Mangaluru: Following pressure from the public, Ujire Range Deputy Forest Officer, Keerthan Shetty has been transferred to Puttur. The decision came amid continuous pressure by the locals to punish Keerthan Shetty who brutally assaulted Kamaldas, a native of Puduvettu here for allegedly stealing wood from the forest even if he lives beyond the jurisdiction of […]
Mangaluru: After 13 year long court battle, Wildlife Conservationist, Niren Jain’s undeterred efforts to seek justice for the illegal seizure and hacking of his computer has borne fruit, with the Mangalore II JMFC judge Santhosh S. Kunder ordering the registration of a criminal case against the then DCF of Kudremukh, Anita S. Arekal under the […]
Bangalore : The Lokayukta police on Tuesday conducted simultaneous raids on seven government officials in five districts across the state. The Lokayukta police raided Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) M S Ravi Kumar’s house in Bangalore and found 6.94 kg of gold and 9.68 kg of silver. They also found alleged Disproportionate Assets (DA) worth […]
Puttur : One Aboobakker of Madavu, the driver of a pick-up vehicle has been arrested for smuggling wood in his vehicle at Ankatadka in Paltadu village on October 22, Tuesday. He was on way to Kumbra from Bellare when his vehicle was intercepted by forest officials. The value of the seized wood and the vehicle […]
Mumbai : A sneaky leopard on Sunday night took away a seven-year-old girl Sanjani Thorat, in Sanjay Gandhi National Park, when she had gone with her mother Sangita to answer the call of nature. The Thorat family resides in Shankar Tekdi, Mulund adjoining the national park. Sanjana’s mother raised a hue and cry, and local […]
