Tag: Poaching
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Himachal Election 2022: Fearing poaching, Congress MLAs in Himachal to be shifted: Sources
Independents, all BJP rebels, are Hoshiyar Singh from Dehra, Hiteshwar Singh from Banjar in Kullu and Ashish in Hamirpur Sadar, once the stronghold of two-time Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal.
December 8, 2022 -
MLA poaching case: Telangana HC orders 3 accused to surrender before police
The High Court was hearing the plea by Cyberabad Police seeking the arrest and remand of the three accused in the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLA poaching case.
October 29, 2022 -
After cross-voting by MLAs, Gujarat Cong fears poaching of Assembly candidates
Few leaders strongly believe that the only solution is that the party nominates genuine and original Congressmen with a clean slate sans any criminal cases.
July 24, 2022 -
Leopard poaching goes unabated in Odisha
The poaching of these protected animals has shot up in Odisha with the seizure of around 50 leopard skins in the last two years. Of the seizures, the STF alone has accounted for the seizure of 28 skins. AS per official estimate, the leopard population in Odisha stands close to 800.
May 6, 2022 -
Gujarat Congress shifts MLAs to resorts after three leaders resign ahead of RS polls
With the resignations of Akshay Patel and Jitu Chaudhary on June 3 and that of Brijesh Merja on June 5, the Congress strength in the 182-member House has been reduced to 65.
June 7, 2020 -
Crisis over ‘poaching’ of Congress MLAs in MP has ‘blown over’, says Digvijaya Singh
The 15-month-old Congress government in Madhya Pradesh led by Kamal Nath was pushed to the brink after eight MLAs, including four Congress, two Bahujan Samaj Party, one Samajwadi Party and one independent, went missing from the state.
March 4, 2020 -
Madhya Pradesh MLAs poaching charge true says Kamal Nath, assures stable govt
The 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly has 114 Congress MLAs and 107 from BJP.
March 4, 2020 -
Amid poaching fears, Shiv Sena shifts MLAs to Mumbai hotel, refuses to budge from CM demand
The development comes as a BJP delegation comprising Girish Mahajan, Chandrakant Patil, Sudhir Mungantiwar and Ashish Shelar met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari today to discuss the legal options.
November 7, 2019 -
Resort politics in place as Karnataka parties shift MLAs to hotels to prevent ‘poaching’
The shifting of the MLAs came after the 11-day monsoon session of the Karnataka legislature began on Friday where CM Kumaraswamy sought a floor test.
July 13, 2019 -
Golfer Jyoti Randhawa arrested on poaching charges in UP’s Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
Randhawa was ranked in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking several times between 2004 and 2009.
December 26, 2018 -
After audio clip alleges ‘Karnataka coup bid by BJP’, Congress to file complaint
The audio clip, purportedly contained conversation between a confidante of BJP legislator B Sriramulu and a Dubai-based businessman discussing that at least 10 to 11 MLAs from the Congress and JD-S were ready to switch sides.
December 5, 2018 -
So, what is the tiger count?
The number of tigers in the wild plunged 97 per cent to 3,000 in the last century due to poaching and habitat loss. In 2010, heads of state and government from tiger range countries agreed to make efforts to double the tiger population in the world by 2022. Nepal conducted a tiger census in 2017, …
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August 5, 2018 -
Man-elephant conflict hits Dhenkanal worst
The man-elephant conflict has come to sharp focus here again with the death of a farmer and injuries to two others last week . Sixteen elephants die last year due to various reasons like poaching, electric shock and others while 20 people had died in elephant attacks. Crossing Gengutia overbridge on Brahmani river has become dangerous …
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January 23, 2018 -
Poaching-related tiger deaths in India at all-time high
Tiger deaths related to poaching has reached an all-time high in India, according to a recent report by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Following it, the WWF has called upon tiger-range governments to crackdown on wildlife poaching and snaring that is threatening wildlife across Asia, especially the world’s remaining wild tigers, which number only around 3,900. “Snares are …
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August 7, 2017 -
Four held with skin of tiger and leopard in Chhattisgarh
Four persons were arrested on Sunday and skin of a tiger and a leopard, worth lakhs in international market, were seized from them in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, police said on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Mahattam Dahivele (50), Puneet Ram Nagwanshi (45), Chainlal Yadav (25), and Santosh Dhruv (26) from Bhanuprtappur police station …
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May 29, 2017 -
Cruel commerce
Without casting aspersions on the competence of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and the Wildlife and Forest officials of the UP government, it is difficult to understand why the supposedly “crack” agency, the CBI is not taking the lead in the “busting” of an international racket in poaching and trading in the skins and body-parts …
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May 6, 2017 -
Much ado about Kaziranga
Kaziranga National Park, known as a success story across the globe in the conservation of the one-horned rhinoceros, suddenly got shocking news from abroad stating that a tribal rights body has given a call for boycott of the world heritage site claiming that it has turned into a killing field of innocent tribal people in …
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March 12, 2017