Poaching  

Congress leaders met President Ram Nath Kovind and urged him to remove Amit Shah as the Union home minister. Jammu and Kashmir authorities have launched what’s called anti-poaching boats to thwart any attempt to poach migratory birds in Dal lake.
 

Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray arrived at Hotel Rangsharda where the MLAs are lodged to prevent the alleged poaching attempts in the power tussle to form the government in Maharashtra 

Bollywood actor Salman Khan who was supposed to appear before a Jodhpur failed to do so citing his ‘busy schedule’. The court posted the matter for hearing on December 19.
 

A Jodhpur court will take up the blackbuck case wherein actor Salman Khan had filed a plea challenging his conviction in the blackbuck poaching case. The actor had filed a plea against his conviction by a lower court, which had sentenced him to five years in jail.

Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah was at his criticising best as he took on senior BJP leader KS Eshwarappa for his allegations of poaching party members and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not visiting flood-hit victims of north Karnataka
 

Union minister for chemicals and fertilisers Sadananda Gowda criticised the ruling Karnataka coalition for endorsing delaying tactics and added that it is only the BJP that can solve the burning issues of the state like drought and farmers’ deaths

Sources say that the JDS is in touch with four BJP MLAs, in an obvious bid of reverse operation. The BJP has asked all its MLAs to shift to a resort immediately

JD(S) MLAs were shifted to Prestige Golfshire resort on Nandi Hills Road, on the outskirts of Bengaluru, last night.

Karnataka JDS minister GT Devegowda praised PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah and defended the BJP over allegations of ‘Operation Kamala’ in the state

 

The Jodhpur court has acquitted Salman Khan of charge on fake affidavit during his trial for blackbuck poaching case

‘We are 105 tigers. No one from the Congress or JD(S) has the strength to even touch us,’ said BJP leader Eshwarappa speaking about reverse ‘Operation Kamala’

The sensational revelation was made in an RTI filed by Noida based activist Rajan Tomar. The reply by central body National Tiger Conservation Authority’s (NTCA) shows how the number of tiger deaths is only increasing and no check on poaching of this endangered animal could be done. 

The Jodhpur High Court issued a notice to Bollywood actors Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Neelam Kothari, Tabu and Dushyant Singh in connection with the 1998 Blackbuck poaching case.

Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy addressed an emergency press conference at his official residence before the scheduled presentation of the budget at 12.32 PM. While Kumaraswamy accused the BJP of poaching by releasing an audio clip, BJP president Yeddyurappa termed it fake.