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Count Dracula now in Ranthambore |
Prerna Singh Bindra |
The Pioneer , Sunday, May 15, 2005 |
The Ranthambore tiger reserve is counting its tigers and a strange uneasiness prevails in the park. For, combing operations suggest that the tigers here are in trouble, mainly due to poaching.After wi ...More
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Too many men chase too few tigers! |
Prerna Singh Bindra |
The Pioneer , Saturday, May 14, 2005 |
The Annual Tiger census at Ranthambhore is underway and for the first time three agencies working independently, shall enumerate the big cats. Besides the forest department, there is a Delhi-based NGO ...More
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Wildlife Crime Bureau soon : PM |
Staff Reporter |
The Assam Tribune , Friday, May 13, 2005 |
NEW DELHI, May 12 – Concerned over the increasing assault on wildlife and forest wealth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, as head of National Board for Wildlife, has decided to set up ‘Wildlife Crime Bu ...More
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Bureau to protect wildlife |
Staff Reporter |
The Telegraph , Friday, May 13, 2005 |
New Delhi, May 12: The Centre has decided to set up a wildlife crime control bureau, along the lines of the narcotics control bureau, to check poaching and illegal trading of animals, animal skins and ...More
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Rhinos make a come back |
Staff Reporter |
Times of India , Thursday, May 12, 2005 |
CALCUTTA: India, under fire from conservationists for its dwindling tiger population, is having more luck in protecting the endangered one-horned rhinoceros, a wildlife official said on Wednesday.
T ...More
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Tiger reserve in Himachal Pradesh mooted |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Wednesday, May 11, 2005 |
SHIMLA: At a time when tigers have disappeared from Sariska sanctuary in Rajasthan, the Wildlife wing of Forest Department in Himachal Pradesh has stepped up its efforts for setting up a reserve for t ...More
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Centre for captive breeding of vultures at Sabraon |
Sarbjit Dhaliwal |
The Tribune , Tuesday, May 10, 2005 |
Chandigarh, May 9
Under the South Asian Recovery Plan prepared to enhance the rapidly dwindling population of vultures, six centres for their captive breeding will be set up in India, Pakistan and Ne ...More
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Wildlife crime control effort misses deadline |
Chandrika Mago |
Times of India , Monday, May 09, 2005 |
New Delhi: An environment ministry ensnared in inter-ministerial queries has missed the PM-set deadline on formation of a national wildlife crime control bureau to take on organized gangs of poachers. ...More
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No tigers left in Sariska: CBI |
BISHESHWAR MISHRA |
Times of India , Sunday, May 08, 2005 |
NEW DELHI: A CBI probe into the status of tigers in the Sariska national park has come up with the shocking disclosure that entire population of tigers in Sariska had been wiped out, thanks to greedy ...More
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`Tiger should be worshipped' |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Sunday, May 08, 2005 |
LUCKNOW: Sharing concern over the depletion of forest and wildlife and the raging controversy of decrease in tiger population in the country, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today sai ...More
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CBI probe into 5 cases of poaching in Sariska |
NIRMALA GANAPATHY |
The Indian Express , Saturday, May 07, 2005 |
NEW DELHI, MAY 6: The CBI will take over the investigation of five cases relating to poaching in Sariska Tiger Reserve.
Sources said that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in its short-term recom ...More
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Spot the tiger |
SRIDEVI PILLAI |
The Hindu , Friday, May 06, 2005 |
The Sariska incident may be `the biggest wake up call in the country's conservation history'. A reality check on World Environment Day that falls on June 5.
THE hunting grounds of the erstwhi ...More
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Court asks for report on illegal mining in Sariska |
Staff Reporter |
The Pioneer , Friday, May 06, 2005 |
Pioneer News Service/ New Delhi
Is there illegal mining in Sariska, the Supreme Court has asked in a notice to Ministry of Environment and Forests. The apex court also asked the central empowered co ...More
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Helping India's tigers rule the wild again |
G. Ananthakrishnan |
The Hindu , Friday, May 06, 2005 |
If the tiger is to have a future, there must be political will to reconcile the needs of communities that live near the protected areas with those of wildlife.
AFTER THE debacle in Sariska, it may ...More
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SC for CBI probe into tiger population |
Staff Reporter |
The Sentinel , Thursday, May 05, 2005 |
New Delhi, May 4 (PTI): Faced with the daunting task of checking the dwindling tiger population caused by "organized poaching", the Supreme Court has sought Centre’s response on a plea demanding CBI i ...More
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UPA decides to go slow on Tribal Land Rights Bill |
Prerna Singh Bindra |
The Pioneer , Thursday, May 05, 2005 |
Following the controversy surrounding the Tribal Land Rights Bill, 2005, the UPA has decided against taking up the Bill at the Cabinet meeting scheduled for Wednesday. Highly placed sources say that t ...More
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Why not CBI probe tiger crisis: SC asks Centre |
Staff Reporter |
The Indian Express , Thursday, May 05, 2005 |
NEW DELHI, MAY 4: Three months after The Sunday Express first reported on the missing tigers of Sariska, the Supreme Court has sought the Centre’s response on a plea demanding a CBI inquiry into the l ...More
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MPs form forum for tigers |
Vibha Sharma |
The Tribune , Thursday, May 05, 2005 |
New Delhi, May 4 Tigers have managed to achieve what would have seemed to be an extraordinary task for human beings. The big cats have been able to generate a consensus among MPs of rival political pa ...More
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Spot the tiger |
SRIDEVI PILLAI |
The Hindu , Thursday, May 05, 2005 |
The Sariska incident may be `the biggest wake up call in the country's conservation history'. A reality check on World Environment Day that falls on June 5.
THE hunting grounds of the erstwhi ...More
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