Monday’s killings were reported from Gopegarh forest in the Chandra beat, around 5km from Medinipur town. The kills included wild boars and birds like orange-headed thrush, said members of HEAL...

“Till a year or two ago, every hunting session was followed by a congregation of hunters. They assembled the kill, drank and feasted on the cooked meat. A drive undertaken by the forest departme...

The coronavirus pandemic has put tribal outfits in a dilemma on fixing dates for Bishu Shikar, the traditional “bloodless” hunt festival celebrated every year by tribals at Dalma Wildlife Sanctuar...

The forest department has activated two check posts at Chakulia and Barisole, both in Baharagora sub-division of East Singhbhum, for Bishu Shikar, the annual hunting festival of tribals, popularly kno...

A frontal tribal outfit that organises the annual Bishu Shikar, the annual tribal hunting festival, at Dalma hills, has promised to abide by the lockdown to curb the spreading of the novel coronavirus...

Scores of men allegedly assembled in a West Midnapore forest on Sunday morning for a hunting festival held every summer.The men, armed with bows and arrows, spears, spades and bamboo poles attached wi...