2 elephants intrude Burdwan forests from Bankura, leave residents panicked
Two tusker elephants crossed the Damodar river and sneaked into the Gopalpur forests near here under the Burdwan Forest Division in the early morning hours today.
Two tusker elephants crossed the Damodar river and sneaked into the Gopalpur forests near here under the Burdwan Forest Division in the early morning hours today.
Terming the restrictions as “impractical”, the Supreme Court on Thursday put on hold the Kerala High Court's order on the use of elephants and observing distances between them, the public, flambeau, and the percussion display during festival parades, including the ‘Thrissur Pooram”.
A herd of 52 Dalma range elephants from Jharkhand entered the Bankura forests Monday late night through the West Midnapore jungle corridor.
To mitigate human-elephant conflicts, the forest department has planned to organise a 'Hati-Bandhu Mela,' a festival dedicated to elephants, aimed at raising awareness among the public.
Odisha witnessed large scale inter-state movement of elephants in the current winter season with jumbos from Jharkhand and West Bengal migrating to the state, according to the All Odisha Elephant Census-2024 census report released on Thursday.
The CPI (ML) New Democracy today fielded Narendranath Roy as its candidate for the Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency today.
Within just one-and-a-half months, the wild elephants claimed the life of another man at Barjora village here today.
Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite navigation system that is utilised to pinpoint the ground position of an object.
Concerned over the influx of the migratory elephants in the Junglemahal stretches, the Forest Divisions in Bankura district have pressed a 15 member Elephant Squad into action for surveillance in apprehension that the maljurian pachyderms are likely to lock horns over territory
Tamil Nadu forest department officials have been monitoring the wild elephants in the Gudalur and the Pandalur areas of Nilgiri district as they increasingly enter the human habitats and cause destruction to properties and standing crops in the areas.
