Seven rhinos have been killed in the four days and two dead in the last 24 hours. The Centre has finally stepped in and ordered the arrest of poachers, who are targeting the animal in flood-hit Assam. ...
11:53 PM, Sep 28, 2012
CNN-IBN Environment Editor Bahar Dutt spoke to Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on what steps are being taken to save the rhino in Assam. In the last four days, seven rhinos have been killed in the world-famous Kaziranga National Park. Rhinos are specially vulnerable to poachers as their horns sell for millions of dollars in the illegal international trade in wildlife. Kaziranga National Park in fact is considered to be the ...
11:51 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Guwahati: A rhino, left bleeding by poachers who removed its horn, succumbed to its injuries on Friday taking the number of total pachyderm deaths to five during the last three days in the Kaziranga National Park. The male rhino, which strayed from the flooded park, was shot at inside the Jagadamba Tea Estate bordering Bagori range and its horn removed on Thursday leaving it bleeding at the spot, officials said....
06:52 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Guwahati: Two rhinoceros were attacked and their horns sawed off in the flooded Kaziranga National Park in Assam. One of the rhinoceros died while the other is battling for life. The Environment Ministry has dispatched a team of the Wildlife Crime Bureau to investigate the cause of deaths. The female rhinoceros was left bleeding by poachers who sawed off its horn and cut off a part of its right ear...
09:20 AM, Sep 28, 2012
Golaghat: Two more rhinos from the world-famous Kaziranga National Park were on Thursday killed by suspected poachers in Assam. While one rhino was killed and its horn was removed by the poachers, the other was found dead at a tea estate. A female rhino was killed in the Dolamara range along the Karbi Hills and its horns removed, Park Director Sanjiv Bora said on Thursday. The killings came barely a...
09:05 PM, Sep 27, 2012
Kohara: A Rhinoceros' horn was cut by poachers and the animal was later found conscious by Kaziranga National Park authorities. A medical team is working on stabling the wounded animal. This is the second such incident reported from Kaziranga National Park. Two days back, a Rhinoceros was killed in the flood-affected area of the national park and its horns were taken away by poachers. ...
03:31 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam has worsened and more than half the state is now under water. Over 15 lakh people have been rendered homeless while 12 people have been confirmed dead in the third wave of floods in the state. The National and State Disaster Relief Forces as well as the Army and paramilitary troops are carrying out rescue and relief operations. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, however,...
01:02 PM, Sep 26, 2012
New Delhi: With floods leaving 12 dead and lakhs homeless in Assam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday enquired about the situation from the state government and assured it of all help in rescue and relief measures. The Prime Minister called Assam's Disaster Management Minister Prithvi Majhi to enquire about the situation in the state, the Prime Minister's Office said. He "expressed concern" over the flood situation in Assam and...
09:11 AM, Sep 26, 2012
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam continued to be grim with over half of its 27 districts inundated, 18 people killed and more than 17 lakh affected, officials said on Tuesday. The situation is expected to improve in a couple of days. A total of 1,916 villages are reeling under 69 revenue circles in the districts of Baksa, Barpeta, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup, Kamrup Metro, Lakhimpur, Morigaon, Nagaon,...
02:03 AM, Sep 26, 2012
New Delhi: A low intensity blast took place outside the office of the Assam Rifles Public Relations Officer (PRO) on Tuesday morning in Imphal, Manipur. No casualties were reported. Sources say that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of Manipur is suspected to be behind the blast. It was not yet exactly clear how the bomb went off at the heavy-security complex adjoining Manipur Raj Bhavan and prestigious Johnstone Higher Secondary...
08:54 AM, Sep 25, 2012
As many as 700 villages of Assam are under water as the floods have affected at least seven lakh people. ...
10:33 PM, Sep 24, 2012
Sibsagar: One person was killed and seven others were injured when a blast rocked Sibsagar in Assam on Monday night. Police said the blast, suspected to be caused by an IED, was triggered between Central Market and Lakshmi talkies in the heart of the headquarters town of Sibsagar district at 9 pm. Eight people were hurt and taken to Sibsagar Civil Hospital or another private hospital nearby and one of...
10:22 PM, Sep 24, 2012
Guwahati: Flood woes continue in the Northeast as 27 people have died in Sikkim due to landslides triggered by heavy rain in the past 48 hours and six people have died in Assam. Officials say 21 bodies including those of Indo-Tibetan Border Police and the Border Roads Organisation personnel have been recovered in Sikkim. The other victims were labourers. Eight people are missing. The Northern part of Sikkim is cut...
08:33 AM, Sep 24, 2012
Gangtok/Guwahati: Landslides triggered by heavy rains claimed 27 lives, including those of ITBP and BRO personnel in Sikkim, even as flood situation in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh deteriorated with vast areas reeling under its impact. Official sources on Sunday said in Gangtok that at least 21 bodies, including those of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) personnel, were found while eight persons were missing following...
09:11 PM, Sep 23, 2012
New Delhi: Nearly 21 people were killed in Sikkim, three in Arunachal Pradesh and more than 7 lakh people affected in Assam after days of incessant rainfall triggered landslides and flash floods in the region on Sunday. In Assam, 13 districts are said to be affected, the worst-hit being Tinsukhia. The Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger mark and the Kaziranga and Dibru-Saikhowa national parks are under water. Nearly 60...
09:41 AM, Sep 23, 2012
New Delhi: Assam is submerged yet again, the fourth time this monsoon. The Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger mark and more than seven lakh people are said to be affected in the heavy and incessant rainfall over the past few days. The districts of Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Nagaon, Kamrup and Barpeta remain the worst hit. Sources say that amongst the freshly inundated areas are the Majuli island and the...
07:12 AM, Sep 23, 2012
Guwahati: The Bharat bandh called by the BJP and other opposition parties to protest the diesel price hike, FDI in multi-brand retail and cap in subsidised LPG affected normal life in Assam. Markets, shops, educational institutions, banks and private offices remained closed, while long distance private buses and other vehicles were off the roads, officials said. Though privately operated city buses did not ply, the government-run ones were seen on...
02:25 PM, Sep 20, 2012
Tinsukia (Assam): At least four persons were seriously injured in a grenade blast by suspected militants of the ULFA's anti-talk faction at Doomdoma township in Tinsukia district on Friday, the police said. A group of ULFA militants hurled the grenade at the Doomdoma Chowk injuring the four persons and fled. The injured persons were taken to Tinsukia hospital. The anti-talk faction of the ULFA has recently announced to step up...
10:01 PM, Sep 14, 2012
New Delhi: The Assam government has been warned that the situation arising out of the ethnic strife between Bodos and Muslims "is far from normal" and there was fear the communal tension may spread to other districts around the Bodo areas, said Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. Shinde conveyed the assessment to the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his Race Course Residence...
04:04 AM, Sep 14, 2012
