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) …
Jalah, Feb 4 – Five elephant calves relocated from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) for reintegration with wild herds in the Manas National Park have been released inside the park. The calves, one female and four males between the age of three and five years, were rescued …
There is some good news for tiger lovers: preliminary results of the second all-India tiger census, due to be released in March, show a rise in the tiger density of the country
Jorhat, Jan. 6: The Assam forest department will conduct a five-day statewide elephant census in the last week of February. The census was scheduled to be held from November 22 to 27 last year but had to be postponed as many areas of Kaziranga National Park were inaccessible. Assam
Jorhat, Dec 3: Songita Munda (7), daughter of Shiva Munda, was injured when a rhino attacked her at Bogoriguri in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) this morning while she was playing near her house. The rhino had strayed away from KNP and had entered the residential area near Karbi Hills. The …
Jorhat, Dec 26: Elephant safari conductors of Bagori range have suspended their regular trips to Kaziranga National Park owing to the increased tax. According to the conductors, the increased tax of 15 to 5 per cent levied upon them hugely effected their profit percentage. Moreover, the conductors added, restriction imposed …
JORHAT, Dec 13: Two poachers were killed in a gunfight with wildlife rangers at the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in the State on Monday after a gang entered the area and killed a rhino, an official said. According to sources, a group of about four to six poachers entered the …
Jorhat, Dec. 3: Forensic analysis of viscera of the two elephant calves which died of suspected poisoning at Diffloo tea estate near Kaziranga National Park early last month has revealed presence of organochloride pesticides. Although the post mortem report of the two carcasses specified poisoning as the cause of death, …
The ONGC Ltd in collaboration with Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) launched here today an innovative conservation programme for the critically endangered sub-species of eastern swamp deer at Kaziranga National Park in presence of Dr BS Josyrilu, Basin Manager, ONGC and Dr PC Bhattacharya, Trustee of WTI. The highly endangered …
Another Male Reported Missing For Past 15 Days Jaipur/Sariska:The first tiger airlifted to Sariska from Ranthambore National Park in June 2008 was found dead under mysterious circumstances late on Sunday. The male tiger, three-and-a-half years old, was among the five big cats shifted to Sariska in a bid to re-establish …
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will help conserve the endangered eastern swamp deer, found only in Kaziranga National Park, and considered more vulnerable than the rhino. With a population of only about 600
In a novel initiative, the local tribal community has joined hands with WWF-India and the Forest Department for restoration of degraded animal corridors linking Kaziranga National Park with the Karbi Anglong hills. The restoration drive seeks to secure lost habitat comprising degraded forests through afforestaion, and the Panbari-Dolamora corridor critical …
The Assam government has instituted a one-man inquiry committee to find the reasons behind the death of four wild elephants near the Kaziranga National Park earlier this month. Disclosing this here on Tuesday, state Forest and Environment Minister Rockybul Hussain said Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife), D M Singh, has …
Guwahati, Oct 14: Human-elephant conflict has reached alarming proportions in Assam with at least four wild Asiatic elephants being poisoned by the villagers in the past one week, wildlife authorities said.
Guwahati, Oct. 12: The hopes of tiger reserves in Assam getting money directly through the tiger conservation foundation have been dashed because of a lapse at the Union government-level and will be it through the usual state government channel which takes a long time.
As many as four wild elephants have died around the Kaziranga National Park within six days, ringing alarm bells among the authorities. A domestic elephant owned by the forest department died of cancer last week. While carcasses of two elephant calves were found inside the Difloo tea estate adjoining the …
Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain today said that the State Government was trying to settle the land acquisition process for extending the area of Kaziranga National Park. He said that once the legal process was completed for the six subsequent additions, the park area would gain a substantial extension from its …
Guwahati, Sept. 15: A group of poachers today pledged not to kill rhinos again and protect the prized animal of Assam in whatever way possible. The group of seven, involved in several incidents of rhino killings at Kaziranga National Park, surrendered before the forest department at a solemn function held …
Guwahati: Seven poachers on Wednesday surrendered before the authority of Kaziranga National Park (KNP), the famous abode of one-horned Indian rhino, with arms and ammunition and pledged to join hand in conservation efforts. A Park official informed that an NGO called Rhino Jagaran Mancha from Bonkuwal village in the fringe …
