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February 18, 2026, 04:03 PM - 2 min read
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Sanjeev Kumar said the strategy this year focuses on community participation. Villagers will be trained in fire prevention and response, and some will be developed as master trainers.
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February 11, 2026, 11:52 AM - 2 min read
Following the input, a special operation named Clawing Back was launched by the forest department. Teams of deputy rangers, forest guards and ‘Van Mitras’ carried out simultaneous searches at six jewellery shops for nearly three hours.
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February 9, 2026, 03:21 PM - 2 min read
Mangpang, a resident of Manfaiseng village in Namsai district, was killed on February 2 while returning home after duty in a suspected tiger attack along the Roing-Anini road.
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January 11, 2026, 08:37 PM - 3 min read
According to officials, this is the first time a melanistic deer has been publicly sighted and documented in West Bengal. The photographs of the animal were captured by Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Debesh Pandey himself.
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January 2, 2026, 04:49 PM - 4 min read
According to the Forest Department’s record, West Bengal is presently home to approximately 131 tigers, of which an estimated 30 to 35 are living outside the designated core areas.
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December 12, 2025, 08:07 PM - 3 min read
The Forest Department is also implementing measures to encourage elephants to remain inside forested areas. “We are enlarging existing water bodies, planting bamboo groves, and preparing special grasses to ensure food and water availability within the forest,” the DFO said.
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November 8, 2025, 03:51 PM - 3 min read
IN a significant observation, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that disputes over seniority and retrospective promotions cannot be reopened or re-fixed through contempt proceedings, dismissing two Letters Patent Appeals (LPAs) filed by the employees of the Forest Department.
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October 5, 2025, 02:11 PM - 3 min read
Forest department teams have been deployed across affected areas to rescue and guide the animals back to safer forest zones. “We are working continuously to prevent harm to both animals and people,” said the official.
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September 4, 2025, 11:51 AM - 2 min read
The Rourkela–Jharsuguda stretch, passing through forested corridors, often witnesses the movement of elephant herds.
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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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April 3, 2025, 11:33 AM - 3 min read
The Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Authority has issued a high-risk forest fire alert for North and Central Kashmir, urging residents to take precautions. Authorities reported a surge in wildfires, with 1,243 incidents recorded last year alone, and 23 per cent of J&K’s forests lost to fires since 2001.
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