BENGALURU: Approximately 15 hectares of forest land were reduced to ashes in Kudremukh National Park (KNP) owing to a forest fire on Tuesday. The forest department has registered a case against ...

Experts highlight inconsistencies, questioning department’s efforts in addressing issue The Karnataka Forest Department (KFD) has released its interim annual report on forest encroachment cases.

and objects to some of the efforts being made by the Karnataka Forest Department for relocation of forest dwellers from tiger reserves, sanctuaries, and national parks. “In areas like Kali Tiger ...

Karnataka forest minister Eshwar Khandre has ordered the reclamation of 444.12 acres of forest land from the Indian Air Force at Peenya Plantation. The IAF had continued construction without ...

On March 1, the forest staff received an alert of an elephant carcass found near Neruppur near the borders of Karnataka and the Anti Poaching Squad was alerted and they began an investigation.

Mangaluru: With the onset of summer, forest fires have once again erupted ... specializes in covering Coastal and North Karnataka districts. His expertise lies in Political Analysis, and he ...

Kolar deputy commissioner MR Ravi Kumar told HT: “While the revenue department conducted the survey by following procedures based on the Forest Settlement Map and a notification issued in 1937 ...

Meenakshi Negi becomes the first woman to head Karnataka's forest force, being appointed as the principal chief conservator of forests. Her prior roles include contributions to the National Women ...

A family travelling from Bihar to Goa got stranded in a dense forest in Karnataka's Belagavi district after relying on Google Maps for navigation. The family was forced to spend the night in the ...

A vast extent of vegetation in the forest area around Mullayyanagiri in Chikkamagaluru taluk has been reduced to ashes following a forest fire raging for the last two days. Forest Department ...

A special operation team surrounded the elephant using trained elephants from the Mattigodu, Harangi, and Dubare camps—Bheema, Kanjan, Vikram, Prashanth, Srikant, and Eshwar. Wildlife experts ...