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`Elephant` haunts Rahul in his dreams: BSP

BSP National General Secretary Satish Chandra Mishra said his party symbol elephant haunts Congres...

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Magical hand, not elephant eating up funds: BSP

Satish Chandra Mishra said, Magical hand is siphoning off funds and salting them away in foreign tax...

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24 mn generations for mice to grow to elephant size

It would take at least 24 million generations for a mouse-sized creature to evolve into something as...

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Six elephants die in a month at Erode

Six elephants died in the district in a month`s span some due to ailments or in accidents besides o...

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New taste in Thai elephant meat risks extinction

A new taste for eating elephant meat — everything from trunks to sex organs — has emerged in Thailan...

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`Sumatran elephants driven closer to extinction`

The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild in under 30 years unless immediate steps are take...

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Ways to contain man-elephant conflict suggested

part of steps to resolve man-elephant conflict in the state, Karnataka Forest Minister CP Yogeshwa...

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PETA to put up banners on draped elephant statues

PETA appealed to the Election Commission to allow it to use the covered up elephant statues in UP a...

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Ascetic trampled to death by elephant

An ascetic was trampled to death by an elephant which strayed into a village from the nearby fores...

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‘If elephant cloaked; cover cycle, handpump too’

BSP claimed that EC decision of covering statues of Mayawati and party symbol elephant is one-sided....

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PIL for EC order for covering statues dismissed

The poll panel had said it wanted to ensure that no political party was allowed to "derive politica...

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Uttarakhand`s killer tusker evades death

Life almost slipped away from this 35-year-old tusker when marching orders were issued to shoot him ...

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EC makes Maya, her elephants turn pink

With little over a day left for the deadline to expire, government officials were on Tuesday busy co...

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Quraishi defends cover-up directive to BSP

Quraishi said the decision was in accordance with the model code of conduct.

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Criticism of EC order on statues ill-informed: CEC

The CEC said there is nothing per se wrong about statues of political personalities and symbols ere...

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`EC`s directive on Mayawati`s statues impractical`

Political parties took exception to EC`s order to cover statues of CM Mayawati and elephants - BSP`s...

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Congress hails EC move to drape statues of Maya

Congress on Saturday hailed the Election Commission`s decision to cover the statues of CM Mayawati a...

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Elephant tramples forest employee to death

A driver of forest department was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Gulusuguda forest in Oriss...

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HC directs govts to form Elephant Task Force

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the state and the Union governments to set up a ta...

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2,500 elephants killed in 2011 for ivory

Around 2,500 elephants were slaughtered across the world for ivory this year, according to a report ...

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What ails captive elephants in Kerala

Lack of proper medical care as well as money-minded owners pose a serious threat to the magnificent ...

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Jharkhand: 10-year-old elephant rescued from well

Prompt action by forest department officials ensured the rescue of a 10-year-old wild elephant that ...

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Demise of elephants led to rise of modern man

The disappearance of elephants 400,000 years ago led to the appearance of modern humans in the Middl...

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`Rogue` tusker attacks female elephant

Uttarakhand Chief Wildlife Warden SS Sharma had issued orders on November 9 to kill the elephant ami...

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Elephant in Lucknow eating your money: Rahul

Making a veiled attack on CM Mayawati, Rahul Gandhi said an "elephant" in Lucknow was eating away al...

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Elephant population up by 2,000 in past 15 years

According to the 2007 census, there are 27,669 to 27,715 elephants in its various reserves and habit...

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‘Myanmar welcomes `lucky` white elephants’

This ceremony comes 3 days after the long-isolated country won approval to chair Southeast Asia`s re...

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Elephant protection plan announced in Odisha

The government also decided to set up 51 special squads to monitor elephant poaching in forests incl...

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A heritage at crossroads

As in many other states, in Orissa too the poor animals are on the edge.

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Three elephants found dead in Orissa Sanctuary

The carcasses of three elephants, one with its tusk missing, have been found in the Similipal Sanc...

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Four elephants found dead in Kerala forest

Carcasses of four elephants were found in Gavi forests in the Ranni Division of Pathanamthitta distr...

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Poacher held for killing elephant, tusks recovered

A man wanted for more than five months for allegedly shooting to death a tusker earlier this year ...

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Elephants `never forget old pals`

Elephants are more clever than you thought -- they never forget old friends, and are social network ...

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Orissa to raise height of electric wires to save elephants

The Orissa government on Saturday decided to spend Rs 20 crore from the Compensatory Afforestation ...

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Elephants `do have long memories`

Researchers have found that older elephants are the best at making crucial decisions about predators...

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Elephants are quick learners, offer helping hand

Elephants quickly learn to lend each other a helping hand — ah, make that a helping trunk.

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Estate worker killed by elephant

Police said the worker was on his way to the pump house when a stray elephant attacked him.

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Elephant census in North-East begins

The exercise of elephant census have started in North East to determine the number in the wild.

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Rogue elephants enter IIT-Kharagpur campus, trigger panic

Two rogue elephants entered the IIT-Kharagpur campus here triggering panic among students and forcin...

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50 wild elephants killed in Sri Lanka floods

Some 50 wild elephants have been killed due to the devastating Sri Lankan floods according to the c...

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Elephant menace continues in Sarguja

In the second such incident within a fortnight, a herd of nine wild jumbos demolished 12 houses in a...

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Elephant strikes fear among people in Hamidpur Island

Panic struck the inhabitants of Hamidpur island when an elephant appeared from the surrounding wat...

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Chanchalkali becomes Miss Elephant International

28-year-old,Chanchalkali was attired in pink and had a red hood and she walked away with the honours...

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Africa has two species of elephants

Researchers confirmed suspicions about the two distinctly different looking pachyderms.

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Injured elephant gets new home in Delhi

An elephant, which was seriously injured in a road accident here two months ago, has been sent to ...

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Census reports over 210 elephants in Buxa Tiger reserve

The elephant population in the Buxa Tiger reserve has shot up by 50 per cent in three years.

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Mamata absolves railways from elephant deaths

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee blamed the Forest Department for the mishaps, saying its employees ...

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No `Kumki` business this

The wholesome conservation of elephants in the wild has emerged as a major challenge for the forest ...

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Ramesh asked to reconsider sending of jumbos to Turkmenistan

An animal rights group has urged Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh to reconsider his decision to ...

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PETA opposes sending elephants to Turkmenistan

PETA has asked Jairam Ramesh to reconsider the decision to send two elephants from the country`s zoo...

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