KRISHNAGIRI: A forest watcher was injured in firing by an unidentified gang in the reserve forests near Krishnagiri, bordering Andhra Pradesh, in the early hours of Sunday.

Subhash Chandra NS,DH News Service,Bangalore:

The Forest Department, which is on an encroachment clearance spree in Bangalore Rural district, has been now forced to seek police assistance to achieve its objectives, following a threat from land sharks.

COMPENSATION: Forests Minister N. Selvaraj handing over a cheque to P. Anandan, son of Pachamuthu, the forest guard who lost his life, on Saturday.

KRISHNAGIRI: A forest guard was trampled to death by a wild elephant near Singarpettai in Krishnagiri district on Friday night.

Condemning the incident, villagers of Mudaganur and surrounding areas staged a demonstration at Veeranahosahalli gate.

A villager was injured in the exchange of fire between smugglers and officials of Forest Department in Veeranahosahalli in Nagarhole National Park on Sunday.

The injured Shivanna is undergoing treatment in Hunsur Government Hospital.

Give forest guards the slip to hunt deer on festival day heavy barricades and forest guards did not deter tribals of Jharkhand from celebrating their annual hunting festival, Sendra. The festival is an old ritual where tribals from the state and bordering areas of Orissa, Bihar and Bengal, join to hunt in the forests of Dalma hills on the outskirts of Jamshedpur. The tribals offer wild

Truck used to smuggle deodar; policemen acquitted on april 22, the conservator of forests, Mandi district, ordered the confiscation of a police vehicle used to smuggle deodar wood seven years ago. The police truck registered in the name of Mandi