Fear in the forest
The recent judgment by the National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) holding that the tribal Van Gujjars living in the proposed Rajaji National Park in the Shivalik ranges of the Himalayan foothills
The recent judgment by the National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) holding that the tribal Van Gujjars living in the proposed Rajaji National Park in the Shivalik ranges of the Himalayan foothills
It may not be a winter of discontent for the Van Gujjars of Rajaji National Park this year, for orders have been issued to maintain the status quo in connection with their traditional rights.
The Rajaji National Park is one of the three wildlife sanctuaries in Uttaranchal that still awaits a final notification, even though the Union Ministry of Forest and Environment had declared its
Rajaji National Park in the Himalayan foothills has been closed to visitors after the killing of two elephants for their tusks. Four platoons of Provincial Armed Constabulary and 300 forest guards
The Chief Minister of Uttaranchal, Mr Bhagat Singh Koshiyari has ruled out CBI inquiry into the killing of two tuskers at Rajaji National Park. Talking to mediapersons he said the government has
Just a week ahead of a national conference on elephant conservation, poachers are suspected to have killed two tuskers in the Rajaji National Park in Uttaranchal. It is not yet clear how the
With the increase of encroachment and poaching in Rajaji National park and Corbett reserve, the safety of elephants and tigers has become problematic. The Uttaranchal government has to focus more on
It is only after the death of 20 elephants on the tracks due to rail accidents since 1987 in the Rajaji National Park that the Uttaranchal government has decided to take up the issue with the Union
The death of two tuskers by electrocution on the outskirts of Rajaji National Park in Bijnore district has put dampeners on the heartening news of the latest wildlife census in Uttaranchal. The two
WHEN GUJJAR Zahur Hussain got into a trifling argument with a forestry official who was on his way to a temple in the Rajaji National Park, little did he expect what followed. That evening the
Chief Election Commissioner T N Seshan has sent a missive to district administrations instructing them to register various communities which hitherto had been left out of electoral and census lists
An ornamental plant -- Eremostachys superba -- found only in India and Pakistan, is on the verge of extinction. A study conducted by researchers R R Rao and Arti Garg of the Lucknow-based National
Given a free hand, industry will turn to huge chucks of forests in the country into ecological graveyards
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The presence of Gujjars in the Rajaji National Park could be responsible for the significant increase in elephant numbers in the past four years, wildlife observers claim. According to them, the
Several initiatives have been taken by govt for conservation and protection of tigers and other wild animals in the country. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has accorded final approval
Supreme Court has given orders for laying electricity lines in Rajaji national park. From Tehri to Meerut, for the lines to be laid only 14,739 trees would be cut and for proper security measures
Gujjars may soon become part of the "extinct community" category, forced as they are into relocating themselves from Rajaji National Park (RNP), Dehradun and Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR),
Five months after poachers swooped down on the Rajaji National Park in Uttaranchal and killed two elephants for ivory, the forest department has managed to collect leads which point towards the
In yet another incident of a pachyderm falling prey to man-made encroachments on its territory, a young elephant got hit by the Delhi-bound Missouri Express at the Rajaji National Park on Monday