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Video: Elephant Charges At Ambulance Carrying Injured Worker In Kerala
An ambulance carrying an injured migrant worker in Kerala's Idukki district had a close call after a lone elephant charged at the vehicle.
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Gujarat Forest Officer Who Killed Wife, Children Had Affair With Colleague For Years
The accused, identified as Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Shailesh Khambhla (39), befriended the woman forest worker in 2022.
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DMK Takes Back Ex-Minister Ousted From Party Over "Disgusting" Remarks On Women
Former Tamil Nadu Forest Minister and senior DMK leader K Ponmudy, who was sacked from his party position over misogynistic remarks in April this year, was reinstated as one of the party's Deputy General Secretaries on Tuesday.
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UP Man Ends Life As Forest Department Was Set To Demolish His House
A 35-year-old daily wage worker has committed suicide in a village here as the forest department was set to demolish his house, an official said on Monday.
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On Camera, Elephant Chases Workers Near Coffee Estate In Karnataka
Though no injuries were reported, the close call has left estate workers too fearful to return.
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Tamil Nadu Minister K Ponmudy Apologises For 'Inappropriate' Remarks On Women
Tamil Nadu Forest Minister K Ponmudy, who stoked a controversy for his derogatory remarks on women and Shaivism and Vaishnavism 'symbols', on Saturday said he apologised for his 'inappropriate remarks'.
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Tamil Minister's "Disgusting" Comment On Sex Workers Triggers Furious Row
Tamil Nadu's Forest Minister K Ponmudy's misogynistic remarks - laced with caste undertones - have landed Chief Minister MK Stalin in trouble, inviting fierce criticism from women's rights activists, the opposition, and within his DMK.
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On Camera, Tiger Attacks Forest Worker In Sundarbans. How He Was Rescued
A forest department worker was injured after a tiger attacked him in the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve in West Bengal on Monday morning, officials said.
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5-Km Trek Through Forest, Maoist Drones Above: How Poll Officers Keep Democracy Ticking
They cross glaciers, lug electronic voting machines up mountains on their backs, and work in dangerous areas to ensure every last person can cast their ballot in the world's largest democracy.
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4 Workers Injured In Forest Fire To Be Airlifted To AIIMS Delhi: Pushkar Dhami
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said that four forest workers who were burnt in the forest fire in Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary in the State's Almore district are being shifted to the AIIMS hospital in New Delhi in two air ambul
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4 Forest Workers Killed While Extinguishing Fire In Uttarakhand
Four forest workers were killed and four were injured while extinguishing a fire at the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary under the Civil Soyam Forest Division in the Almora district of Uttarakhand, officials said on Thursday.
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Body Parts Of Woman Rural Health Worker Found In Forest In Jharkhand
The body parts of a woman, reportedly an anganwadi worker, were recovered in a forest area in Jharkhand's Sahibganj district, police said on Wednesday.
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Russian Soldiers Drove Over Radioactive Dust In Chernobyl: Report
Russian soldiers who seized the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster drove their armoured vehicles without radiation protection through a highly toxic zone called the "Red Forest", kicking up clouds of radioactive dust, workers at the site said.
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No Covid Case In Assam's Remote Area, But Officials Fight Vaccine Hesitancy
Rural health workers in Assam's Kokrajhar district, braving forests, streams and bad roads to reach Lungsung forest near the Bhutan border. This tribal community hasn't reported a single COVID-19 case.
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Tribals In Uttarakhand Village Flee Into Forest To Escape Covid Testing
Residents of a tribal village in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh fled to a nearby forest area when a team of district health workers came to the village recently for COVID-19 testing.
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Video: Elephant Charges At Ambulance Carrying Injured Worker In Kerala
An ambulance carrying an injured migrant worker in Kerala's Idukki district had a close call after a lone elephant charged at the vehicle.
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Gujarat Forest Officer Who Killed Wife, Children Had Affair With Colleague For Years
The accused, identified as Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Shailesh Khambhla (39), befriended the woman forest worker in 2022.
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DMK Takes Back Ex-Minister Ousted From Party Over "Disgusting" Remarks On Women
Former Tamil Nadu Forest Minister and senior DMK leader K Ponmudy, who was sacked from his party position over misogynistic remarks in April this year, was reinstated as one of the party's Deputy General Secretaries on Tuesday.
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UP Man Ends Life As Forest Department Was Set To Demolish His House
A 35-year-old daily wage worker has committed suicide in a village here as the forest department was set to demolish his house, an official said on Monday.
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On Camera, Elephant Chases Workers Near Coffee Estate In Karnataka
Though no injuries were reported, the close call has left estate workers too fearful to return.
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Tamil Nadu Minister K Ponmudy Apologises For 'Inappropriate' Remarks On Women
Tamil Nadu Forest Minister K Ponmudy, who stoked a controversy for his derogatory remarks on women and Shaivism and Vaishnavism 'symbols', on Saturday said he apologised for his 'inappropriate remarks'.
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Tamil Minister's "Disgusting" Comment On Sex Workers Triggers Furious Row
Tamil Nadu's Forest Minister K Ponmudy's misogynistic remarks - laced with caste undertones - have landed Chief Minister MK Stalin in trouble, inviting fierce criticism from women's rights activists, the opposition, and within his DMK.
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On Camera, Tiger Attacks Forest Worker In Sundarbans. How He Was Rescued
A forest department worker was injured after a tiger attacked him in the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve in West Bengal on Monday morning, officials said.
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5-Km Trek Through Forest, Maoist Drones Above: How Poll Officers Keep Democracy Ticking
They cross glaciers, lug electronic voting machines up mountains on their backs, and work in dangerous areas to ensure every last person can cast their ballot in the world's largest democracy.
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4 Workers Injured In Forest Fire To Be Airlifted To AIIMS Delhi: Pushkar Dhami
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said that four forest workers who were burnt in the forest fire in Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary in the State's Almore district are being shifted to the AIIMS hospital in New Delhi in two air ambul
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4 Forest Workers Killed While Extinguishing Fire In Uttarakhand
Four forest workers were killed and four were injured while extinguishing a fire at the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary under the Civil Soyam Forest Division in the Almora district of Uttarakhand, officials said on Thursday.
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Body Parts Of Woman Rural Health Worker Found In Forest In Jharkhand
The body parts of a woman, reportedly an anganwadi worker, were recovered in a forest area in Jharkhand's Sahibganj district, police said on Wednesday.
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Russian Soldiers Drove Over Radioactive Dust In Chernobyl: Report
Russian soldiers who seized the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster drove their armoured vehicles without radiation protection through a highly toxic zone called the "Red Forest", kicking up clouds of radioactive dust, workers at the site said.
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No Covid Case In Assam's Remote Area, But Officials Fight Vaccine Hesitancy
Rural health workers in Assam's Kokrajhar district, braving forests, streams and bad roads to reach Lungsung forest near the Bhutan border. This tribal community hasn't reported a single COVID-19 case.
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Tribals In Uttarakhand Village Flee Into Forest To Escape Covid Testing
Residents of a tribal village in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh fled to a nearby forest area when a team of district health workers came to the village recently for COVID-19 testing.
