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) …
Even as the rising water-level of the Brahmaputra entered and inundated vast portions of the 840-sq km Kaziranga National Park in Assam in the past four days, for the authorities it has come as a blessing. A
- Dairy project involving 74 villages hopes to keep jobless youths away from wildlife crime Jorhat, Sept. 13: A dairy project involving 74 villages dotting Kaziranga National Park is hoping to wean jobless youths away from poaching and end the milk drought in Upper Assam. As part of the joint …
GUWAHATI, Aug 24: The Assam State BJP today accused Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain of helping illegal Bangladeshi immigrants to settle in forest areas in order to get their votes for the Congress in the elections. The BJP demanded the resignation of Hussain as a Cabinet minister for his alleged role …
JORHAT, Aug 18: With continuous erosion in Kaziranga by the Brahmaputra and a bunch of officials of the Water Resources Department engaged in the KNP erosion protection project fruitlessly, the local people have alleged serious misappropriation of government funds. It has been alleged that the officials concerned with the erosion …
JORHAT, July 30: In a sensational turn of events in the rhino horn recovery case, prime accused Tarun Ganak surrendered himself to the police at Numaligarh Police Station yesterday. After his surrender, Ganak, in his confessional statement, said
JORHAT, July 12: The Kaziranga National Park (KNP) is under the grip of acute animal food shortage since the last few days. Due to the third wave of flood that lashed the national park during the last two weeks, grasses of the park have been damaged causing acute shortage of …
JORHAT, July 4: What prevents the concerned officials of the district Forest department, Kaziranga to arrest the prime accused of rhino horn and cash recovery case in the National Park that took place on May 19? The Kaziranga Forest department has failed to arrest Tarun Ganak, the prime accused in …
ORHAT, June 27: The third wave of flood of the year has taken a serious turn in the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) and the biggest river island Majuli today. The rising water of the river Brahmaputra has submerged many areas of the KNP and Majuli since last night and the …
Proactive action on the part of the Forest Department could place Assam in the forefront of the tiger conservation programme in the country. This would be possible due to the advantages that the state already possesses, which include a stable and growing population of the highly protected species. A well-placed …
GUWAHATI, June 20: The Assam government today ordered restricting speed limit of vehicles passing through the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) to 40 kmph to ensure safety of the animals that are migrating to safe shelter in the higher reaches during the floods. The government has imposed Section 144 CrPC, prohibiting …
JORHAT, May 31: Hundreds of local people of Silveta area under Bokakhat subdivision of Golaghat district have rocked the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) today in protest against the killing of an innocent youth- Rahul Kutum, by the Kaziranga forest guards, making him a poacher fradulently. Rahul was shot dead by …
Four poachers were killed in a gunfight with wildlife rangers at the famed Kaziranga National Park in Assam today, three days after seven poachers were arrested on the fringe of the sanctuary, officials said. A wildlife warden said a group of six poachers entered the park early today and fired …
In a major break through on Tuesday the wildlife rangers arrested seven poachers, including two former forest guards and recovered a rhino horn near Kaziranga National Park a Unesco recognised world heritage centre of Assam. The poachers were arrested on Tuesday when they were in the process of selling a …
Away from the public eye, an ambitious initiative could actually change the prospects for Kaziranga National Park as well as the district of Karbi Anglong. The forest department supported by WWF India and personnel of the Indian Army are preparing the eco-restoration of a landscape that extends over 1,000 sq …
