The wood from the tree, an Indian sandalwood, is estimated to be worth as much as 4 million Sudanese pounds (700,000 US dollars). The tree also has historical value as it was planted on the day ...

Thiruvananthapuram: A 40-year-old sandalwood tree worth over Rs 1 lakh was stolen from a private land owned by an Attipra resident. The incident reportedly took place between Nov 9 and 10 ...

According to officials with the Forest department, the reserve has lost ten trees in just two months, highlighting a resurgence of large-scale sandalwood theft. The most recent incident occurred ...

Three sandalwood trees were illegally chopped from the farmland of a government school teacher at Ponneri village near Jolarpet here on Wednesday. The police said that the landlord M. Rajesh ...

Indore: The police on Sunday busted a gang involved in stealing sandalwood trees from MY hospital campus. Five members of the gang were arrested and search was underway to trace one absconding member.

With over 60,000 species, India is home to a wide range of trees, including Teak, Sal, Mango, Banyan, Peepal, Neem, Coconut and Sandalwood ... to mobilize every Indian to plant a tree as a ...

We caught them following a tip-off. We seized 22.010 kg of sandalwood (three pieces) along with the knife used for axing the tree,” said the range officer. Sources said, Annamalai, who worked as ...