Members of Jilla Budakattu Girijana Abhivruddhi Sangha will hold a series of protest from October 12, protesting against the Centre

AIZAWL, Sept 27: The extension of Dampa Tiger Reserve in Mamit district in western belt of Mizoram is going to displace as many as 227 tribal families

The conversion of B R Hills reserve forest into a Tiger Reserve Forest has been approved by the Central Government.

Earlier, the Centre had sought information about the BRT Sanctuary way back in 2005 and the same thing had been submitted by the State Government.

With this the number of tiger reserves in the State has increased to five.

Rajendra Sharma | TNN

Sariska: It is a chance for the Sariska tiger reserve to regain its lost glory.

A documentary titled

Even as Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh and his colleague in the government, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, lock horns over environmental clearances to the Navi Mumbai airport and take pot-shots at each other publicly, Patel has found a reason to thank his counterpart.

The Centre on Monday accorded

While the search for the two missing cubs in Panna reserve continues, the forest authorities on Tuesday claimed that they have managed to track down the tigress that had gone missing for the last few days.

Nagpur: Saving the tiger has received a fillip as two more wildlife sanctuaries in Vidarbha are to get tiger reserve status. Maharashtra already has four reserves at Pench, Tadoba-Andhari and Melghat in Vidarbha as well as Sahyadri in western Maharashtra.