Order of the High Court of Tripura in the matter of Court on its own motion Vs The Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare & Others dated 09/01/2025. The HC was informed that National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has granted approval for establishing two new Facility-integrated ART Centres (Fi-ARTC) …
All tea factories in Assam which are situated within ‘No Development Zones’ (NDZ) as well as in the range of 500 metres from the coordinates of NDZs will soon have to go green or else will face closures. The Pollution Control Board of Assam (PCBA) has asked these factories to …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests had forewarned the State Government and the Forest Department to be on the guard against another wave of devastating floods in Kaziranga National Park and keep itself fully prepared (including Army deployment) against such an eventuality but the State authorities totally disregarded the …
Jorhat : The one-horned rhino, identified as the symbol of Assam, is under the threat of poachers. About 15 rhinos have become victims to ruthless poachers in the last 9 months. In an RTI filed by an activist, the Forest department disclosed that a total of 79 rhinos had been …
The death of 39 rhinos in and around the world-famous Kaziranga National Park in less than 10 months has brought to the fore the threat faced by the endangered animal. The threat comes from poachers, who kill the rare one-horned rhinoceros for its prized horn whose price in the international …
GUWAHATI, 2 OCT: Assam Forest and Environment Minister Rockybul Hussian today admitted that the State has lost 39 precious one-horned rhinoceroses this year. The minister said that 11 rhinos were killed by poachers for their horns in various forest reserves in the state. The minister also revealed that Kaziranga National …
Stung by opposition parties’ criticism following deaths of one-horned rhinos in the Kaziranga National park, the Assam government on Tuesday decided to rush a 100-member team of the elite Assam Forest Protection Force for its protection. “A 50-member AFPF team has already left today while another 50 members will be …
Guwahati: Days after Assam’s Kaziranga National Park hit the headlines following a spate in poaching of the one-horned rhinos, the Assam government has decided to rush a 100-member team of the elite Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) for the protection of the rare animal. Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain Tuesday …
GUWAHATI, Sept 30 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said that the Government would set up anti-poaching camps in areas outside Kaziranga National Park, especially on the hilly stretches of the nearby Karbi Anglong forests where wildlife from Kaziranga invariably take shelter during the annual floods. Gogoi also announced that …
GUWAHATI, 30 SEPT : Following directions from Union Environment and Forest Minister Jayanthi Natarajan a team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has arrived in Kaziranga to investigate the recent killings of rhinos by poachers. The team comprising of Mr C Behera, Mr A K Jha, Mr L Kuruvilla and Mr …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered about 70 industrial units operating inside the “no-development zone” near Kaziranga National Park in Assam to shut down. It has also imposed a penalty of Rs 1 lakh each on the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the state for allowing …
The Kaziranga National Park is a complex ecosystem with both social and wildlife dimensions. While Kaziranga is officially highlighted as a success story in conservation, there is a crisis building over the future of the park and the fringe villages. (Letters)
Army to be deployed in Karbi Anglong hills; Centre takes serious view of situation Two more rhinoceroses were shot at by poachers in the Kaziranga National Park on Thursday in two separate incidents. These took place in Karbi Anglong district, one near Kuthori around 4.15 a.m. and the other around …
Two rhinos fleeing the flood-hit Kaziranga park were shot at by poachers Thursday, leading to the death of one rhino. The incident, third in two days, prompted Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to hand over the probe into rhino killings in the past three years to the CBI. The state …
KAZIRANGA, Sept 26 – A female rhinoceros was left bleeding after poachers sawed off its horn and cut off a part of its right ear after shooting it, while the carcass of another with its horn removed was found today at the Kaziranga National Park. The female rhinoceros had strayed …
GUWAHATI: The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has demanded a financial package of Rs 10,000 crore from the Central government for the relief and rehabilitation works in the flood affected districts of Assam. In a statement issued to the media here on Wednesday, AIUDF president Badruddin Ajmal said the …
The flood situation in central and lower Assam turned critical, with the water level of the Brahmaputra rising alarmingly and flowing above the danger mark in most places. The situation continued to be grim in upper Assam too. The death toll in the current wave of the flood has gone …
The flood situation in Kaziranga National Park continues to be critical with large tracts still under water. According to official sources, 22 animals have died during the inundation since September 21. Among the dead are four young rhinos and a large number of hog deer. Nine animals have been rescued …
Indian Air Force, Army, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) are being engaged in relief and rescue work The flood situation remained grim in the State on Monday with more new areas submerged across 16 districts, including some parts of Guwahati city, marooning nearly 14 …
Floods and landslides caused by relentless rain in northeast India have killed at least 33 people and displaced more than a million over the past week, officials said on Monday. At least 21 people were killed in landslides and another eight were missing in the mountainous state of Sikkim, said …
GUWAHATI: The flood situation in the State has deteriorated on Sunday with 15 districts reeling under its impact. More than 8 lakh people have been affected in the current wave of floods. Sources said seven people have died in floods in Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Chabua during the past one week. …
