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After Vantara probe, wildlife trade body reverses call to curb endangered animal imports to India

Vantara, run by Ambani family’s Reliance foundation, had earlier faced allegations from wildlife groups of improper animal imports, prompting scrutiny from Germany & EU.

SC rejects plea challenging elephant transfer to Vantara

This comes after the Bombay HC had allowed relocation of Omkar, a 10-yr old elephant who had strayed from its herd and involved in a human-wildlife conflict.

Leopard captured in Pune after boy’s killing; to be shifted to Jamnagar facility

The leopard, suspected of killing three people in Shirur tehsil, was caught Tuesday. Maharashtra to launch AI-based tracking and mass relocation drive to curb human-animal conflicts.

SC’s clean chit to Reliance’s Vantara: What court-appointed SIT’s sealed report said

Top court dismisses all allegations of animal smuggling, illegality & poor welfare standards against the wildlife rescue-rehabilitation project, noting that SIT found no violation of law.

SC-appointed SIT has 195 questions for Reliance’s Vantara; CBI, ED may be roped in

SIT to probe allegations of mistreatment and non-compliance of animal acquisition rules, made in court petitions based on social media & news reports.

‘Committed to transparency, full compliance with law’—Vantara on SC fact-finding order

The apex court Monday formed an SIT to conduct an inquiry into allegations of unlawful acquisition of animals & their mistreatment in Reliance's Vantara in Jamnagar.

Why SC chose the SIT route to look into allegations against Reliance’s Vantara in Gujarat

The order came on two PILs filed in the wake of the shifting of an elephant named Mahadevi from a temple in Kolhapur to Vantara in July.

Why BJP is scrambling to contain fallout as Mumbai’s Jains take to streets, 2nd time this yr

Jains are protesting a decision of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to shut down all 'kabutarkhanas' in Mumbai & penalise those feeding pigeons.

From Nandani village to Vantara, elephant Madhuri’s journey & why it’s caught in a legal tangle

Mumbai: An appeal may soon be filed in the Supreme Court to bring back Madhuri the elephant to the Jain 'math' in Nandani village....

Bombay HC approves relocation of ailing elephant Mahadevi to Vantara-supported trust

Radhe Krishna Elephant Welfare Trust, located in Jamnagar, will take in Mahadevi. The panel quoted from 'The Elephant Whisperer' to advocate for better treatment for elephants.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.