Order of the High Court of Tripura in the matter of Court on its own motion Vs The Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare & Others dated 09/01/2025. The HC was informed that National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has granted approval for establishing two new Facility-integrated ART Centres (Fi-ARTC) …
With a view to formulating an action plan for rehabilitating Cheetah, an extinct species, in Kuno Sanctuary in Sheopur district, a team of national and international experts of Cheetah visited the Sanctuary between August 6 and 9, 2011. The team comprised Dr. Lorry Marker, Executive Director of Cheetah Conservation Fund …
Saying there was threat of inbreeding among the Asiatic lions at Gir, Union Environment Minister and Forest Jairam Ramesh, who is on a two-day visit to the sanctuary, Thursday called for relocating them to Palpurkuno Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh. Gir is the Asiatic lion
Ahmedabad: The union minister for forest and environment Jairam Ramesh added a fresh chapter to the Asiatic lion controversy by first suggesting that as per experts
Taking cue from State Forest officials, residents in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh have also slammed the decision of the Gujarat Government to disallow the translocation of Asiatic lions to the Palpur-Kuno sanctuary. The residents have described the Gujarat Government's move as anti-tourism, and one that will hamper employment prospects …
Controversy Ends As MP Agrees To Take African Cheetah Himanshu Kaushik | tnn Ahmedabad: Madhya Pradesh has agreed in principle to accommodate African cheetah in Kuno Palpur. This could mean that the neighbouring state, which is famous for its tigers, is off Gujarat
Ahmedabad: The decision of the environment minister to release zoo-bred lions in the Wild of Kuno Palpur will not be a cake walk for forest authorities. Experts feel that it will not be easy to implement the idea as it will pose a major challenge. However, officials from the state …
With the Madhya Pradesh Government giving its nod, the African Cheetah will make its way to Palpur Kuno wildlife Sanctuary in the State late next year.
The Kuno-Palpur wildlife sanctuary of Madhya Pradesh will soon become a habitat of African Cheetah. The Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan gave consent in principal for resettlement of African cheetahs in the sanctuary after updating himself through a presentation on the Project Cheetah here today. The presentation was given …
Chhatarpur, Aug 17: A cheetah will be translocated from Africa to Palpurkuno and Nauradehi sanctuaries in Madhya Pradesh, highly-placed forest department sources said. The last cheetah in the country died in Sarguja district, presently in Chhattisgarh, in 1941. Efforts had been made since then to revive cheetah population in the …
TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday gave green signal to reintroduce cheetah in three locations in the country. The project will cost around Rs 300 crore in the first year itself and will also displace over 100 settlements. Ramesh said the …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: The Wildlife Institute of India and Wildlife Trust of India have recommended Kuno Palpur as a possible site for reintroduction of cheetah. Banni Grasslands and Kutch Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat have lost in the race for reintroduction of cheetah. The feasibility report on
A Group of Experts has submitted a detailed assessment of the potential for reintroducing the cheetah in India, recommending three potential sites for reintroduction. The cheetah, which is a flagship specie of the deciduous dryland/grassland ecosystem, became extinct in India in the 1960s. The word "cheetah" derived from the sanskrit …
Globally, a majority of people including Indians are not aware that India has wild lions. The tiger, which replaced the lion as the national animal in the early 1970s, does hog the headlines and therefore has a much stronger link to India and an overwhelming presence in public conscience. The …
Chief Minister Narendra Modi made out emotion pitch against giving some Gir lions to Madhya Pradesh lions in his first ever official statement on the issue. While announcing the latest lion census figures on Sunday he said,
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: The MP government has reportedly stated that if an average of 10 lions die unnaturally in Gir every year, then there is no harm in Gujarat government parting with five lions for its Kuno Palpur project. The counter affidavit filed by the MP government in …
AHMEDABAD: For hundreds of years now, this lion-faced state has been a natural abode of the jungle king. Lions were hunted in large numbers in northern and western India in 19th century. Gir was their last refuge because the Gujaratis protected them. It is on sound scientific counts that Gujarat …
By Anurag Joshi Bhopal, Feb 19: The Government of Gujarat is interested in monopolising the possession of Asiatic Lions as it has refused to give Lions for Madhya Pradesh during the hearing in Supreme Court. Proposal of Government of India (GoI) to exchange Asiatic Lions of Gir Sanctuary with tigers …
