Poaching

More Trouble For AAP, EC Sends Notice To Atishi Over BJP Poaching Claim

Atishi on Tuesday alleged that the BJP approached her to join them or else she would be arrested by the ED in the coming days.

Apr 05, 2024, 13:55 PM IST

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2022: Newly-elected Congress MLAs being taken to Jaipur amid ‘POACHING’ fears

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2022: Sensing a neck-and-neck contest between the BJP and the Congress, rebels, who had broken ties with the mainstream parties, have started holding ‘in-door’ parleys with a belief that in politics there is no permanent enemy or friend.

Dec 08, 2022, 12:23 PM IST

MCD Elections 2022: BJP trying to 'poach' newly-elected AAP councillors, alleges Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia

MCD Elections 2022: Manish Sisodia's allegations come after the Aam Aadmi Party won the MCD polls with 134 seats, ending the 15-year rule of the BJP in the prestigious municipal corporation and reducing the Congress to just nine seats in a house of 250.

Dec 07, 2022, 22:32 PM IST

Arvind Kejriwal accuses BJP of ‘breaking governments’, claims party approached 10 AAP MLAs from Punjab

“Our 10 MLAs approached in Punjab by BJP; they are buying MLAs & breaking governments,” the AAP national convenor said. 

Sep 14, 2022, 13:13 PM IST

'Operation Lotus in Punjab': 'SERIAL KILLER' BJP offering Rs 20-25 cr to our MLAs, alleges AAP

'Operation Lotus in Punjab': Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema has alleged that under the BJP's 'Operation Lotus', some AAP legislators in the state had been approached by the people from the BJP. The senior AAP leader claimed that seven to 10 AAP MLAs have been approached with offers of money and ministerial positions.

Sep 13, 2022, 18:45 PM IST

'PROBE AAP's charges of poaching its MLAs': Seven BJP MPs write to Delhi L-G, demand lie-detector test

In their letter to the L-G, the BJP MPs stated that the claims by AAP MLAs that they have been approached by the BJP and offered up to Rs 20 crore to switch sides is a matter of forensic investigation and they should undergo a lie detector test.

Aug 31, 2022, 11:36 AM IST

Operation Lotus: Special session of Delhi Assembly today amid BJP-AAP slugfest

Delhi's ruling AAP and the BJP are at loggerheads over the central agencies' action against AAP leaders and the Delhi govt officials in connection with the excise policy case and the alleged poaching of MLAs.

Aug 26, 2022, 08:25 AM IST

Indian pangolin rescued from house in Odisha's Cuttack

The mammal was rescued on Friday from the house in Badamba Range of Athagarh Forest Division in Cuttack. Pangolins are often referred to as the world`s most trafficked mammal.

Aug 31, 2019, 15:36 PM IST

Syndicate smuggling animal body parts busted in Kolkata, tusks and Tiger teeth recovered

About 12 kilos of Elephant tusks and five pieces of Tiger teeth - cumulatively valued at Rs 1.147 crores - were recovered and seized by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.

Jul 30, 2019, 21:45 PM IST

Fear of poaching returns to Sunderbans after Tiger's mysterious death

There has not been a single instance of poaching in Sunderbands in the last decade. The caracass of a Tiger found recently, however, has cast a shadow on an exemplary statistic.

Apr 10, 2019, 16:31 PM IST

Father-daughter duo held in Kolkata with ivory worth Rs 1.3 crore

Sources say that the seized articles comprise of finished, semi-finished and raw ivory which are together worth Rs 1.3 crore.

Mar 12, 2019, 17:29 PM IST

Poaching case: Golfer Jyoti Randhawa's anticipatory bail plea dismissed

Jyoti Randhawa, 46, and Mahesh Virajdar were arrested on December 26 on poaching charges near the Motipur range of the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary.

Jan 07, 2019, 16:50 PM IST

Golfer Jyoti Randhawa, arrested for poaching, sent to 14-day jail custody

Randhawa, along with former Navy captain Mahesh Virajdar, were arrested on Wednesday from in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve's protected area.

Dec 27, 2018, 12:36 PM IST

Golfer Jyoti Randhawa arrested on charges of poaching

Jyoti Randhawa and national level shooter Mahesh Virajdar were arrested on Wednesday on charges of poaching in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich

Dec 27, 2018, 10:38 AM IST

Randhawa arrested for poaching; caught with rifle, 80 live cartridges, dead fowl

A pigskin, dead jungle fowl and .22 rifle were recovered from him at the time of the arrest.

Dec 26, 2018, 13:51 PM IST

Golfer Jyoti Randhawa arrested on poaching charges, rifle recovered

Golfer Jyoti Randhawa arrested on poaching charges in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich.

Dec 26, 2018, 11:35 AM IST

Only 13% of world's tiger conservation areas meet global standards: Report

Tigers are one of the most poached and most hunted animals in the world, which has led their population to be listed as 'endangered species'.

Mar 01, 2018, 11:26 AM IST

Pangolins being smuggled through ivory trade routes: Study

The researchers found that local hunters in Gabon are selling increasing numbers of Pangolins to Asian workers stationed on the continent for major logging, oil exploration, and agro-industry projects.

Feb 19, 2018, 16:24 PM IST

Salman Khan threatened by gangster in Jodhpur court

While the nature of the threat was not immediately known, the incident happened when gangster Lawrence Vishnoi was presented in court under heavy police security.

Jan 05, 2018, 17:26 PM IST

Poaching threatens Europe's last pristine forests: UN Environment

The forests spread over the Danube-Carpathian region, located in Central and Eastern Europe, are facing illegal logging and wildlife trade that threaten the region's biodiversity and people's livelihoods despite European and international environmental legislation.

Nov 23, 2017, 14:12 PM IST