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Assam in NYT's top 2025 destinations: Your motivation to plan a food pilgrimage!
Namoskar! Assam makes India proud as it finds itself in New York Times' list of top 52 destinations for 2025. What better time to plan a food pilgrimage then?
Published on Jan 12, 2025 10:48 AM IST
Mother-daughter fall from jeep, narrowly escape rhinos at Kaziranga
A mother-daughter duo narrowly escaped charging rhinos during a Kaziranga safari.
Published on Jan 06, 2025 03:10 PM IST
Mahipal Singh Chouhan
Kaziranga elevated corridor tenders to be issued within 5 months: Assam CM
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the Union ministry of road transport and highways has nearly completed all the preliminary work for the project
Published on Nov 28, 2024 12:36 PM IST
Assam: Kaziranga National Park to reopen for tourists on October 1
Wild encounters return as Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve reopens for tourist safari from October 1
Published on Sep 08, 2024 02:16 PM IST
ANI | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz, Guwahati (assam) [india]
Assam: Elephant carcass found in Kaziranga; officials suspect tiger attack
Forest guards in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park found an elephant carcass, suspected to be killed by tigers, not poachers. Poaching has decreased, and wildlife is increasing.
Updated on Aug 23, 2024 01:40 PM IST
Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha
NGT files suo moto case over proposed hotel construction in, around Kaziranga
Residents, farmers, and rights groups have been opposing the proposed hotels arguing they would lead to displacement of people and harm the region’s flora and fauna
Published on Aug 06, 2024 12:14 PM IST
Flooding, management both vital for Kaziranga
There is scope for putting Kaziranga’s annual flooding in its right ecological place. From replenishing channels between wetlands to aiding natural selection of a healthier stock as weak animals perish, floods serve a vital purpose
Published on Jul 18, 2024 09:04 PM IST
Naveen Pandey
Assam relaxes flood-related restrictions on vehicular movement near Kaziranga
According to Kaziranga director Sonali Ghosh, this year’s floodwater level was the highest in the last three decades
Updated on Jul 16, 2024 03:31 PM IST
Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha
Assam floods: 200 animals including 10 rhinos killed in Kaziranga National Park
According to the park authority, the overall flood situation in the national park is now gradually improving, but 46 forest camps and parts of the park are still under water
Published on Jul 15, 2024 09:57 AM IST
Six more wildlife deaths reported from Assam’s Kaziranga; death toll rises to 17
Deaths of 11 hog deer, one rhino calf, otter, jungle cat and two scops owls have been confirmed so far by the authorities
Updated on Jul 04, 2024 12:29 PM IST
Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha
Assam: Two poachers arrested in Kaziranga with Hog Deer meat
Forest personnel launched an operation based on intelligence inputs and intercepted a bus in Harmoti area under Western Range of the park near Bagori
Published on Jul 04, 2024 09:08 AM IST
Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha
Assam floods: Kaziranga submerged; 11 animals killed, 65 rescued
On Tuesday, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited parts of the park and nearby areas to take stock of the situation
Updated on Jul 03, 2024 06:29 PM IST
Ongoing construction in Kaziranga violating rules, environmentalist writes to PM
Environmentalist Rohit Choudhury alleged that the Assam government was conducting construction on the stretch of national highway while violating conditions laid down by NBWL in February this year
Published on Jul 03, 2024 09:12 AM IST
Assam flood: 61 forest camps in Kaziranga National Park, Tiger Reserve affected
Animals from have been crossing the National Highway-715 towards the the southern direction in East Karbi Anglong district in search of higher areas.
Published on Jul 01, 2024 06:23 PM IST
Construction works on wildlife corridor in Kaziranga create hurdles for wildlife
In a letter to union environment minister, Bhupender Yadav on June 14, RTI and wildlife activist, Rohit Choudhury has flagged several ongoing road construction works on the corridor
Published on Jun 27, 2024 10:12 AM IST
Jayashree Nandi
Kaziranga infra work affecting movement of wildlife: Green activists
According to a 2020 study by Wildlife Institute of India, on assessment of impacts of NH715 (earlier NH37) on wildlife in Kaziranga reserve, 1,176 animals died due to wildlife-vehicle collisions in Jan-Dec, 2019
Published on Jun 12, 2024 08:04 AM IST
Jayashree Nandi
Assam’s KNP to strengthen anti-poaching vigil in vulnerable areas: official
KNP director Sonali Ghosh said they held a meeting on Thursday regarding strengthening the anti-poaching surveillance in vulnerable areas
Updated on May 17, 2024 09:01 PM IST
Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha
Suspected Rhino poacher killed in Assam’s Kaziranga: Officials
A senior official at KNP said they received information about the poaching a few days back and were preparing for combat
Updated on May 11, 2024 04:58 PM IST
Biswa Kalyan Purkyastha
Himanta Sarma's ‘Amul babies’ jibe at Gandhi siblings
The Assam CM suggested that the people should prioritise visiting Kaziranga National Park to watch rhinoceros rather than attending rallies of Gandhi family
Published on Apr 16, 2024 11:00 PM IST
Kaziranga forest officer killed, another injured in attack by wild buffaloes
Kaziranga National Park officials said the two foresters were taken to the sub divisional civil hospital where Abu Momin was declared dead
Published on Apr 15, 2024 09:45 PM IST
Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha
Russian tourist injured in rhino attack in Assam’s Kaziranga: Officials
Forest officials said he was found near the Mora Diphlu River in an unconscious state on March 24 morning, from where he was rescued and taken to a government hospital in Kohra
Updated on Mar 29, 2024 08:43 PM IST
Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha
Best safari experiences in India, feat. UNESCO World Heritage national parks
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s inaugural visit to Kaziranga National Park is drawing people to explore domestic safari and wilderness experiences in Assam.
Published on Mar 14, 2024 06:29 PM IST
Assam set to redraw Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary boundaries
Covering an area of 38.81 sq km, the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary was notified by the Assam forest department in March 1998
Published on Mar 13, 2024 08:07 AM IST
PM Modi's visit prompts closure of jeep safari, elephant ride in Kaziranga
Jeep safari and elephant rides closed from March 7-9 in view of PM Modi's visit to Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve in Assam
Published on Mar 04, 2024 09:58 AM IST
ANI | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz, Kaziranga (assam) [india]
Rhino found dead in Assam’s Kaziranga; officials suspect killed in tiger attack
Tigers and other animals mostly attack rhinos when they are vulnerable as sometimes, during mating, old female rhinos get injured and in a few cases, their backbone gets broken, said officials
Published on Feb 11, 2024 12:04 PM IST
Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha
AK Rifle used for killing rhino in Kaziranga, poachers arrested with horn: Police
This was the first case of rhino poaching in Assam this year and officials said that the poachers entered Kaziranga by crossing the Brahmaputra river
Published on Jan 27, 2024 02:40 PM IST
Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha
Carcass of female one-horned rhino found in Assam, first poaching case this year
There was no incident of rhino poaching in Assam in 2022, while there was one confirmed incident in March last year
Updated on Jan 23, 2024 09:01 AM IST
Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha
Assam’s Kaziranga saw 27% increase in winter migratory birds: Official
The census revealed the presence of 84,839 birds which is a 27% increase since the last count (66,776 in 2021-22). This places Kaziranga among the top five in terms of presence of resident and winter-migratory birds in the country
Published on Jan 12, 2024 06:27 PM IST
Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha
4 suspected poachers held for killing endangered hog deer at Kaziranga: Officials
KNP director Sonali Ghosh said they received information about the incident on Tuesday evening and immediately launched an operation to catch the suspected poachers
Updated on Jan 04, 2024 08:15 PM IST
Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha
Assam: Four people nabbed for killing hog deer at Kaziranga
Assam: Four people nabbed for killing hog deer at Kaziranga
Published on Jan 04, 2024 12:14 PM IST
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