No tourism in core areas of tiger reserves: Supreme Court
Stepping in to conserve the big cat, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that there shall be no tourism activity in any of the core zones of tiger reserves across the country.
Jayanthi Natarajan welcomes SC order on tiger reserves
Hailing the Supreme Court order of disallowing tourism activity in core areas of tiger reserves, Environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Tuesday said she would ask the state governments to strictly follow the directives of the apex court.
Tiger Masti fights for second lease of life
Ten years after he was found roaming with a jaw trap in the jungles of Nagarhole, tiger Masti is now fighting second battle for his life, unable to bear his own weight on the hind legs.
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32 tigers dead in first four months of 2012
Project Tiger is not the great success story that the government would have you believe.
India has lost 32 tigers in the last four months with two tigers having being killed last month in Tadoba Tig
Tiger reserve in Sathyamangalam
The state government has proposed to establish a tiger sanctuary at Sathyamangalam, forest minister K.T. Pachaimal announced in the Assembly.
“The tiger reserve will be established on 1.41 lakh hecta
Tiger fights cow, gets hurt
Tension prevailed in Valparai and surrounding areas on Friday after a 15-year-old tiger sneaked into a cowshed in the thickly populated Periyar Nagar in Urilikal estate.
Forest officials said the ag
Ailing ‘tiger boy’ gets help from a foreign national
A German woman from Japan has come to the aid of ailing 'tiger boy' Chendru, a primitive tribal of Chhattisgarh who shot to fame in 1960 for his amazing friendship with a tiger in jungles of Bastar.
Tiger mauls youth to death
A 20-year-old youth was mauled to death by a tiger in Ranthambore national park area in Rajasthan's Sawaimadhopur district, police said.
The youth identified as Asfaq had gone to collect dry sticks
Tiger keeps out leaders, voters in Lucknow area
Voters are huddled inside their homes, the slightest noise makes them recoil with fear. Women have stopped sitting out in the sun and children aren’t allowed to go out to play. Many have even stopped
Indian village relocated to protect tigers
An entire village inside a north Indian nature reserve has been moved to make more room for local tigers in a bid to protect the country's dwindling big cat population, an official said on Wednesday.