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August 19, 2025, 05:26 PM - 3 min read
During a joint inspection with railway officials, the forest department identified several sensitive stretches prone to elephant movement. Panchet and Rupnarayan divisions have been marked as the most vulnerable areas where Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) technology could be installed.
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July 20, 2025, 02:43 PM - 4 min read
West Bengal Forest Department has lodged an FIR against three railway officials after a mother elephant and two calves were killed by a speeding train near Sardiha station on July 18.
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July 19, 2025, 02:25 PM - 4 min read
A blame game has erupted between forest and railway officials after a train fatally struck three elephants near the Bengal–Jharkhand border late Friday night.
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July 18, 2025, 01:40 PM - 3 min read
Three elephants, including two calves, were killed by a speeding train in Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district as their herd attempted to cross a railway track near Banstala station.
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July 11, 2025, 08:53 PM - 2 min read
Earlier, a six-year-old elephant had died on July 5 after being hit by an IED in the same area.
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December 29, 2024, 03:54 PM - 3 min read
A speeding train in Tripura’s Khowai district severely injured an elephant within a designated corridor. The incident, despite earlier warnings from forest officials, highlights lapses in adhering to speed limits aimed at preventing such tragedies in wildlife-sensitive zones. A probe is underway.
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November 29, 2024, 06:48 PM - 2 min read
The dead tusker was found in Mukundpur range, four kilometres from the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve where ten wild elephants died recently after consuming some poisonous substance, a forest official said.
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November 2, 2024, 08:52 AM - 3 min read
Talking to reporters on Friday over phone from the BTR, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) L Krishnamoorthy said, "We are sending all the samples we have collected from the field and also organs, like viscera, liver, kidney, etc to the IVRI in Izatnagar in UP's Bareilly as well as the MP forensic laboratory in Sagar."
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October 31, 2024, 06:05 PM - 2 min read
Nine wild elephants have died this week in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve from suspected toxic ingestion, with one more in critical condition. An investigative panel is probing the cause, with autopsies revealing substantial amounts of kodo millet.
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October 30, 2024, 03:12 PM - 3 min read
The deaths have prompted an urgent response from Madhya Pradesh’s Forest Minister Ramniwas Rawat, who announced the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident and take strict action against those responsible.
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