LUCKNOW, Feb. 1 -- Friday noon brought with it a wild surprise for a Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture (CISH) staffer, who spotted an elusive tiger about 500 metres away from the main campus. This is the closest the tiger has come to the CISH building, located in Rehmankheda on the outskirts of the city, till now.

"The staffer had gone to the nearby mango orchard to collect some materials when he saw the tiger some 450 or 500 metres away. One of our watchers was also nearby," said Sitanshu Pandey, the divisional forest officer of Awadh Range, on Friday.

Tranquilising teams took just 10 minutes to reach the spot and were quick enough to set up their equipment but the tiger managed to escape. This is the first time when a sta...