Uttarakhand Forest Department

The Hero Glamour motorcycles handed over to the Uttarakhand government forest department have been specially equipped with hooters, flashlights, leg guards, helmet locks and waterproof side bags.

A leopard, which had killed a seven-year-old boy three days ago in Akhodi village of Uttarakhand's Tehri district, was gunned down on Tuesday by forest department hunters.

The National Tiger Conservation Authority or NTCA has asked the Uttarakhand forest department to ban all tourist activities in the core and critical tiger habitat zone of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve.

A leopard, which had killed three women in Uttarakhand's Devalthal area, has been shot dead by a professional hunter hired by the forest department, an official said on Friday.

The forest department has managed to catch a leopard that had recently killed a seven-year-old girl in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh and caused a panic in the area, officials said Tuesday.

Up to 10,000 trees could be chopped down for the expansion of Uttarakhand's main airport in Dehradun, news agency PTI reported on Friday, quoting forest department officials. The move to cut the trees in the Thano range of the Dehradun forest division could affect wildlife in the elephant corridors nearby, forest department sources said.

A rare orchid - Liparis Pygmaea - has been found for the first time in the western Himalayan region of Uttarakhand. The flower was spotted by a team of the research wing of the Uttarakhand forest department, at an altitude of 3,800 metre, during a trek to Saptakund in Chamoli, earlier inJune.

The Uttarakhand forest department has lodged a case against Swami Chidananda Saraswati for allegedly grabbing a piece of reserve forest land in Virpur Khurd area in Rishikesh and running a yoga and meditation centre, and a residential school on it.

A video of a 10-foot-long king cobra being removed from a train in Uttarakhand has surfaced on social media, leaving many stunned.

A man-eater leopard was shot dead early today by a forest department hunter at Chandak village in Pithoragarh, a district forest officer said.

A leopard hiding in Shrinagar Medical College building in Uttarakhand since last two days was shot dead in "self defence" on Tuesday after it attacked a group of forest department personnel who were struggling to capture it, a forest official said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) in its probe into alleged collusion of the forest department officials in all cases of tiger deaths and poaching reported from protected areas in Uttarakhand, said agency sources.

The Uttarakhand High Court has ordered a CBI probe into the death of tigers at the Corbett Tiger Reserve over the past five years and the alleged involvement of forest department officials in the poaching of big cats.

Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday asked officials to adopt zero-tolerance towards illegal mining, days after a forest department employee was killed allegedly by mining mafia in Ramnagar.

In a first, the Election Commission of Uttarakhand and the state forest department will be setting up poll booths inside reserved forests -- in dak bungalows, forest outposts and temporary shelters. Forest rangers have been deployed to help. Officials feel the move will allow indigenous communities like the Van Gujjars -- which have been settled in...

The Hero Glamour motorcycles handed over to the Uttarakhand government forest department have been specially equipped with hooters, flashlights, leg guards, helmet locks and waterproof side bags.

A leopard, which had killed a seven-year-old boy three days ago in Akhodi village of Uttarakhand's Tehri district, was gunned down on Tuesday by forest department hunters.

The National Tiger Conservation Authority or NTCA has asked the Uttarakhand forest department to ban all tourist activities in the core and critical tiger habitat zone of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve.

A leopard, which had killed three women in Uttarakhand's Devalthal area, has been shot dead by a professional hunter hired by the forest department, an official said on Friday.

The forest department has managed to catch a leopard that had recently killed a seven-year-old girl in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh and caused a panic in the area, officials said Tuesday.

Up to 10,000 trees could be chopped down for the expansion of Uttarakhand's main airport in Dehradun, news agency PTI reported on Friday, quoting forest department officials. The move to cut the trees in the Thano range of the Dehradun forest division could affect wildlife in the elephant corridors nearby, forest department sources said.

A rare orchid - Liparis Pygmaea - has been found for the first time in the western Himalayan region of Uttarakhand. The flower was spotted by a team of the research wing of the Uttarakhand forest department, at an altitude of 3,800 metre, during a trek to Saptakund in Chamoli, earlier inJune.

The Uttarakhand forest department has lodged a case against Swami Chidananda Saraswati for allegedly grabbing a piece of reserve forest land in Virpur Khurd area in Rishikesh and running a yoga and meditation centre, and a residential school on it.

A video of a 10-foot-long king cobra being removed from a train in Uttarakhand has surfaced on social media, leaving many stunned.

A man-eater leopard was shot dead early today by a forest department hunter at Chandak village in Pithoragarh, a district forest officer said.

A leopard hiding in Shrinagar Medical College building in Uttarakhand since last two days was shot dead in "self defence" on Tuesday after it attacked a group of forest department personnel who were struggling to capture it, a forest official said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) in its probe into alleged collusion of the forest department officials in all cases of tiger deaths and poaching reported from protected areas in Uttarakhand, said agency sources.

The Uttarakhand High Court has ordered a CBI probe into the death of tigers at the Corbett Tiger Reserve over the past five years and the alleged involvement of forest department officials in the poaching of big cats.

Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday asked officials to adopt zero-tolerance towards illegal mining, days after a forest department employee was killed allegedly by mining mafia in Ramnagar.

In a first, the Election Commission of Uttarakhand and the state forest department will be setting up poll booths inside reserved forests -- in dak bungalows, forest outposts and temporary shelters. Forest rangers have been deployed to help. Officials feel the move will allow indigenous communities like the Van Gujjars -- which have been settled in...