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Tigress Avni Killed Per Court Order: Supreme Court Refuses Contempt Action
A contempt petition against Maharashtra forest officials for killing a tigress in 2018 was withdrawn today by the petitioner - an animal rights activist - after the Supreme Court refused to take action against them, stressing that the "man-eater" was killed as per the top court's orders.
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Tigress Avni's Killing: Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice Over Reward
The Supreme Court today issued a contempt notice to nine persons, mostly Maharashtra government officials, in connection with the killing of Avni, an adult tigress, in Maharashtra in 2018. While the court sought evidence to confirm whether or not the big cat was a man-eater, its notification demanded answers on the reward given out for the act in v...
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Upset Over Avni Row, BJP Leader Unwilling To Hold Talks With Shiv Sena
Senior BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar has said he is upset at Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's criticism of him on tigress Avni's killing, and therefore is not willing to participate in alliance talks with the latter.
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Tigress Avni Was Facing Away From The Shooter, Reveals Post-Mortem Report
Amid outrage among wildlife lovers over killing of tigress Avni, a senior forest department official has said that violations of guidelines are "evident" in the postmortem report which also found that the feline was shot while it was "facing away" from the shooter.
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Panel Set Up To Probe Tigress Avni's Killing "A Farce": Uddhav Thackeray
The committee constituted by the Maharashtra government to probe the killing of man-eater tigress Avni is a "farce", Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said today.
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Tigress Avni Had Not Hunted Or Eaten For 4-5 Days, Says Autopsy Report
Tigress Avni died due to excessive internal haemorrhage and cardio-respiratory failure and her stomach and intestines were filled with fluid and gas, indicating she had not hunted or eaten for 4-5 days, according to a provisional necropsy report.
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Father Of Tigress Avni's Shooter Calls Cubs "Sub-Adults", Ready For Probe
Sharpshooter Shafat Ali Khan is ready to face any probe into the shooting of a man-eater tigress in Maharashtra as he says the inquiry will bring out the facts.
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Maneka Gandhi Says Maharashtra Should "Consider Removing" Forest Minister
Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday upped the ante on her demand for ouster of Maharashtra Environment Minister Sudhir Mugantiwar over the killing of tigress Avni and dashed off a letter to state Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, asking him to "consider removing" the minister.
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"Lapses In Avni Killing Will Be Probed": Devendra Fadnavis
The killing of tigress Avni was a sad incident and any procedural lapse in it would be probed, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said Monday.
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Couldn't Have Let Humans Die To Save Tigress Avni: Maharashtra Minister
Tigress Avni was shot dead as a last resort when all attempts to tranquilise her failed and she attacked officials, Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said on Sunday. He also hit back at NGOs criticizing Avni's killing and said forest teams could not have let humans die to save an animal.
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Tigress Avni Killed Per Court Order: Supreme Court Refuses Contempt Action
A contempt petition against Maharashtra forest officials for killing a tigress in 2018 was withdrawn today by the petitioner - an animal rights activist - after the Supreme Court refused to take action against them, stressing that the "man-eater" was killed as per the top court's orders.
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Tigress Avni's Killing: Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice Over Reward
The Supreme Court today issued a contempt notice to nine persons, mostly Maharashtra government officials, in connection with the killing of Avni, an adult tigress, in Maharashtra in 2018. While the court sought evidence to confirm whether or not the big cat was a man-eater, its notification demanded answers on the reward given out for the act in v...
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Upset Over Avni Row, BJP Leader Unwilling To Hold Talks With Shiv Sena
Senior BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar has said he is upset at Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's criticism of him on tigress Avni's killing, and therefore is not willing to participate in alliance talks with the latter.
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Tigress Avni Was Facing Away From The Shooter, Reveals Post-Mortem Report
Amid outrage among wildlife lovers over killing of tigress Avni, a senior forest department official has said that violations of guidelines are "evident" in the postmortem report which also found that the feline was shot while it was "facing away" from the shooter.
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Panel Set Up To Probe Tigress Avni's Killing "A Farce": Uddhav Thackeray
The committee constituted by the Maharashtra government to probe the killing of man-eater tigress Avni is a "farce", Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said today.
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Tigress Avni Had Not Hunted Or Eaten For 4-5 Days, Says Autopsy Report
Tigress Avni died due to excessive internal haemorrhage and cardio-respiratory failure and her stomach and intestines were filled with fluid and gas, indicating she had not hunted or eaten for 4-5 days, according to a provisional necropsy report.
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Father Of Tigress Avni's Shooter Calls Cubs "Sub-Adults", Ready For Probe
Sharpshooter Shafat Ali Khan is ready to face any probe into the shooting of a man-eater tigress in Maharashtra as he says the inquiry will bring out the facts.
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Maneka Gandhi Says Maharashtra Should "Consider Removing" Forest Minister
Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday upped the ante on her demand for ouster of Maharashtra Environment Minister Sudhir Mugantiwar over the killing of tigress Avni and dashed off a letter to state Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, asking him to "consider removing" the minister.
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"Lapses In Avni Killing Will Be Probed": Devendra Fadnavis
The killing of tigress Avni was a sad incident and any procedural lapse in it would be probed, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said Monday.
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Couldn't Have Let Humans Die To Save Tigress Avni: Maharashtra Minister
Tigress Avni was shot dead as a last resort when all attempts to tranquilise her failed and she attacked officials, Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said on Sunday. He also hit back at NGOs criticizing Avni's killing and said forest teams could not have let humans die to save an animal.
