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) …
Guwahati: Tiger census in underway in all the four forest ranges of the world famous Kaziranga National Park (KNP) and is expected to be completed within 45 days. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has sanctioned Rs 20 lakh to conduct the census in the Park which is being conducted …
DHEMAJI: The anti-dam movement in Assam received a shot in the arm when Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar on Thursday said that construction of big dams in the region must be stopped “at any cost”. The firebrand activist was addressing a public rally at Sauldhuaghat in Lakhimpur district. …
The Manas National Park in Assam on Monday received four rhinos, in the first translocation from Kaziranga, which has the largest population of one-horned rhinos in the world. Three females and a male — translocated under the Indian Rhino Vision 2020 programme — were released in Manas around 7 a.m. …
Around 3.30pm today, a convoy of four trucks left Kaziranga National Park taking two one-horned female rhinos with their calves to an alien land far away from Kaziranga, considered the home of this endangered species. The four animals were translocated from Kaziranga to Manas National Park today as part of …
The ministry of environment and the state government of Assam have been rapped on their knuckles by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for their failure to stop the stone crushing units operating around the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve and in the Karbi-Anglong Elephant Reserve. The NGT had asked …
Coming to the rescue of the endangered one-horned rhino and other threatened species in Kaziranga National Park in Assam, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed both the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the State Government not to grant fresh approvals or renew permission to any stone crushing …
Guwahati, Feb. 16: The National Green Tribunal has directed the state government not to grant permission to any new stone-crushing unit and other industrial units within the no-development zone of Kaziranga National Park. The bench of the National Green Tribunal comprising chairman Justice A.S. Naidu and expert member G.K. Pandey …
With 14 Deaths, Uttarakhand Tops Casualty List, K’taka Second New Delhi: Fifty-one tigers have died in different states of India between January and December 5, 2011, according to statistics collated by a prominent wildlife NGO. A tigress shot dead outside Kaziranga Park in Assam on Monday is the latest in …
Guwahati: As the autumn has set the stage for the winter to rule the atmosphere in the picturesque North East India’s hills and valleys, enchanting destinations in the region are ready to welcome visitors in the coming tourists’ season. While the rhino abode in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) was thrown …
GOLAGHAT, Sept 21 – The Kaziranga National Park authority under the leadership of ranger Md Ikramul Mazid recently carried out raids against rhino-poachers and undertook strict observation and necessary steps against the poachers at Kaziranga National Park. It may be mentioned here that on August 3, the poachers had taken …
KAZIRANGA, Sept 12 – An issue intrinsically linked to Kaziranga National Park’s long-term conservation interests has been left unaddressed by the forest authorities and the State Government with the result that the situation is deteriorating every passing year. Animal corridors connecting Kaziranga with the hills of Karbi Anglong are rapidly …
Guwahati: Flood situation has remained grim in total six revenue circles of Assam’s Sonitpur and Golaghat districts where a number of villages and tracts of crop lands were still under water for the second day on Thursday. According to official sources the river Dhansiri has wrecked havoc in Golaghat district …
In an atmosphere marked by a growing confrontation, the Assam Forest Department and a dominant section of the Assamese nationalists and conservationists argue that the Kaziranga National Park is facing imminent danger from its neighbouring habitats. The poor farmers, fishermen, and petty traders in the neighbourhood refuse to give up …
Its remarkable fight for survival however has pushed many of the big cats closer to villages and into conflict with humans. There has been an increase in reported cases of tiger attacks on villagers in recent years. According to India's Environment and Forests Ministry, there are now 1,706 tigers living …
GUWAHATI, July 31 – With the World Heritage site status restored, the Manas National Park is on an upgrade drive vis-à-vis its area, wildlife, infrastructure, management, tourism, and community participation in conservation. Foremost among the plans is to extend the park’s 520 sq km area by another 360 sq km. …
The Union ministry of environment and forests has expressed concern over environmental degradation along the hills of Karbi Anglong in proximity to Kaziranga National Park. Former Union environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh had written to Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi last month, saying the ministry had been receiving a …
Birth of a Greater One-horned Rhino calf seen as proof of continuing success of reintroduction plan The birth of a Greater One-horned Rhinoceros calf about 10 days ago at the Dudhwa National Park in Uttar Pradesh is being seen as proof of the continuing success of a programme that began …
Guwahati, July 3: The Northeast has finally got a voice in the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), the apex body of tiger conservation in the country. Firoz Ahmed, a wildlife biologist with Aaranyak who has carried out camera trapping in wildlife parks of Assam, has been inducted as a member …
