Monday, 23 May, 2022
TopicForest department

Topic: Forest department

In MP’s Guna, forest guards want power to use guns after poachers kill 3 cops

+TFP Simrin Sirur -
In early hours of 13 May, three police personnel — Neeraj Bhargava, Rajkumar Jatav and Santram Meena — were killed after they confronted suspected poachers in MP's Aaron tehsil.

Haryana’s crematoria need more wood, so govt allows forest dept to continue tree-felling

Chitleen K Sethi -
Haryana govt has put tree-felling in a list of activities permitted during the lockdown imposed to slow down the surging Covid-19 wave, which has been extended till 17 May.

J&K govt starts training officials on how to check documents of forest land ‘encroachers’

Azaan Javaid -
The J&K administration has already held a training session last week for its ‘frontline workers’ who are tasked to complete the job by 31 March 2021.

6 elephants dead in 9 days in Chhattisgarh, central team delays visit over quarantine fear

Prithviraj Singh -
According to sources, a team of Centre's Wildlife Crime Control Bureau is avoiding a visit to investigate the deaths out of fears of being quarantined in view of Covid-19.

Activists suspect Chhattisgarh elephant deaths result of poaching, want shorter probe time

Prithviraj Singh -
After 3 cow elephants were found dead last week on consecutive days, activists allege this could either be a case of poaching or intentional killing.

Chhattisgarh to spend Rs 225 crore to buy forest produce from tribals, bypass middle-men

Prithviraj Singh -
State government hopes the decision will end middle-men monopoly on the procurement process, and provide a sustainable income for the tribals amid Covid-19 crisis. 

The woman forest guard who stared a tiger down for 90 minutes, and lived to tell the tale

Sanya Dhingra -
IFS officers say staff brave dangers, but the job has little recognition and low pay. 

Government veterinary body alleges breach of law in tigress Avni’s killing

Sanya Dhingra -
Veterinary Council of India claims only a registered veterinary doctor can administer tranquilliser, a rule that was not followed in Avni's case.

Killing Avni: Trigger-happy solution or failure of India’s tiger conservation policy?

ThePrint Team -
Tigress Avni, who was being hunted for allegedly killing 13 people in the Pandharkawada-Ralegaon forests of eastern Maharashtra, was shot dead by hunter 'nawab'...

‘Trigger-happy’ hunter’s son kills tigress Avni, but no one’s saying how he got there

Sanya Dhingra -
Avni, a suspected man-eater, was killed in a late-night operation in the small hours of Saturday.
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India to ink ‘repeat order’ deal for 73,000 SiG 716 rifles from the US

Snehesh Alex Philip -
In February 2019, 72,400 SiG 716 rifles of 7.62 x 51mm calibre were contracted from SIG Sauer Inc, USA, under government's 'Buy (Global) category', through fast track procedure.

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Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation

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That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.

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