Raipur, April 12 (IANS) An illegal wildlife trafficking syndicate involved in the illicit trade of Indian Pangolin scales in Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur has been successfully busted by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Nagpur Regional Unit (DRI, NaRU) of Mumbai Zonal Unit, officials said on Sunday. During the operation, carried out on Sunday, three people were apprehended for their involvement in the illegal dealing and trading of Indian Pangolin scales. A total of 16.528 kg of Indian Pangol…
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Lucknow, March 31 (IANS) A CBI court in Lucknow has convicted and sentenced six individuals to two years’ imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 10,000 each in a wildlife smuggling case involving tiger and leopard body parts, an official statement said on Tuesday.The convicts — Mumtaj Ahmad, Jaibun Nisha, Ajij Ullah, Waheed, Sartaj and Majeed — were found guilty by the court on March 30, the statement added. The case relates to a major recovery made during the investigation, in which a large q…
Dehradun, March 21 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, on Saturday, led discussions on proposals across sectors such as roads, drinking water supply, defence, irrigation and infrastructure near protected areas at the 90th meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife, an official said. The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife is a statutory body constituted under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, and advises the Union government on matter…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed criminal proceedings against YouTuber and reality show winner Elvish Yadav in a case involving the procurement and use of snake venom at rave parties in Noida and the NCR, holding that the invocation of provisions under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and the Wildlife (Protection) Act was not legally sustainable.A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Kotiswar Singh allowed a special leave petition (SLP) …
Mandapam (Tamil Nadu), March 5 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Station Mandapam executed a rapid and successful anti-smuggling operation in the coastal waters off Vedalai, seizing around 280 kg of illegally harvested sea cucumbers, an official said. The action on March 3 came after the ICG received credible intelligence inputs, enabling swift deployment of an Air Cushion Vessel from the station.The team intercepted the consignment in the near-shore waters, preventing what could have been ano…
Jodhpur, Feb 16 (IANS) The nearly three-decade-old 1998 Kankani blackbuck poaching case involving Bollywood actor Salman Khan witnessed a significant development on Monday after the Rajasthan High Court announced a change in the bench hearing the matter. Justice Baljinder Singh Sandhu, who had been presiding over the appeals related to the case, recused himself from further hearing.Following his decision to step aside, the matter will now be placed before a newly constituted bench for con…
Gandhinagar, Feb 10 (IANS) The seasonal presence of the rare Grey Hypocolius has turned the Chhari-Dhandh Conservation Reserve in Gujarat’s Kutch district into a key international destination for birdwatchers, with a growing number of foreign tourists and ornithologists visiting the wetland each winter. Chhari-Dhandh, which has recently received Ramsar site status, supports a wide range of avian life, with over 283 bird species recorded in and around the wetland.Among them, the Grey Hypocolius…
Gandhinagar, Feb 6 (IANS) More than 80 per cent of visitors to the Chhari-Dhand wetland in Gujarat’s Kutch district are foreign nationals, according to tour operators and ornithologists, highlighting the site’s growing international profile even as conservation efforts at the wetland continue to expand. Spread across 22,700 hectares and covering 12 villages, Chhari-Dhand is located between desert terrain and grasslands and supports one of the densest concentrations of migratory birds in west…
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) A shocking incident has come to light from Mumbai’s Juhu area, where a crocodile and a turtle were allegedly being kept illegally inside a residential house, Mumbai Police said on Friday. In a joint operation conducted by the Forest Department, Mumbai Crime Branch Unit-9 and an NGO, both animals were safely rescued. A case has been registered against 29-year-old Imran Ismail Sheikh under the Wildlife Protection Act.According to the Mumbai Police, the Forest Department rece…
Guwahati, Jan 20 (IANS) The Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) has so far rescued and handled 7,397 wild animals belonging to 357 species in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR), officials said on Tuesday. The CWRC was established in 2002 as a collaborative initiative of the Assam Forest Department, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). KNPTR Field Director Sonali Ghosh said that CWRC primarily focus…