Over 15,70,571 lakh people are reeling under the fury of floods in 19 districts of Assam. Over 2,653 villages are affected in the current deluge.

Animals from the Kaziranga National Park+ , a World Heritage Site about 250 km from here, have started coming out in herds in search of elevated grounds as large swathe of the protected area has be

As many as 102 rhinos were killed by poachers in India in the last three years (2013-16), said the government in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, the day when four camps of poachers were busted in a joint ope

Guwahati: The Orang national park, also known as mini Kaziranga, has lost its first rhino to poachers. The carcass of the rhino bearing bullet injuries was recovered on Thursday.

GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday asked the deputy commissioners and superintendents of police to take all possible measures to protect the one-horned rhinos.

Guwahati: Amid intensifying crackdown against poachers, Kaziranga National Park lost second rhino within a week on Sunday.

Trying to send a strong message that it would not take rhino poaching lightly, the Assam government has suspended Kaziranga National Park director Mufakkar Ali on charge of "negligence in his dutie

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said that urban forestry will be the new thrust area of the government and steps will be taken to create "urban jungles (forests)" across 200

Wildlife crime experts suggested that the new BJP-led government in Assam, for whom curbing rhino poaching was one of the major election promises, should seek cooperation from neighbouring Northeas

New Delhi: The ambitious e-eye surveillance system of tracking tigers has been made operational in key sanctuaries in the country, including Kaziranga and Corbett reserves, the Centre said on Monda

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