Tag: forest
PM's 50-day 'Shuddhi Yajna' An Uncontrolled Forest Fire: Congress
Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress on Sunday said that his demonetisation step, which Modi dubbed as a "Shuddhi Yajna", was "an uncontrolled forest fire" that claimed over a 100 lives.....
West Bengal Forest Minister Rajib Banerjee Resigns
West Bengal Forest Minister Rajib Banerjee on Friday resigned from the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress Cabinet. ....
PM Condemns Killing Of 17 Troopers In Sukma Maoist Attack
Condemning the Maoist attack on security forces in the Sukma forest area of Chhattisgarh that claimed 17 lives of the security personnel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, here on Sunday, paid tribute to the martyrs and said their valour would never be forgotten.....
PM Advises E&F Ministry To Set Parameters For Clearing Projects
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday advised Environment and Forest departments to set parameters to give early clearances to environment and forest-related projects. ....
Jammu And Kashmir: Massive Search Operation For Terrorists Continues In Kishtwar's Forests
A massive search operation continued on Monday in the forests of Jammu & Kashmir’s Kishtwar district to trace the terrorists responsible for the killing of a para commando during a gunfight in the Keshwan area on Sunday. ....
Rhino Population Up 35 Times In 107 Years
From a population of barely 75 in 1905, there were over 2,700 Indian rhinos (Rhinoceros unicornis) by 2012, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF-India), a global wildlife advocacy.....
Leopard Enters Bengal Town, Captured
A leopard entered a town in West Bengal's Uttar Dinjapur district on Monday and injured several persons before it was confined to a house and caught, an official said.....
Half A Dozen Rare Felines Seized In UP From Trafficker
In a significant catch, five caracals and a leopard cat, both rare and very less sighted members of the cat family, were rescued from trafficker in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district, forest officials said on Monday.....
Age Not Important : 97-year-old Musicologist On Padma Shri Honour
Manipuri musicologist Laishram Birendrakumar Singh, 97, is happy that he was recently named for Padma Shri, the country's fourth highest civilian honour, and said that age has nothing to do with it. ....
UPSC Indian Forest Service IFS Main Exam 2016 Results Declared
The Union Public Service Commission declared the results of the written exam of Indian Forest Services IFS Main 2016 which was conducted on November, 2016. The candidates can go to the official website of the Union Public Service Commission www.upsc.gov.in and check their results.....
