Rare ‘orange bat’, endangered ‘Indian wolf’ gets spotted in Chhattisgarh's Bastar districtDue to its exceedingly low population, the Indian Wolf has designated as a Schedule I species in the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA) of 1972 ...
18 Jan, 2023, 07.10 PM IST
Assam Cabinet has decided to rename Rajiv Gandhi National Park as Orang National ParkIn 2001 Tarun Gogoi led government included the name of former Prime minister in the park. The state cabinet resolved that taking cognizanc...
01 Sep, 2021, 10.34 PM IST
Rhino dies at Rajiv Gandhi Orang National ParkThe carcass of a rhino was recovered from near the Timikana camp of the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park in Assam on Wednesday.
17 Aug, 2016, 03.12 PM IST
- Assam's Orang has been declared as fourth tiger reserve in the state
Assam's Orang national park, a postcard-size protected area about 150 km from here, has been declared as the tiger reserve, taking a step f...
01 Mar, 2016, 04.19 PM IST
- One more rhino killed in Kaziranga
Yet another rhino was gunned down by poachers at Kaziranga National Park, about 250km from here, on Sunday night.Poachers have been killing...
26 Nov, 2013, 04.30 AM IST
Two more rhinos killed in Orang National ParkTwo rhinos—a mother and a calf—were killed by poachers in Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, about 150 km from here, on Saturday evening. Th...
11 Nov, 2013, 05.42 AM IST
Poachers kill rhino in Orang national parkThe Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park lost the distinction of becoming the “zero-poaching” protected area in the state as the first incident...
04 Nov, 2013, 01.58 AM IST
- Defence ministry no to unmanned aerial vehicles vigil in Kaziranga
The much-awaited permission for using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) as a surveillance tool at Kaziranga National Park has been turned down...
22 Aug, 2013, 12.25 AM IST
Insecticide used to kill tigers at Rajiv Gandhi Orang National ParkThe authorities of Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, about 150km from here, said a highly toxic insecticide called "organophosphorous" was ...
01 Jun, 2013, 01.53 AM IST
Two rhinos killed by poachers in AssamTwo adult Rhinos with their horns chopped off were found dead today in separate forest areas of central Assam.
11 Jan, 2013, 07.07 PM IST
Green pigeon in Sanjay Gandhi National Park has survey team in a flutterThe orange-breasted green pigeon was spotted in Sanjay Gandhi National Park for the first time in Maharashtra during the on-going bird surv...
29 Nov, 2012, 03.03 AM IST
- Three wanted poachers held
Forest guards foiled an attempt to poach rhinos and apprehended three wanted poachers in Assam's Orang National Park when they were making ...
21 Aug, 2010, 06.50 PM IST
Poachers kill 14 rhinos in 2009Poachers have killed 14 rhinoceroses in the national parks and other forest areas of Assam in the year 2009.
13 Mar, 2010, 09.17 PM IST
- Injured rhino found, forest guards exchange fire with poachers
An injured male rhino was found with horns removed by poachers who later exchanged fire with forest guards in Orang National Park of Assam'...
25 Jan, 2010, 01.29 PM IST
- New anti-poaching camps to come up in Orang National Park
Alarmed over rise in the poaching of highly endangered one-horned rhinos in the Orang National Park in lower Assam, the government has deci...
09 Sep, 2009, 03.51 PM IST
Over 100 arrested for poaching 46 rhinos in Assam : RameshAt least 132 persons were arrested for poaching 46 rhinos in Assam since 2006, the government informed Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
22 Jul, 2009, 05.20 PM IST
- Another rhino killed in Orang National Park
Another rhino fell prey to poachers in Assam's Orang National Park, raising the number of the endangered pachyderms killed in the state in ...
29 Apr, 2008, 05.45 PM IST