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Kareena Kapoor looks intense as Akshay unveils her first look from Singham Again

Kareena Kapoor will be seen as Avni Bajirao Singham in Singham Again.
Updated on Nov 08, 2023 05:01 pm IST

Vidya Balan to play forest officer in her next based on tigress Avni: report

Vidya Balan as Shakuntala Devi in her next.
Updated on Jan 15, 2020 03:11 pm IST

13 months after tigress Avni’s killing, Maharashtra government reopens probe

On November 2, 2018, Avni was shot dead in Yavatmal
Updated on Jan 10, 2020 04:54 am IST

T1 killing: State, NTCA, hunters get HC notices

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court (HC) on Thursday issued notices to hunters Asghar Ali Khan, his father Shafath, the Maharashtra government, the forest department, National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and the Yavatmal district administration regarding the killing of tigress T1 or Avni in November 2018.
Updated on Apr 28, 2019 02:59 am IST

After tigress Avni’s death, Maharashtra to stop hiring hunters to kill animals

Two months after tigress T-1, better known as Avni, was put down in Maharashtra by hired hunters on suspicions of having turned into a man-eater, the state animal welfare board has decided contract killing of ‘problematic’ animals will no longer be given to recreational or trophy hunters.
Updated on Jan 12, 2019 07:47 am IST

After tigress Avni’s death, Maharashtra to stop hiring hunters to kill ‘problematic’ animals

One of India's most high-profile tiger hunts in decades ended November 2, 2018, when the mother of two 10-month old cubs — known to hunters as T1 but Avni to wildlife lovers — was shot dead in the jungles of Maharashtra, after being suspected of becoming a man-eater.
Updated on Jan 12, 2019 12:42 am IST

Rules broken, guidelines violated in killing tigress Avni, says report

People protest in Pune against the killing of tigress Avni.
Published on Dec 05, 2018 10:06 am IST

Had no option but to kill tigress Avni: Maharashtra forest minister

Tigress T1, also known as Avni, was killed in Yavatmal earlier this month.
Updated on Nov 29, 2018 08:19 pm IST

Cubs of slain tigress Avni spotted, to be rescued soon

Avni was killed by hunter Asghar Ali Khan on November 2.
Published on Nov 15, 2018 11:18 pm IST

Cubs of tigress Avni, shot in controversial hunt, spotted alive

The orphaned cubs of man-eating tiger Avni killed in a state-sanctioned hunt have been spotted in a forest in Maharashtra and could be rescued and rehabilitated.
Updated on Nov 15, 2018 03:22 pm IST

Man who killed tigress Avni defends self, wildlife experts livid

Asghar Ali Khan, who shot tigress Avni dead, says she had to depend on humans for prey, but outraged activists insist that the human-tiger conflict is not something the authorities should delegate to a ‘shikaari’.
Updated on Nov 13, 2018 01:07 pm IST

Hundreds throng Mumbai’s Shivaji Park to demand justice for slain tigress Avni

Thousands of people took part in a protest in Mumbai on Sunday, November 11, 2018, against the killing of tigress T-1, also known as Avni.
Published on Nov 12, 2018 11:16 am IST

Maharashtra tigress death: Avni had not hunted or eaten for 4-5 days, says necropsy report

This handout photo released by the Maharashtra Forest Department on November 3, 2018 shows the dead body of the tiger known to hunters as T1 after being shot in the forests of India's Maharashtra state near Yavatmal. Avni, a man-eating tigeress that claimed more than a dozen victims in two years has been shot dead, sparking controversy over the legality of its killing.
Published on Nov 09, 2018 05:16 pm IST

Maharashtra tigress death: Cubs track Avni’s scent, pug marks at site of shooting

A cub’s pug mark at the site of the shooting.
Published on Nov 07, 2018 12:44 am IST

Fadnavis: Will probe any procedural lapse in Avni’s killing

According to preliminary reports, Avni was killed only after she attacked staff members who were trying to tranquillise her.
Published on Nov 06, 2018 12:39 am IST

Order probe into tigress Avni killing if you want: Maharashtra minister tells Maneka Gandhi

Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi lashed out at the Maharashtra government over the “ghastly murder” of the tigress, T1, as she was known officially, calling it a “straight case of crime”.
Published on Nov 05, 2018 11:21 pm IST

‘Man-eater’ tigress Avni, believed to have killed 13, shot dead in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal

The hunt for the tigress, named Avni, began in early September.
Updated on Nov 03, 2018 12:22 pm IST