H.D. Kote: The Forest Department officials have arrested a man from Maharashtra on charges of selling wild animal parts and have seized parts of Indian Monitor Lizard and Peafowl from him. The arrested is Bachpan Singh Hira Singh Chithodia Takur. He was arrested near the Fire Brigade Station on the Main Road leading to H.D….
Mandya: Forest Department officials have arrested a man for illegally storing and smuggling Ambergris at his house in Nagamangala. The arrested is 31-year-old R.C. Vinay Kumar, a resident of Old Post Office Badagodamma Temple Road in Nagamangala town. The Forest personnel have seized 3.10 kg Ambergris, a black bag used to smuggle the substance, a…
Mysuru: The Forest Department, which had commenced an operation to drive the two wild tuskers which were found roaming in villages on city outskirts, has succeeded in driving the two wild elephants towards Maradigudda forest area through H.D. Kote’s Gopalapura and Bettadabeedu yesterday. After these wild elephants were spotted at villages near the city’s Outer…
Forest officials launch operation to drive them back Mysuru: Two wild tuskers which were roaming on city outskirts for the last one-and-a-half months are now being spotted at various villages in the taluk. This has created a sense of fear among the villagers besides becoming a headache to the Forest Department. Yesterday, these tuskers were…
Mysuru: Following sighting of tigers in H.D. Kote taluk, which has created a sense of fear among the villagers, the Forest Depart is undertaking combing operations to capture the tigers. On Tuesday morning, after receiving information about a tiger being sighted near Shanthipura and Bochikatte villages in the taluk, the Forest Department officials and staff…
Mysuru: National Forest Martyrs Day was organised by the Forest Department at Aranya Bhavan, Ashokapuram in the city this morning. As part of the programme, wreaths were placed at the Martyrs Memorial in Aranya Bhavan premises, that has the names of 61 Forest Department personnel who attained martyrdom from the year 1966 engraved on the…
Forest Department cancels tender citing ‘technical issues’; fresh tenders on cards Mysore/Mysuru: Problems have surfaced during the tenders invited by the Forest Department for transporting first batch of Dasara elephants from Veeranahosahalli to Mysuru during Gajapayana, leading the authorities to cancel the tender, citing technical issues. The tender process was initiated to transport the Dasara…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Department is actively engaged in various programmes aimed at maintaining ecological balance and green cover. In the current season, a total of 3.29 lakh saplings of different varieties have been planted and distributed across six nurseries under the Mysuru Regional Division of the Forest Department in Mysuru city. These saplings are now…
Saragur: A Forest Department staff, who had gone to the backwaters of Nugu Dam for a swim, was drowned on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased is Karthik (27), son of B.K. Kumar, a resident of Kirujaje village in Hunsur taluk, who was serving as a driver at the Elephant Task Force in Puradakatte Camp, coming under…
Kollegal: Forest Department officials have arrested a man on charges of poisoning seven Asiatic Wild Dogs (Dholes), which are listed in Schedule-1 of the Wildlife Protection Act, at Hittaladoddi village in Kollegal and have handed him over to judicial custody. The arrested is 39-year-old Rajanna, a labourer from Hittaladoddi Arepalya village. On May 27, Forest…
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