Centre convenes meetings to discuss tiger deathsSeptember 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.
India losing revenue due to smuggling of betel nuts into W. BengalJuly 31st, 2009 SILIGURI - India is losing revenue worth millions of rupees every year due to smuggling of betel nuts into West Bengal from Nepal, said an custom official. "Revenue is affected because there is a 100 per cent duty on betel nuts if they import regularly into regular channels," said R Manga Babu, Additional Commissioner of Customs, North Bengal and Sikkim.
Rampant smuggling of Maple trees concern Himachal residentsJune 21st, 2009 SHIMLA - Rampant smuggling of maple tree wood through border areas of Tibet and China in Himachal Pradesh state has become a serious cause of concern for residents in Himachal Pradesh. Local residents in Himachal's Kinnaur and Shimla districts say that there is threat of entire lot of the maple tree being vanished in near future.
International drug racket busted in LudhianaJune 6th, 2009 Jalandhar, June 6 (ANI): Police claimed to have busted an international drug racket with the arrest of three persons in Ludhiana. Police recovered heroin worth 200 million rupees, a revolver, 6 live cartridges and nine lakhs of rupees from their possession.
Florida woman accused of using 'animal tissue' to fake a miscarriage in apartmentApril 21st, 2009 Cops: Woman faked miscarriage with 'animal tissue'OAKLAND PARK, Fla. — Deputies said a woman in South Florida has faked a miscarriage.
Europe for inclusion of animal welfare in WTO agendaApril 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Animal rights activists across the world have a reason to smile as the European Union (EU) is pushing for the inclusion of animal welfare standards in the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) multilateral trade negotiations. 'Inclusion of animal welfare standards in the WTO agenda is urgently needed to effectively enforce animal standards worldwide, and to improve the appalling condition of slaughter houses in many countries including India,' Citizens for Animal Rights (CAR), a city-based organisation, said in a release here.
Pigeons used to smuggle phone parts into Brazilian prisonMarch 31st, 2009 SAO PAULO - Brazilian police have intercepted two trained homing pigeons that were being used to carry mobile phone parts into a prison in Sao Paulo state. The birds were found near the prison with cloth sacks tied to their backs containing parts and components for cellphones, as shown by police representatives to Globo television.
Tiger skin recovered from Sundarbans, two arrestedMarch 25th, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal forest officials Wednesday said they have arrested two people for allegedly smuggling a tiger skin from the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve (STR). 'We arrested two persons from Sundarbans late Tuesday night who were smuggling out a skin of a full-grown tiger from the forest territory,' South 24-Parganas Divisional Forest Officer S.
Antique idol smuggling racket busted in West Bengal, 7 heldFebruary 13th, 2009 SILIGURI - Seven people were arrested Saturday in connection with an international antique idol smuggling racket along the India-Nepal border in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, the police said. 'We've arrested seven people after carrying out an operation.
American Jaguar dies in Orissa zooFebruary 4th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The only American Jaguar in Orissa's Nandankanan Zoo has died of complications related to old age, officials said Thursday. 'The male animal was 21 years and nine months old.
Four with illegal arms held near India-Nepal borderJanuary 27th, 2009 SILIGURI - Four men, including a man and his son, were arrested near the India-Nepal border near here Wednesday for possessing illegal arms and possible involvement in smuggling and drug trafficking, officials said Wednesday. The arrests were made from Panitanki area in West Bengal's Siliguri sub-division by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) that guards the borders with Nepal and Bhutan.
Antiquities dealer caught smuggling Egyptian artefactsJanuary 15th, 2009 CAIRO - A Lebanese antiquities dealer was arrested in Bulgaria after being charged with smuggling stolen ancient Egyptian artefacts, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has said. 'Ali Abu Taam was accused of smuggling more than 1,000 antiquities and helping Egyptian dealer Tareq al-Sweissi smuggle Egyptian pieces that belonged to different dynasties,' said SCA chief Zahi Hawas.
Vietnam police seize rare animal partsJanuary 12th, 2009 HANOI - Vietnamese police have seized two tonnes of rare animal remains including bear legs and tiger skins from a store in Hanoi, an official said Tuesday. Nguyen Viet Tien, deputy head of Hanoi's environmental police, said the animal parts were found at a store in the capital's Dong Da district.
43 jailed for smuggling animal parts in Madhya PradeshJanuary 8th, 2009 BHOPAL - As many as 43 people were sentenced in Madhya Pradesh's Katni forest division for poaching and smuggling of animal parts, official said Friday. Minister of State for Forests (independent charge) Rajendra Shukla said in an official statement that of these 43 people, 11 were sentenced to three-year imprisonment, 18 for two years and remaining 14 for one year.
Officials summoned for delay in capturing tigerDecember 22nd, 2008 LUCKNOW - Forest department officials who failed to trap a two-year-old tiger in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district have been summoned here to give an explanation, an official said Tuesday. The tiger was last spotted Monday evening in Sarai Bilhari village in Barabanki, some 30 km from the state capital here.
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