Panna (D)
Tiger poaching continues; funds misused: Conservationist
Spread of hunger
CM to launch Midhasan river revival campaign
Panna district's Midhasan river will get a lease of life with a revival campaign starting tomorrow as part of initiatives for reviving dying rivers in Madhya Pradesh.
Speeding vehicles claims life of 20 animals of Panna Tiger Reserve
Panna: Wildlife in Panna Tiger Reserve is falling victim to not just poachers but also speeding vehicles.
''Between January 9 and March 10, vehicles knocked down two nilgai, four sambar, a boar, two hyenas, six jackals, a rabbit, a fox, two langoors and a chital with the maximum fatalities in Mandla area,'' Reserve Director R Sriniwas Murthy told reporters.
Tiger on its last leg
The Madhya Pradesh government remained in denial mode for years about the declining number of tigers in Panna till the wild cat went locally extinct, but its new Forest Minister has brought some hope for the beleaguered Park with his plain speak.
Wildlife, Forests split from Dept of Environment
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has given a nod for creation of a separate department dedicated to wildlife and forests — and distinct from the one for environment — under the Ministry of Environment and Forests.
Over one lakh underfed M.P. kids die in four years
Mahim Pratap Singh
Bhopal: One lakh twenty-two thousand four hundred and twenty-two. That's the number of “malnutrition-affected” children who have died in Madhya Pradesh over the past four years, according to Health Minister Anup Mishra's confession in the State Assembly earlier this week.
CBI probe into disappearance of tigers sought
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Forest Department has sought a CBI probe into the disappearance of tiger population from the Panna Tiger Reserve situated in eastern part of the State.
Panna mines to be reopened after four years of lying idle
Adding another feather to its cap, state-run National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) is all set to commence operations in Asia’s biggest mechanised diamond mine at Panna, which would be reopened on Friday.
NMDC likely to resume mining at Panna before Aug 15
The country's largest iron ore producer, NMDC, is likely to restart mining operations at the Panna diamond reserves in Madhya Pradesh by August 15 and is currently undertaking trial runs at the site.
