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Rahul Gandhi joins protests demanding lifting of night traffic ban through Bandipur forest in Karnataka, imposed due to death of animals

OpIndia Staff - 4 October, 2019

Night traffic on NH 766 through Bandipur forest has been banned to protect wild animals, Rahul Gandhi wants to lift it

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PM Modi releases 2018 tiger census results, tiger population sees a 33% jump as 2967 tigers reported in India

OpIndia Staff - 29 July, 2019

On International Tiger Day, PM Modi released the results of the 2018 Tiger Census. There are currently 2967 tigers in India, 741 more than the 2014 census.

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Randeep Hooda schools Dia Mirza for her disparaging remarks against the forest department

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2019

Randeep Hooda slammed Dia Mirza for making a generalised accusation that forest department is incompetent based on a single incident in, which a tigress was killed

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Tiger dies after eating a Sambar Deer, Tamil Media reports how it died after consuming ‘Sambhar Rice’

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2019

On Sunday evening, a tiger was found dead soon after it had eaten a sambar deer. The carcass was found in the Parsons Valley reservoir in the Nilgiris district.

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