Corbett National Park to have Tiger Protection Force from January 2010

September 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Union Government is convening a series of meetings from Thursday with the 17 tiger-range states to discus the reasons for the unabated deaths of the National Animal. The Centre has expressed concern over the tiger deaths crossing the 50 mark this year.

June 23rd, 2009 NAINITAL - Forest Department officials and rangers of Jim Corbett National Park have arrested three persons on charges of setting fire in the forest for scaring away the bees from their hives and collect honey. "When our staff members woke up, they saw smoke coming out of the forest.

May 9th, 2009 BHOPAL - Yet another tiger, the second in a fortnight, has been found dead in Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh National Park, its director said Saturday. He, however, ruled out the possibility of poachers killing the animal.

May 6th, 2009 BHOPAL - Private telecom player Tata Indicom has adopted a white tiger and a panther at the Van Vihar National Park here under the park's 'Adopt an Animal Scheme', park officials said Wednesday. 'Earlier, the company had adopted a lion at the park.

May 6th, 2009 BHOPAL - Tata Indicom has adopted a white tiger, an inhabitant of the Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal. Ten-year-old Bhagat was adopted under the animal adoption project run by the park, on an annual basis by Indicom.

April 28th, 2009 BHOPAL - A pair of white tigers have been transported to the Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal.ften termed as the pride of Bhopal, Van Vihar is home to a number of animals, including the white tiger, the panther and the lion. The tigers have come from the Nandankanan National Park of Orissa under an Animal Exchange Programme of Central Zoo Authority (CZA).

April 16th, 2009 BHOPAL - A tiger cub succumbed to injuries here after being hurt by an adult tiger. Eleven months old Pancham was brought in an injured condition to Bhopal's Van Vihar National Park on April 4.

April 5th, 2009 RAMNAGAR - The world famous Jim Corbett National Park, home to the endangered Royal Bengal Tiger, is a paradise for birds, with over 600 different species being recorded in the 1,400 sq km preserve. And where birds perch, can bird watchers be far behind? Migratory birds such as Osprey, Ruddy Shelduck, Mallard and Gadwall, among others, come all the way from Europe and Central Asia to the lush green forests of the Himalayan foothills in this Kumaon region of the state, some 300 km from Delhi.

February 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In India, the core areas of tiger reserves are often well protected but the surrounding forests are not, says a senior official of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB). The result, tigers come out of the core area and get killed by poachers.

February 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Six tigers have been killed by poachers since the beginning of 2009, estimates an NGO. The Indian government had itself raised an alarm about the dwindling number of tigers in the wild last year, saying there were only around 1,400 left.

February 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Six tigers have been killed by poachers since the beginning of 2009 and more have been killed by enraged villagers, estimates an NGO. The Indian government had itself raised an alarm about the dwindling number of tigers in the wild last year, saying there were only around 1,400 left.

February 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A woman was mauled to death by a tiger when she entered a forest near the Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand to collect fuel wood, officials said Thursday. The incident took place Wednesday at the Sarpduli forest range, just outside the park.

January 24th, 2009 BHOPAL - Van Vihar National Park in the Madhya Pradesh capital may soon get a pair of white tigers from the Nandankanan Zoo in Orissa after an approval from the Central Zoo Authority (CZA), state forest minister said. But the national park will have to part with tigress Sara and a pair of jackals under an exchange programme with the Nandankanan Zoo.

January 18th, 2009 BHOPAL - A four-year-old male tiger was killed in a turf war with another tiger in Madhya Pradesh's Kanha National Park, officials said Monday. The tiger's body, with deep bruises, was found at the Kisla range of the park.

January 2nd, 2009 PATNA - A tiger that wandered into a Bihar village from a nearby reserve has created panic after residents spotted it hiding in the fields. Forest officials are camping in the area to catch the animal that has reportedly killed two people in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh.