s ‘missing’ BMWs. Seized from Red Sanders smugglers, here’s where they ended up

2 BMW cars, seized during CM Naidu’s previous stint, were found to be ‘missing’, when the current govt took charge, prompting Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan to seek an inquiry in November.

9 booked in Assam’s Nagaon for pelting stones at a tigress, may have caused damage to one eye

The 9 have been charged under Wildlife Protection Act for attacking the tigress that strayed from Kamakhya Reserve Forest in Kaliabor. Veterinary ophthalmologist’s opinion to be sought.

On Camera

A ship attack has shaken Asia’s faith in the US

Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.

Amid the new war in Middle East, ‘God’ surfaces in oil and commodities contracts

Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.