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Rs 35 cr set to be constructed for Salman-SRK’s sequence in ‘Tiger 3’

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Mumbai: For the sequence for ‘Tiger 3’ featuring superstars Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, a set worth a whopping Rs 35 crore will be created.
The action sequence that is set to be shot from May 8 is rumoured to be a jailhouse sequence where Pathaan returns Tiger’s favour as the latter had helped him out of a tricky situation in ‘Pathaan’.
A source said: “When you have SRK & Salman in one film, you got to do justice to their superstardom to create an experience like never before. Pathaan did that brilliantly and now Tiger 3 will try and do the same.”

“The two iconic actors are going to do a hugely scaled adrenaline pumping action sequence in ‘Tiger 3’ and Aditya Chopra is going all out to mount this sequence. He is shelling out Rs 35 crore to build a set that can present this sequence in the most glorious way possible!” the source added.
‘Tiger 3’ starring Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif as Zoya and Emraan Hashmi as Tiger’s nemesis is set to release this Diwali.
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May 6, 2023
President Droupadi Murmu visits Similipal tiger reserve

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Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday visited Similipal Tiger Reserve and undertook a safari ride to see wild animals and the flora and fauna of the national park.
Murmu, who is on a three-day visit to home district Mayurbhanj in Odisha, stayed at her house in Rairangpur on Thursday night. Though she was scheduled to stay at a government bungalow at Rairangpur, she did not miss the chance to stay with her family members and relatives at her own house.
She started the second day of her visit by paying floral tributes to former President Giani Zail Singh on his birth anniversary at Rairangpur.

She also paid tributes to Pandit Raghunath Murmu, the inventor of the Ol Chiki script of Santhali language, at his birthplace Dandabosh village on the occasion of his birth anniversary.
Later, she visited Similipal Tiger Reserve. She visited Chahala in the core area, where local tribal food was served to her and then undertook safari to see deer, sambhar and elephants. The President also visited the waterfalls at Barehipani and Joranda.
After her return from Similipal, she is now at Baripada, where she will spend the night. The President will attend the convocation of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University on Saturday before flying back to Delhi.
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May 5, 2023
President Droupadi Murmu visits Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha

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Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday visited Similipal Tiger Reserve and undertook a safari ride to see wild animals and the flora and fauna of the national park.
Murmu, who is on a three-day visit to home district Mayurbhanj in Odisha, stayed at her house in Rairangpur on Thursday night. Though she was scheduled to stay at a government bungalow at Rairangpur, she did not miss the chance to stay with her family members and relatives at her own house.
She started the second day of her visit by paying floral tributes to former President Giani Zail Singh on his birth anniversary at Rairangpur.

She also paid tributes to Pandit Raghunath Murmu, the inventor of the Ol Chiki script of Santhali language, at his birthplace Dandabosh village on the occasion of his birth anniversary.
Later, she visited Similipal Tiger Reserve. She visited Chahala in the core area, where local tribal food was served to her and then undertook safari to see deer, sambhar and elephants. The President also visited the waterfalls at Barehipani and Joranda.
After her return from Similipal, she is now at Baripada, where she will spend the night. The President will attend the convocation of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University on Saturday before flying back to Delhi.
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May 5, 2023
WB: 1.5K camera traps to be installed to track tiger movement

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Kolkata: In an attempt to track the movement of Royal Bengal tigers reportedly frequenting the forest zones in north Bengal, the state forest department has decided to install 1,500 camera traps in three reserve forest zones in the region.
The three reserve forest zones are Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary in Darjeeling district, Neora Valley National Park in Kalimpong district and Buxa Tiger Reserve in Alipurduar district.
“The installation of camera traps will also give some idea as to whether these tigers are just frequenting these forest zones in search of prey or a few of them have made these areas their permanent habitat,” a forest official said.

The forest department believes that tigers are frequenting these forest zones due to three developments. The first is of course occasional capture of tigers by the existing camera traps. The second is the occasional spotting of tiger excreta and pugmarks in these areas. The third is the recovery of body parts of large herbivorous animals like bison, which are not possible for the leopards in these zones to kill.
“So, the forest department has decided to install 1,500 additional camera traps in these three reserve forest zones to get more information about the big cats. Unlike the ones already installed there, the new camera traps will all be imported high-end ones,” the forest official said.
The forest department has already outlined an ambitious plan to reestablish the Buxa Tiger Reserve as an ideal abode for Royal Bengal tigers. An agreement has been signed with the Assam government to bring a couple of tigers from there and release them in the Buxa Tiger Reserve to increase the big cat population.
Since 1998, there has been no evidence confirming the presence of tigers in the BTR. But in December 2021, a tiger was spotted in the forest reserve zone. It was, however, later confirmed that the big cat had migrated to the zone temporarily.

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April 22, 2023
SC junks Kerala’s plea against translocation of rogue elephant to tiger reserve

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a Kerala government plea challenging the state high court order asking it to translocate a rogue elephant to the Parambikulam tiger reserve in the state’s Palakkad district.
The Kerala government, earlier in the day, mentioned the plea for hearing before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and it decided to hear the plea during the day.
During the hearing, the bench, also comprising Justices P.S. Narasimha and J.B. Pardiwala, observed that the high court had considered the view of the expert committee and passed a reasoned order. However, the state government pressed that the elephant should be sent to a training centre, since it had killed seven people and destroyed several homes.

The bench told the Kerala government counsel that experts have said that the elephant needs to be relocated, while declining to interfere with the high court order. It further added that the committee has suggested something and the state government cannot go over it.
The state government contended that one week was given by the high court to relocate the elephant to an alternative space, and if the state government fails, then it has to be shifted to Parambikulam. Counsel pressed that the government had decided to relocate the elephant to a training centre against the backdrop that the elephant had killed people and destroyed several homes.
After hearing arguments in the matter, the bench declined to entertain the appeal by the state government against the high court order.
The Kerala High Court, last week, declined to review its decision to translocate the rice-eating tusker to the Parambikulam tiger reserve.
On April 5, the high court had directed relocation of the elephant to the tiger reserve in accordance with the suggestion made by the expert committee.

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April 17, 2023
Salman Khan’s entry scene in Tiger 3 leaked on Twitter

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Mumbai: Superstar Salman Khan is currently gearing up for the release of ‘Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan’. The actor enjoys a huge fan following and his fans are often seen waiting eagerly to get glimpses of his new looks every time. After the release of Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan, Salman Khan will be seen in Tiger 3 which will be directed by Maneesh Sharma. As Salman has been praised for his South Indian looks and long hair in Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan, one of the entry scenes of his next film Tiger 3 has been leaked online.
Yes, Salman Khan’s photograph is doing rounds on social media and netizens claim it has been taken from the sets of Tiger 3. One of the popular box office experts Harminder also shared the photograph on Twitter.
In the picture, Salman can be seen sporting long hair and a long beard. Netizens are reacting to the photograph and expressing their opinion about the new look of Bhaijaan in the comments section.

Apart from Salman Khan Tiger 3 also stars Emraan Hashmi and Katrina Kaif in important roles. The movie is slated to hit the screens on Diwali 2023.
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April 17, 2023
Tiger numbers increase substantially in Shivalik Hills-Gangetic Plains: Govt report

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New Delhi: The tiger population has gone up in the Shivalik Hills-Gangetic Plains landscape, central India and the Sundarbans but their numbers have dwindled in the Western Ghats and the Northeast-Brahmaputra Plains due to habitat loss, fragmentation and poaching over the years, according to a government report released on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the latest tiger numbers at a mega event being organised in Mysuru to mark the completion of 50 years of Project Tiger.
According to the data, the tiger population in the country increased from 2,967 in 2018 to 3,167 in 2022.

“The tiger population in the forest divisions of the Shivalik Hills and Gangetic Plains landscape has recorded a substantial increase with a total of 804 unique tigers being photographed, which is higher than the estimated population of 646 in 2018,” the “Status of Tigers Report 2022” said.
It said photographic evidence of tigers in new areas of Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh provides hope for range expansion.
“To ensure their long-term survival, it is necessary to supplement and repopulate the Shivalik Forest Division of Uttar Pradesh and increase protection for tigers in Suhelwa, and pay special attention to the genetically divergent population of Valmiki,” the report said.
It also said linear infrastructure projects on the congested corridor between western and eastern Rajaji have left the area “functionally extinct” for large carnivores and elephant movement, and the adoption of green infrastructure is needed to recover the tiger population in this fragmented landscape.
Additionally, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh need to invest in mitigating conflicts between human beings and tigers and mega herbivores due to their increasing populations outside protected areas.

The data showed a “decrease in tiger occupancy throughout the Western Ghats”, except in a few areas like Kali (Anshi Dandeli). This was attributed to an “increasing overlap between wildlife and humans” in the region.
The area recorded 824 “unique tigers” in 2022 as compared to 981 in 2018, “indicating a decline in some regions and stability in well-protected tiger reserves”.
“While tiger populations within protected areas have either remained stable or increased, tiger occupancy outside of these regions has significantly decreased, such as in the Wayanad landscape, BRT Hills, and the border regions of Goa and Karnataka,” the report said.
The number of “distinctive tigers” captured on camera in the Northeastern Hills and Brahmaputra Plains landscape was 194 as compared to the estimated population of 219 tigers in 2018.
The report, however, said the tiger population in the region is “secure”.
“The tiger population of Northeast is genetically unique and is small in size, thus requiring intensive conservation efforts…. The region is currently facing several threats such as habitat loss, poaching and human-wildlife conflict, which necessitate increased conservation efforts,” it added.
Central India also saw an increase in the tiger population, with 1,161 tigers photographed as compared to an estimated population of 1,033 in 2018.
Tigers have occupied new areas in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, the report said.
However, it noted that the “local tiger population has become extinct in several areas, including tiger reserves like Kawal, Satkosia and Sahyadri”.
While the expansion of tiger habitats is a positive development, there is a need to pay attention and act quickly in these areas to reverse the trend of extinction of small populations and avoid negative human-tiger interactions, it said.
The report called for serious conservation efforts to help recover the tiger population in Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
The images of 100 tigers were captured in the Sundarbans in 2022 as compared to a population of 88 in 2018.
Officials said the population is steady, with a limited potential to extend its range.
The tiger population and landscape are both threatened by biotic interference in the form of forest exploration, fishing, palm and timber extraction, and the expansion of waterways. To preserve the ecological integrity of the area, cross-border collaboration and knowledge exchange between India and Bangladesh are imperative, the report said.
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April 9, 2023
PM Modi arrives in Mysuru to commemorate 50 years of ‘Project Tiger’

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Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Mysuru on Saturday, his eighth visit to poll-bound Karnataka this year.
Modi will visit Bandipur Tiger Reserve on Sunday and release the latest tiger census data marking the completion of 50 years of Project Tiger’.
According to his itinerary, the Prime Minister will have a night stay in Mysuru and on Sunday, he will visit the Bandipur Tiger Reserve at 7.15 AM and release the tiger census data at 11 AM.

He will also release the government’s vision for tiger conservation during ‘Amrit Kaal’, and also launch the International Big Cats Alliance (IBCA).
IBCA will focus on protection and conservation of seven major big cats of the world — Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Puma, Jaguar and Cheetah, with membership of the range countries harbouring these species.
The Prime Minister will visit Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Chamarajanagar district and interact with frontline field staff and self-help groups involved in conservation activities.
He will also visit the Theppakadu Elephant camp in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in neighbouring Tamil Nadu bordering Chamarajanagar district and interact with mahouts and ‘kavadis’ of the elephant camp.
The Prime Minister will also interact with Field Directors of tiger reserves that have scored highest in the recently concluded 5th cycle of Management Effectiveness Evaluation exercise.

In view of the Prime Minister’s visit, security has been tightened in Mysuru.
The district administration has banned tourists visiting the tiger reserve from April 6 to April 9. In addition to it, the authorities also closed the vehicular movement on the National Highway 181 and vehicles passing through this road have been diverted in view of the VVIP visit.
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April 8, 2023
Centre, Telangana blame each other for not doing enough for tiger conservation

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Hyderabad: As India celebrates the golden jubilee of Project Tiger, the two tiger reserves in Telangana are struggling to find funds, facing numerous challenges to protect the big cats and their habitat.
Though the tiger numbers are going up, the authorities are finding it difficult to carry out normal activities in the absence of the flow of funds.
Interestingly, the state and the Central governments are blaming each other for not doing their bit for tiger conservation in the reserves.

Despite doing well in tiger conservation leading to an increase in the population of big cats in recent years, Telangana is facing several challenges.
Telangana, one of the tiger range states in the country, has two tiger reserves and they are considered one of the largest in the country by area.
The Kawal Tiger Reserve spans an area of 2,015 sq km covering four districts, while Amarabad spans 2,611 sq km covering two districts. Apart from this, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh share the Nagarjuna Sagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve of 3,296 sq km.
As per All India Tiger Estimation 2018, Telangana has a population of 26 tigers. Last year, 21 individual tigers, including about five females, were identified in the Amrabad Tiger Reserve while about six tigers were spotted in the Kawal Tiger Reserve.
The officials, however, are hopeful that the numbers could be more than 26.

Kawal sees a constant movement of tigers that come in from Maharashtra’s forests, and mostly go back. The reserve has a notified way of connecting Kawal to other tiger reserves in Maharashtra.
The forest department claims that tiger conservation measures during the last five years yielded good results.
Habitat improvement works, increased green cover and prey base has not only led to an increase in tiger population in the state, but it is also attracting big cats from neighbouring Maharashtra.
There has been increased movement of tigers from Maharashtra into Telangana in recent years.
Union Minister for Tourism and Culture, G. Kishan Reddy, recently complained that the state is not releasing funds for Project Tiger.
Under Project Tiger, while the Centre provided Rs 2.2 crore to Telangana, the state allegedly failed to provide matching funds.
“Though the state government boasts of a budget of Rs 2.75 lakh crore, it does not even have Rs 2.2 crore to pay for the state’s share of Project Tiger,” said Kishan Reddy.
The state’s share of funds for 2021-22 was released in 2022-23, while no money has been released for 2022-23.
The state has to release its funds within a month of getting the Central share, but this is not happening. This is said to be hindering even simple activities like weeding and is likely to impact more challenging activities like firefighting operations.
It was on April 1, 1973, that Project Tiger was launched to promote tiger conservation in India. India has over 70 per cent of the global wild tiger population. The Centre claims to be working on a mission mode to protect, preserve and nurture the tiger population and the habitat associated with the big cats. Project Tiger is being implemented in 18 tiger range states.
The Central government through the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) implements the ongoing Project Tiger which is a component of the overarching scheme, Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats.
Kishan Reddy claimed that since 2014, the Centre has been supporting various schemes in Telangana like Project Tiger, Forest Fire Prevention and Management Scheme (FPM) and Development of Wildlife Habitat Scheme.
The state government, on the other hand, complains that the Centre is not extending the required help in tiger conservation. In 2015, the state had sent a proposal to constitute a Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) but the same was rejected by the Centre, citing Left-wing extremism activities in the state and the possibility of weapons and machinery being snatched by the Maoists.
Since Maoist activities have come down to a major extent, the state forest department feels that the STPF should be set up.
The Centre is also coming under criticism from states for amending the rules with regard to STPF. Initially, the Centre used to bear the cost for setting up STPF in the tiger reserves and the operational expenditure incurred, but now it is insisting on sharing the STPF non-recurring expenditure on a 60:40 share basis and the recurring expenditure on a 50:50 basis.
The formation of two STPF units in Telangana was also recommended by the National Tiger Conservation Authority’s (NTCA) team after inspecting the Amrabad and Kawal tiger reserves in November last year.
The experts have called for STPF in view of the threat of poaching. Earlier this month, the police in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur had seized a tiger hide and arrested six persons. The big cat was reportedly killed in Telangana’s Komaram Bheem Asifabad district. The tiger was believed to have come from Maharashtra.
Last month, a partial tiger skeleton was also discovered in the Bellampalli forests.
At least three tigers have been killed in separate incidents in Telangana close to the Maharashtra border since 2016.
The spillover population of tigers from Tipeshwar and Tadoba reserves in Maharashtra are migrating into the wildlife areas of Telangana due to better green cover and prey base. The movement was particularly noticed in the Kagaznagar forest division in the Komaram Bheem Asifabad district.
A few of the big cats are also making Telangana forests their home.
The NTCA team, during its recent inspection, appreciated the good work taken up in Kawal Tiger Reserve like habitat improvement works, including the development of water sources and grasslands.
However, challenges remain for tiger conservation in the state. The relocation of tigers from Maharashtra to Telangana forests is leading to human-animal conflict in some pockets.
The forest department also faces problems in preventing grazers from venturing into the forest areas. Laying roads and some other development activities in the forests pose a challenge to conservation efforts.
The forest authorities also face challenges from podu land farmers. Podu lands are shifting agricultural lands and many tribal and even non-tribals are claiming rights over these in the forests. This has led to skirmishes between podu farmers and forest officials.
The Telangana government has initiated the process to find a solution by granting rights to podu cultivators, but the forest officials say the number of applications outweighs the amount of land available for allotment.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 8, 2023
Siddharth Anand to helm ‘Tiger vs Pathaan’

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Mumbai: The Bollywood spy-universe is witnessing a post Big Bang moment. After it was reported earlier that Jr NTR will join ‘War 2’ as the antagonist, another movie from the spy-universe has locked the face for designation of director. The film ‘Tiger vs Pathaan’ will be helmed by Siddharth Anand, who is basking in the historic success of ‘Pathaan’.
The film will showcase a ruthless face-off between the two of the biggest superstars of Indian cinema — Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan.
Talking about the new development, a veteran trade source said, “Aditya Chopra has immense trust in Siddharth Anand to deliver a grand visual spectacle that has never been seen before with ‘Tiger vs Pathaan’. Siddharth is getting a dream cast of Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan coming together for their first full-fledged film since ‘Karan Arjun’ and Siddharth will also be given all the support he needs to mount ‘Tiger vs Pathaan’ as the biggest film that India has ever produced.”

Earlier, the fans of Sidharth were disappointed with him not directing ‘War 2’ — the sequel to his 2019 blockbuster directorial when Ayan Mukerji was given the charge as the director but, it seems like producer Aditya Chopra is entrusting Sid with a bigger responsibility having seen his brilliant work of extracting the best out of SRK and Salman in the cross-over scene from ‘Pathaan’ and also looking at his brilliant track record at the box-office considering his blockbuster hattrick with ‘Bang Bang!’, ‘War’ and ‘Pathaan’.
The source further mentioned, “YRF’s war chest and its entire creative might is ready to roll out a film that should go down in the history of Indian cinema as a record-smashing blockbuster.”
YRF Spy Universe is now one the biggest IPs in Indian cinema.
From a timeline point of view, YRF’s spy universe started in 2012 when Salman Khan took charge as Tiger in ‘Ek Tha Tiger’. In 2017, Salman reprised the role of the super-spy in ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’. In 2019, Hrithik Roshan made his entry into the universe as the suave super-spy Kabir in ‘War’. With ‘Pathaan’, Shah Rukh Khan entered the YRF spy universe as the super-agent Pathaan and delivered a mammoth global blockbuster.
However, the crossover of spies from this universe only began with ‘Pathaan’ in what will go down in the pages of history as one of the best cinematic moments of mainstream Hindi cinema.

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April 6, 2023