To discuss Dasara-2023 at tomorrow’s meeting in city Mysore/Mysuru: Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment Eshwar Khandre has announced plans to declare five cities, including Mysuru, as ‘plastic-free’ in the State. Efforts are being made to effectively implement the law that bans single-use plastic, as per the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Act 2011 and…
Senior officers want to curb appointments under ‘influence’; staffers say system will lead to disparity Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka Forest Department’s plan to implement a transfer and counselling system for frontline staff has met with stiff resistance with the frontline staff of tiger reserves and wildlife sanctuaries expressing their resentment. The Association of Frontline Staff has…
Bengaluru: Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre launched the new logo of the Karnataka Forest Department in Bengaluru on June 26. The new logo showcases the diverse and abundant flora and fauna of Karnataka, ingeniously integrated into the outline of the State’s map. In a bid to embrace a distinctive identity, the Forest Department organised a contest…
Bengaluru: The three-day synchronised elephant census will be conducted by the Forest Department in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana from May 17 to May 19. Following non-announcement to conduct the elephant census by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India (MoEFCC), the Karnataka Forest Department has made all preparations…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Department has stalled illegal works of laying interlock tiles and kerb (border) stones atop Chamundi Hill and an FIR has been filed against the violators. A private religious organisation from Coimbatore had resorted to laying interlock tiles and borders on a road near the Nandi Statue. The road leads to a rock…
Mandya: A State-level workshop on Masheer Conservation and Masheer Fish Festival, organised jointly by the Forest Department and Cauvery Wildlife Division, will be held at Bheemeshwari Jungle Lodges and Resort, Halagur Wildlife Range in Malavalli taluk of Mandya district tomorrow (Mar. 17). The workshop will be inaugurated at 10 am which will be followed by…
Lokayukta traps Kodagu DFO for demanding bribe from her subordinate Madikeri: At a time when allegations of 40 percent commission for Government work are flying thick and fast, here is an incident where a high-ranking Forest Department Officer demanded 60 percent commission for official work. She has now been trapped by the Lokayukta based on…
30 bags of plastic waste collected on first day; special drive till Mar. 21 Mysore/Mysuru: Forest Department has launched a special drive to make Chamundi Hill plastic-free. Starting from Mar. 3 to 21, the Department will be collecting plastic waste at the Hill. Chamundi Hill is a prominent religious and tourist spot in Old Mysuru…
Mysore/Mysuru: Forest Department personnel have cracked the case of a tiger death, the carcass of which was found at Mallaiahna Katte lake at Chowdahalli village in the fringes of Bandipur Forest on Feb. 7, by arresting a person on the charge of causing the death of the big cat. Rechappa, son of Shivabasappa, Kebbepura, is…
An expert in tiger, elephant capturing operation, Ranjan had darted tiger that had killed two persons in Kodagu Siddapur (Kodagu): Sharpshooters of Forest Department play an important role and are known for their skills in capturing problem-causing wild animals such as leopards, tigers and wild elephants among others and they are engaged during man-animal conflicts…
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