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Lake in Nagaland to be developed for bird-watchers: Minister
New Delhi: The Doyang lake in Nagaland would be developed as an eco-tourism spot for bird-watchers, union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Monday.
“The Centre will soon develop the Doyang Lake area as an eco-tourism spot for bird-watchers across the world who will get to record rare sighting of Amur Falcons, which come to roost every year at the lake during their migration from Mongolia to South Africa,” Javadekar said.
Javadekar, who is the first union environment minister to visit Doyang hydroelectric project in Nagaland, said Doyang had over the years become a famous bird watching zone.
“Today, the world has recognized Pangti village in Nagaland as the world’s Amur Falcon capital, as more than one million birds can be seen flocking there. It is a very rare and exciting sight,” he said.
He said the Centre and state government would jointly take steps to promote infrastructure and eco-tourism in the entire Amur Falcon area.
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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story
The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.
In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).
The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.
The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.
Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.
In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.
The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.