Kaziranaga: One more rhino has been killed inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam. This makes it the 20th rhino killed in just four months in 2013.
In 2012, 38 rhinos were killed in the 430 square kilometer park that has 2300 rhinos. UNESCO has dubbed the park a world heritage site.
Rhino horns sell for up to Rs 1 crore in the international market.
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12:18 PM, May 24, 2013
Assam: Despite all government assurances and efforts, India's best known national park still remains vulnerable to poaching. Around 17 rhinos have been killed in the last four months in Kaziranga. "The increased number of poaching is definitely a concern particularly last year two years after floods. The reason is the organised poaching groups, the demand in the international market and some local issues here and there" Kaziranga National Park Director...
09:05 AM, May 21, 2013
Jodhpur: A revision petition against Bollywood actor Salman Khan in the 14-year-old blackbuck poaching case seeking additional charges against him under Arms Act was on Wednesday rejected by the Rajasthan High Court. The court observed that the petition of the Rajasthan government has been pending for a long time and "that there was no point in carrying it further," government counsel Mahipal Bishnoi said. "So the court rejected the petition...
10:13 PM, May 15, 2013
Kaziranga (Assam): The decomposed body of a rhino with its horns removed was found on Friday in Kaziranga National Park. The adult male rhino was suspected to have been killed by poachers earlier this week. Forest guards found the carcass between Pohumara and Rangamati camps in Agratoli range after foul smell in the area, Park officials said on Friday. This is the 21st rhino killed by poachers this year. According...
03:49 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Salman Khan is not the only one out to support Sanjay Dutt, who's now expected to serve three and half years in jail following the supreme court upholding his conviction under arms act in 1993 Bombay blasts case. ...
10:49 PM, Mar 26, 2013
A bullet ridden body of a rhinoceros with its horn removed has been found at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam. Forest officials recovered shells of bullets and rifles used to kill the animal. ...
08:24 AM, Mar 24, 2013
A Jodhpur court on Saturday framed, revised, and diluted charges against Bollywood actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam under Wildlife Protection Act, for aiding film star Salman Khan in the blackbuck poaching case. ...
07:45 PM, Mar 23, 2013
A Jodhpur court on Saturday framed revised, and diluted charges against Bollywood actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam for aiding film star Salman Khan in a 14-year-old blackbuck poaching case in Rajasthan. The four actors have denied the charges and will file a review petition in the court. ...
10:42 AM, Mar 23, 2013
After Sanjay Dutt, it is Bollywood actor Salman Khan's turn to face the courts. Khan will soon appear before a Jodhpur Court that will read out revised charges against the actor and four others in a 14-year-old case of blackbuck poaching during a film shooting in Rajasthan. The court will also read out charges against other Bollywood actors, including Saif Ali khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam, in the blackbuck...
10:17 AM, Mar 23, 2013
After Sanjay Dutt, it is the poster boy of Bollywood's 100 crore club actor Salman Khan who might have tough times ahead at the courts. Salman's past is back to haunt him. The actor's 1998 blackbuck poaching case is in focus and Salman has been charged under Section 51 of the Wildlife Protection Act and Section 149 (unlawful assembly) of the IPC which carries a maximum sentence of three years...
09:43 AM, Mar 23, 2013
After Sanjay Dutt, it is Bollywood actor Salman Khan's turn to face the courts. A Jodhpur Court will on Saturday read out revised charges against the actor and four others in a 14-year-old case of blackbuck poaching during a film shooting in Rajasthan. The court will also read out charges against other Bollywood actors, including Saif Ali khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam, in the blackbuck poaching case. ...
07:59 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Bollywood star Salman Khan and four other actors will appear in Jodhpur before a court to hear the fresh charges in a 14-year-old case of blackbuck poaching during a film shooting in Rajasthan. ...
03:58 AM, Mar 23, 2013
The Environmental Investigation Agency said there are some 10,000 ads on Google Japan's shopping site that promote the sale of ivory. ...
04:22 PM, Mar 05, 2013
The Assam government is taking all steps and shoot-at-sight orders could be considered in the Kaziranga National Park (KNP)to deal with poaching, Assam Minister for Environment and Forest Rockybul Hussain said on Saturday. The state government has already sought a CBI probe into poaching of rhinos, whose horns are considered aphrodisiac. ...
07:40 PM, Feb 09, 2013
He may be the biggest brand in Bollywood, but Salman Khan's infamous past is fast catching up with him. With new charges in the 2002 hit-and-run case and summons in the 15-year-old blackbuck poaching case, what lies in store for him? ...
08:57 AM, Feb 05, 2013
Film actors Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabbu and Neelam will appear before a court in Jodhpur in connection with the blackbucks poaching case of 1998. The court will read out the revised charges to all the actors, who are accused of killing two blackbucks on the intervening night of October 1 and 2 in Kankani village during shooting of the film 'Hum Saath Saath Hain'. ...
10:25 PM, Feb 03, 2013
Judge Lucy Koh ordered Apple CEO Tim Cook to be questioned by plaintiff attorneys for four hours. ...
02:53 PM, Jan 18, 2013
Salman, who has been summoned by a Jodhpur court to appear before it in February in connection with a 1998 poaching case, says he might have a date with the Mumbai court regarding the hit-and-run case. ...
01:38 PM, Dec 14, 2012
New Delhi: The Amur falcon, a tiny majestic bird from the raptor family is being poached in thousands in North East India. The small raptors arrive in North East India from Siberia en route to their final destination in Southern Africa, stopping briefly in Nagaland where they are poached in huge numbers. Activists have caught on camera, how the birds are trapped, then the injured birds are kept alive in...
07:41 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: CNN-IBN has accessed visuals of shocking massacre of tens of thousands of migratory Amur falcons in Nagaland. The NGO, Conservation India, has documented the slaughter. The NGO has estimated that 12,000 to 14,000 birds are being hunted for consumption and commercial sale every day. The captured birds are kept in mosquito nets or cane baskets, so they can be sold alive. This is probably the single largest congregation...
01:37 PM, Nov 08, 2012
