New Delhi: Gujarat government has finally decided to cut down the number of lion safaris from ninety to forty five a day at the world famous Gir National Park. The decision was taken after an ...

On 18 September 1965, Gir was formally declared a Lion Sanctuary. In 1974, it was declared a national park and nature reserve. Today, the Government of Gujarat has declared an area of 1,421sq ...

On World Wildlife Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on a lion safari at the Gir National Park in Gujarat on Monday ... According to a government release, the central government has approved ...

Gir Somnath (Gujarat) [India], March 3 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with the ground staff at the ...

GANDHINAGAR: Over 57 hectares of forest area inside Gujarat's Gir Wildlife Sanctuary is under encroachment, the state government informed ... in the Gir National Park situated inside the sanctuary.

In a significant step towards the protection of Asiatic lions sauntering around in revenue (non-protected) areas outside the Gir National Park ... to permit the use of government waste land ...

Gujarat government is procuring high-tech gadgets ... vision devices to track lions and keep poachers at bay at the Gir National Park. Poaching of eight lions in April 2007 in the Gir had sent ...

In 1965, the Indian government declared the Gir forest a wildlife sanctuary. The sanctuary was expanded to cover peripheral forests, and the core area named Gir National Park. Today, the Gir ...

Bhopal: The proposed translocation of Asiatic lions from Gir National Park ... on the part of the MP government to notify a portion of the sanctuary as national park,” said officer from Gujarat ...

The Gujarat government has exhausted all legal options to prevent the translocation of lions from the Gir National Park after the Supreme Court dismissed a curative petition, filed by the State ...