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Bhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday said forests are the foundation of life and livelihood, stressing the need to protect and expand green cover while maintaining a balance between environment and industrialisation.Addressing the state-level International Day of Forests-2026 celebration here, Majhi said the aim is to raise public awareness about the importance of forests,…
RAIPUR: A forest guard attached to the Devnagar beat of Surajpur forest division was allegedly manhandled and forced to dance by a group of local youths. The incident, which came to light after video clips surfaced on social media, has raised concerns over rising vigilantism in the region. The footage shows the group forcing the…
Daltonganj: The Medininagar forest division in the district has placed a compensation demand of Rs 38.59 lakh before the regional chief conservator of forests for damage and destruction of crops and houses by wildlife during 2025-26, DFO Satyam Kumar said.“Farmers are expected to make claims for genuine compensation. Any excess claim for crop loss will…
Nick Jonas is once again melting hearts online. While promoting Priyanka Chopra’s upcoming film ‘The Bluff’, the singer-actor made a sweet gesture that fans instantly noticed. In a promotional video and later at the red-carpet premiere, Nick wore a mangalsutra as a bracelet. The moment quickly went viral, with fans praising his thoughtfulness and affection….
The story of nature tucked away in Kazakhstan’s Tian Shan Mountains, Kaindy Lake, seems like something out of a dream. Tree trunks poke eerily out of the water, ghostly and silent. It’s strange. Almost unreal. Locals and travellers alike are drawn to it, though, curious to see a forest frozen in time. Over a century…
Forest officials arrested a seven-member gang and seized tiger skin, claws, and teeth during an operation in the Kannur district of Kerala. The arrests followed secret intelligence inputs about an attempt to sell tiger body parts.Acting on the tip-off received on Friday night, forest officials launched a joint operation and tracked down three suspects near…
JABALPUR: A 16-year-old girl visiting a temple with her male friend on a bike was waylaid by eight people, including a minor boy, who forced her on a scooter and took her to a nearby forest where three of them raped her in Madhya Pradesh’s Narsinghpur district. They video recorded their act and warned the…
Video credits: X @CAC_CPRO NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday moved quickly to contain a forest fire in Uttarakhand’s Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, deploying an Mi-17 V5 helicopter for firefighting operations after receiving a request from the state government.The fire broke out in the rocky terrain between the Alaknanda and Lakshman Ganga…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday slammed the Uttarakhand govt for being a silent spectator for two decades to rampant encroachment of forest land in Rishikesh, which was allotted in 1950 to Gandhian Mira Behn by the then UP govt, and said it smacked of nexus between the executive and squatters. The court also sought…
‘Forest man’ Jadav Payeng (File photo) Dibrugarh: Unidentified miscreants set fire on Sunday to the Molai Kathoni 2.0 forest, a newly cultivated green cover created by “Forest Man of India” Jadav Payeng and his 21-year-old daughter, Munmuni Payeng, on a sandbar of the Brahmaputra river in Majuli district. The blaze caused extensive damage to the…
