Tiger population has doubled in the state: Parimal SuklabaidyaThe International Tiger Day was observed in Assam along with rest of the country on Thursday. The day was observed in the four Tiger Reserv...
29 Jul, 2021, 09.47 PM IST
Assam gets sixth national park on world environment day05 Jun, 2021, 07.38 PM IST
Kaziranga, Manas, Nameri and Orang Tiger Reserves recommended for CATS accreditationAll the four Tiger Reserves of Assam under Phase 1 have got CATS accreditation. Only seven proposals were recommended by the National Commi...
04 Jun, 2021, 01.21 PM IST
Assam govt has decided to increase state's forest reserve another 2,000 square kilometerChief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced that State government has decided to increase forest reserve of the state by another two thousa...
08 Oct, 2020, 12.15 AM IST
Army launches hunt for dreaded NDFB(S) leadersStating that the Army also engaged tracker dogs to trace out the insurgents, the sources said more than 1000 security personnel had been de...
24 Apr, 2018, 01.46 PM IST
Children take pledge to protect tigers in Madhya PradeshChildren living in buffer zone of Kanha Reserve Forest took an oath for conservation of tigers and their natural habitats by creating aware...
01 Aug, 2015, 07.48 PM IST
- Tiger habitat in Buxa has shrunk: foresters
Amid concerns that tigers may have disappeared from West Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve, foresters have claimed that the habitat of the big ca...
14 Jul, 2015, 11.11 AM IST
- Measures to preserve two endangered species at Manas national park
The quest to know the status of two highly endangered and also elusive species of wildlife at Manas national park, in western Assam, has be...
24 Mar, 2014, 02.41 PM IST
- Wildlife crime prevention training at Manas National Park
About 100 frontline forest staff of Manas National Park will be trained by the Wildlife Trust of India, in association with the Assam fores...
18 Nov, 2013, 06.57 AM IST
Manas National Park to open for tourists from SundayManas National Park in Barpeta district of Assam will open for tourists from tomorrow, a senior park official said here on Saturday.
26 Oct, 2013, 07.25 PM IST
- Another rhino killed in Kaziranga
Poachers killed another rhino at Kaziranga National Park in the presence of forest guards on Saturday.The incident took place in the park's...
03 Feb, 2013, 12.58 AM IST
- Manas link Buxa’s boon & bane
Buxa’s bane - low tiger density - may prove to be its boon as foresters hunt for a suitable home for tiger cubs that have been abandoned or...
26 Aug, 2011, 06.06 AM IST
- Manas tiger reserve's deputy ranger injured
A forest official was seriously injured in accidental firing inside the Manas tiger reserve in lower Assam.
10 Mar, 2010, 07.53 PM IST
- Rare butterfly sighted after 100 yrs
Kushal Choudhury, a young lepidopterologist and lecturer at Kokrajhar Science College, has spotted a rare breed of swallowtail butterfly co...
11 Sep, 2009, 03.24 AM IST
- Dudhwa rated second best tiger reserve in country
The latest assessment by Project Tiger has placed the reserve on second spot, after Kanha in Madhya Pradesh.
14 Jul, 2008, 06.38 AM IST
- Centre puts tiger reserves on alert
The National Tiger Conservation Authority has also separately written to 13 tiger reserves pointing out specific weaknesses in the protecti...
27 Jun, 2008, 05.52 AM IST
- Elephant census begins in Assam
An elephant census has begun in Assam to determine the number of wild pachyderms in the state.
22 Feb, 2008, 12.50 PM IST