the death of one rogue elephant in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur division on February 24 has taken a heavy toll. According to sources within the Union ministry of environment and forests, Project Elephant (pe) director S S Bist is set to be shunted out, and observers fear that the death-knell has been sounded for an ongoing drive to rid the state of rampaging elephants. Further, Parbati Barua