Tiger cub spotted in Sariska
August 8th, 2012 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 8 (IANS) A tigress in Rajasthan's Sariska Tiger Reserve has reportedly delivered a cub.On Tuesday, the tigress and the cub were captured on camera. This is encouraging news, ... Read more...
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Three more tigers for Sariska
August 2nd, 2012 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 2 (IANS) Spread over 866 sq km, the Sariska National Park in Rajasthan was once home to 15 tigers. Poaching reduced the number to zero till re-population began ... Read more...
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Briton enjoys 50 years’ solitude on island
April 27th, 2012 - 9:17 am ICT by IANS
London, April 27 (IANS) A Briton from Yorkshire has made an island in the Seychelles his home and been enjoying living there for half a century. He spends his days ... Read more...
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Sariska area villagers protest relocation
March 31st, 2012 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 31 (IANS) Around 100 villagers protesting relocation of their villages in the periphery of Sariska Tiger Sanctuary in Rajasthan's Alwar district courted arrest Saturday, police said.The villagers had ... Read more...
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Panther poaching in Sariska has Rajasthan worried, probe ordered
March 9th, 2012 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 9 (IANS) The Rajasthan government Friday ordered an enquiry into the poaching of a panther in the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar district here, officials said.The body of ... Read more...
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Rhino mother, baby killed in South Africa
February 11th, 2012 - 7:36 am ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, Feb 11 (IANS) A rhino mother and her baby were shot dead by poachers in a South African preserve, police said Friday.Their bullet-ridden bodies were found in Tiergarten wildlife ... Read more...
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Kerala tourism authority blamed for 2009 boat tragedy
August 25th, 2011 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 25 (IANS) A commission that probed the 2009 Thekkady boat tragedy that left 45 people dead has indicted the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC) for grave lapses which ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh national park inundated
August 23rd, 2011 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 23 (IANS) Release of water from overflowing dams in Nepal has flooded large parts of the terai belt in Uttar Pradesh, including areas of the Dudhwa National Park, ... Read more...
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Sariska to get two Ranthambore tiger cubs
July 29th, 2011 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, July 28 (IANS) The Sariska tiger reserve, which has two tigers and three tigresses, will get two tiger cubs to add to the big cat numbers. The cubs will ... Read more...
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Conservation efforts help increase Nepal’s rhino population
April 26th, 2011 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
Chitwan (Nepal), Apr 26 (ANI):The population of one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) has increased in Nepal, according to the country's National Rhino Census.The census showed there are 534 rhinos in Nepal, marking an ... Read more...
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Two leopard cubs clubbed to death
March 13th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 13 (IANS) Even as a national campaign is underway to save India's tiger population, farmers in an Uttar Pradesh village Sunday clubbed to death two one-year-old leopard cubs ... Read more...
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Woman mauled, killed by leopard
March 12th, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh), March 12 (IANS) A woman was mauled and killed by a leopard near Katarnia Ghat wildlife reserve in this Uttar Pradesh district, bordering Nepal, officials said Saturday."The ... Read more...
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17 anicuts to be built in Sariska Tiger Reserve
February 23rd, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Feb 23 (IANS) Rajasthan's Sariska Tiger Reserve is likely to get about 17 new anicuts at a cost of Rs.80 million to store rain water and help animals brave the harsh ... Read more...
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Leopard cub found dead in Uttar Pradesh
February 13th, 2011 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 13 (IANS) A six-month old leopard cub was found dead Sunday in a wildlife reserve in Uttar Pradesh, a forest official said.The incident happened in Katarniya Ghat Wildlife Reserve near ... Read more...
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Tiger rescued from well, to be let off in the wild (Lead)
February 7th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Feb 7 (IANS) A tiger, which had fallen into a dry well near the Chameli forest area, was finally extricated Monday evening after a three-hour rescue operation, a wildlife official said.The ... Read more...
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Sabarimala stampede - another tragedy reduced to a probe?
January 17th, 2011 - 10:54 am ICT by IANS
By Sanu George
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 17 (IANS) As police investigate the stampede near the Sabarimala temple that claimed 102 lives, the question in many minds is whether it will throw up answers and ... Read more...
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Open core areas of wildlife parks to tourists: Khurshid
January 7th, 2011 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 7 (IANS) Union Minister for Corporate and Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid Friday expressed the need for opening core areas in wildlife parks to tourists.Speaking at the 'Billy Arjan Singh Memorial ... Read more...
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Brad Pitt And Angelina Jolie Contribute $2 Million To South African Wildlife Reserve
January 4th, 2011 - 2:49 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Hollywood actors and couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are known for the streak of philanthropy that they have shown ever since they came together, a couple of years back. ... Read more...
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Judicial panel starts hearings in Kerala boat tragedy
December 20th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Thekkady (Kerala), Dec 20 (IANS) Almost 15 months after a boat capsized in Kerala's Thekkady wildlife reserve leaving 45 people drowned, the one-man judicial commission appointed by the government Monday recorded statements ... Read more...
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Nepal’s former crown prince ill in police custody (Second Lead)
December 14th, 2010 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Dec 14 (IANS) Taken under control by police Tuesday and facing charges of attempted murder, Nepal's former crown prince Paras Bir Bikram Shah has fallen ill, in an unprecedented ... Read more...
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Nepal’s ex-crown prince arrested, charged with bid to kill (Lead)
December 14th, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Dec 14 (IANS) Two years after Nepal's royal family were turned into commoners and stripped of all privileges, former crown prince Paras Bir Bikram Shah Tuesday paid the penalty ... Read more...
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Poisoning may have killed Sariska tiger: Minister
November 17th, 2010 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Alwar, Nov 17 (IANS) Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh Wednesday did not rule out the possibility of the tiger in Rajasthan's Sariska Tiger Reserve being poisoned to death early this week.Ramesh, ... Read more...
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Tiger found dead in Sariska
November 15th, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Nov 15 (IANS) A tiger has been found dead in Rajasthan's Sariska Tiger Reserve, an official said Monday.The carcass of the tiger was found late Sunday evening by forest officials who ... Read more...
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Amitabh’s endorsement lures tourists to Gujarat’s Gir Wildlife Sanctuary
November 12th, 2010 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI
By Hanif KhokharGir (Gujarat), Nov.12 (ANI): Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan's endorsement of Gujarat as an ideal tourist destination is attracting thousands of tourists to the Sasan Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in Junagadh ... Read more...
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World biggest hybrid cat is half lion, half tiger!
November 9th, 2010 - 4:51 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 9 (ANI): A wildlife reserve in the US has unveiled the world's biggest hybrid cat - which is half tiger, half lion - or a liger.Aries was presented to the ... Read more...
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Dudhwa National Park to be named after Ambedkar
October 9th, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 9 (IANS) The Dudhwa National Park, rated as the second largest wildlife reserve after the Corbett National Park, will soon be renamed as Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar National Park, a ... Read more...
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With relocated tigers, Sariska throbs again
October 4th, 2010 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Alwar (Rajasthan), Oct 4 (IANS) The tigers have brought tourists back to Sariska. The tiger reserve in Rajasthan, which had lost its sheen after its tigers went missing, opened to a great ... Read more...
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Russia, China agree to save tigers, leopards
August 29th, 2010 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia and China Sunday signed an agreement for setting up a trans-border wildlife reserve to save the endangered Siberian tiger and Amur leopard.
The agreement was sealed in ... Read more...
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Goa plans mega tourism circuits with Maharashtra, Karnataka
August 16th, 2010 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 16 (IANS) Goa will tie up with neighbouring Maharashtra and Karnataka to create mega tourism circuits in an effort to boost the tourism industry in the state, a top tourism ... Read more...
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Another human killed by big cat in Uttar Pradesh
August 2nd, 2010 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 2 (IANS) The badly mauled body of a 45-year-old man has been found from the Katarniya Ghat wildlife reserve in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, sending panic waves in the area ... Read more...
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Two tigers to be relocated to Sariska reserve
July 9th, 2010 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, July 9 (IANS) Two tigers will be relocated from the Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur district to Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar, an official said.
"A team of experts visited ... Read more...
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Turmoil gores Nepal’s rhino success story
June 14th, 2010 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 14 (IANS) First hit by a 10-year communist insurgency, Nepal's success story in breeding the endangered greater one-horned rhino has now been gored afresh, with three animals gunned down by ... Read more...
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Sariska to get two more tigers
May 10th, 2010 - 10:58 am ICT by IANS
By Anil Sharma
Jaipur, May 10 (IANS) The Sariska tiger reserve in Rajasthan is all set to get a tiger and a tigress from the Ranthambore national park, to add to the three ... Read more...
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Massive Oil Spill Gradually Reaches Ashore, Increasing Threat To Coastline
April 30th, 2010 - 7:45 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Apr 30, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The oil leakage from a blown-out well is posing a major threat to the coastline of Louisiana as well as three other states of U.S. after ... Read more...
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Elephants from Nepal kill 1, injure eight in Uttar Pradesh
February 25th, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 25 (IANS) One person was killed and several injured when a herd of elephants which had apparently strayed in from Nepal went on a rampage in a village in ... Read more...
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