Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
NHPC has accepted recommendations of expert panels on downstream impact issue, Assam stands to get 533 MW power once project is completed: Pallab Lochon Das A consensus on early completion of the 2000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydel Project at Gerukamukh along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border was struck among political parties in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/03/2017 regarding garbage dumping in Deepor Beel, Kamrup District, Assam. Advocate General for the State of Assam submitted before NGT that a Management Plan is being prepared …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs. State of West Bengal dated 27/02/2017 regarding pollution of river Mahananda in Siliguri, District Darjeeling and indiscriminate dumping of municipal solid waste all over the city. NGT issues noitce to the State of West …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Kolkata Bench, on Monday directed Alstom Industries and the State Government to maintain status quo in regard to operation of the cement factory that was established at the historic site of Junbeel Mela at Baghjap village near Jagiroad in Morigaon district. The NGT has also …
The BBC film, Killing For Conservation, explores what it calls the “dark secrets” of Kaziranga and examines if its war on poaching has gone too far. Calling its reporting “grossly erroneous,” the Environment Ministry has severely criticised the BBC and recommended the blacklisting of its South Asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt …
GUWAHATI: Young Indians (YI) has started a campaign titled 'Horn Not Ok Please (HNOP) - Avoid Unnecessary Honking' in Guwahati. Along with traffic police, YI is planning to mark at least three 'no honking zones' in the city. "This is a nationwide campaign carried out by YI, the youth wing …
Bodoland Territorial Council Legislative Assembly during the winter session on Tuesday decided to form an assembly house committee soon by including the members from the Opposition bench to visit and study the adverse impact of the carbon factory near Kajalgaon in Chirang district. In the assembly session, the members from …
To determine the contribution of Orientia tsutsugamushi, the agent of scrub typhus, as a cause of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Assam, India, researchers conducted a retrospective study of hospital patients with symptoms of AES during 2013–2015. Our findings suggest that O. tsutsugamushi infection leads to AES and the resulting …
In a major success to the wildlife preservation bid, a large area which was part of the prime habitat of Manas National Park was freed from 20 years of encroachment in a day long operation on Thursday. It took 800 people including 350 police and paramilitary personnel and a convoy …
Moruwa (Nalbari): When the world is battling climate change at summits, a group of farmers from a village near the Pagladia river, is adopting measures in their own humble way to combat the ill effects of the changing weather. For one, they do not use diesel water pumps. In place …
Assam has highest number of incidents of environment-related offences among all north-eastern states, and it also figures among the top eight states across the country in this regard. As per latest data from the National Crime records Bureau (NCRB), the State recorded a total of 105 environment-related offences during 2015. …
Flash floods are a recurrent phenomenon in the North Bank Plains Zone (NBPZ) of Assam, India, causing wide spread damage to rice (Oryza sativa L.) crop growing during Kharif season. Therefore, it is imperative to identify indigenous technical knowledge and integrate this with mainstream technologies, Maguri and not only to …
Special rhino protection force on anvil to curb poaching For better administrative control and safety of animals, the Kaziranga National Park will be divided into two wildlife divisions by the State Forest department. Sources said two new divisions would be named North Kaziranga Wildlife Division and South Kaziranga Wildlife Division. …
GUWAHATI: This year, Durga Puja revelry will be all about remaining alert and keeping a sharp eye on pandal hoppers for a motley group of girl students in Assam's Nagaon town as they have taken a vow to spread Gandhi's message of cleanliness among the revellers. All from Nagaon Bengali …
SILCHAR: Civil society members held a meeting in Silchar on Sunday, appealing all sections of the society to maintain peace and communal harmony during the Durga Puja celebrations. The meeting organized by Netaji Charta Yuva Sangstha, a Silchar-based NGO, resolved to submit a memorandum to DC and SP (Cachar) to …
The state Government has decided to provide electricity to every household by the year 2018. Briefing media persons at the Bijulee Bhawan in the city on Thursday, Minister of State (MoS) for Power Pallab Lochan Das said that the power department will provide electricity connection to every village by 2017. …
A gang of five poachers including a sharpshooter from Manipur, who were about to kill rhino at Orang National Park (ONP) in Assam, was arrested during a raid by forest officials and police on Sunday late evening. Mangaldoi wildlife divisional forest officer, Sunnydeo Choudhury said that the poachers had already …
Sonowal asks lady forest officials to formulate work plan for assessment of forest resources GUWAHATI : Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal asked the forest officers to identify challenges posing dangers on wild lives, the sources of such challenges and develop a mechanism to counter them for the protection and conservation of …
Four persons were killed and five others critically injured when lightning struck on Tuesday afternoon in Central Assam’s Morigaon district. The lightning struck a group of fishermen who were fishing at Danduwa Beel (natural water body) in Morigaon district killing four of them on the spot. The deceased were identified …
DIBRUGARH: Accusing the Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) of violating effluent standards and polluting surrounding rivers and water bodies, Asom Gana Parishad (Anchalikatabadi Mancha) has sought an independent probe by an expert panel. The party in a press conference on Tuesday said the BCPL plant situated at Lepetkata in …
