Everything you need to know about Kaziranga: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Kaziranga: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Kaziranga National Park (Assam), June 3 (ANI): Authorities in Assam have arrested four poachers with arms, near the Kaziranga National Park.
Guwahati, May 22 (IANS) A bearcat, a rare species of climbing mammal, was captured in Assam's Nagaon district and shifted to a rehabilitation centre, officials said Wednesday.
Golaghat (Assam), May 20 (ANI): Two poachers were arrested over the weekend by forest department officials in Assam's Kaziranga wildlife sanctuary for attempting to poach single-horned rhinoceros.
Bokahat (Assam), May 19 (ANI): Irate over rampant killings of endangered one-horned rhinoceros Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) staged protests in Assam.
Guwahati, May 12 (ANI): A rhino has falled prey to illegal poaching in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam.The carcass of the dead rhino was located yesterday in the area of Doramari.
Guwahati, May 3 (IANS) A three-day exercise has begun in Assam's Kaziranga National Park to monitor the exact number of Eastern Swamp Deer there, an official said Friday.
Guwahati, April 28 (ANI): Assam state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged protests in Guwahati over the recurring poaching of one-horned rhinoceros in Kaziranga National park and other sanctuaries.
Kaziranga, (Assam) April 27 (IANS) A male wild buffalo was returned to the forest Saturday after over two years of human care, a wildlife official said.
Guwahati, Apr. 19 (ANI): The Assam Government has decided to use unmanned aerial vehicles to protect the Rhino population along with other wild animals from poachers.
Guwahati, April 17 (IANS) A seven-member CBI team has arrived in Assam to probe the poaching of rhinos, an official said Wednesday.
Guwahati, April 7 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will probe the cases of poaching of rhinos in Assam, Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain said Sunday.
Guwahati, April 3 (IANS) A dead female rhino with its horn missing was recovered from the Manas National Park in Assam, officials said Wednesday, taking the total number of rhinos poached in the state to 16 this year.
Guwahati, March 27 (IANS) The one-horned rhino population in Kaziranga National Park in Assam has gone up by 39 since last year, forest officials said Wednesday.
Guwahati, March 6 (IANS) Two poachers were gunned down during a joint operation by forest officials and elite commandos of the Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) inside the Kaziranga National Park early Wednesday, an official said.
Guwahati, March 4 (IANS) The first day of the Assam assembly's budget session Monday witnessed noisy scenes as slogan-shouting and placard-carrying opposition members attacked the government on various issues as soon as Governor J.B. Patnaik started his speech.
Guwahati, Mar 1 (IANS) Despite a shoot-at-sight order, poachers killed another endangered one-horned rhinoceros in Assam's Kaziranga National Park and took away its horn, officials said Friday.
Guwahati, Feb 26 (IANS) Poachers have killed another one-horned rhino in Assam's high-security Kaziranga National Park, an official said Tuesday.
Guwahati, Feb 21 (IANS) The central environment and forest ministry has cleared the proposal for aerial surveillance of Assam's Kaziranga National Park, using an unmanned aircraft, a drone, to prevent poaching of rhinos, a state minister said Thursday.
New Delhi, Feb. 19 (ANI): A group of 20 students from one of the remotest places called Sajiktampak in Manipur called on Union Home Secretary R. K. Singh here on Tuesday.
Jorhat (Assam), Feb. 17 (ANI): Hundreds of young and aged wildlife enthusiasts and animal lovers participated in 'The Great Save Rhino Walkathon', an event that was hosted here on Sunday to spread awareness to save the country' famed one horned rhinoceros.
Guwahati, Feb 9 (IANS) The unabated killings of rhinos has forced the Assam government to divide Kaziranga National Park into four new divisions, Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain said Saturday.
Guwahati, Feb 4 (IANS) Poaching of rhinos in protected areas of Assam has reached an alarming proportion with suspected poachers continuing to kill them, an official said Monday.
Guwahati, Jan 29 (IANS) Suspected poachers have yet again killed two rhinos in Assam, including one near the high-security Kaziranga National Park within less than 24 hours, and decamped with their horns, forest officials said Tuesday.
Guwahati, Jan 16 (IANS) Wildlife groups called for enhanced security in Assam's Manas National Park Wednesday after a rhino was found dead this week.
Guwahati, Jan 14 (IANS) Suspected poachers killed another one-horned rhino in Assam's Manas National Park and took away its horn. The carcass was spotted by forest officials Monday.
Guwahati, Jan 11 (IANS) Two one-horned rhinos were poached in isolated sandbars of Brahmaputra river in the last 48 hours, forest officials said Friday.
Jorhat (Assam), Dec. 26 (ANI): Scenic beauty, magnificent outdoors and mild climate in the northeast provided a perfect environment to play Golf. Recently, the Super Autumn Golf Tournament was organised at the Kaziranga golf resort near Jorhat in Assam.
Kathmandu, Dec 24 (IANS) The 9th international elephant festival will kick start Wednesday in Nepal's Chitwan district, home to the famed Chitwan National Park.
Guwahati, Dec 4 (IANS) A one-horned rhino was shot dead by suspected paochers in Assam's Kaziranga National Park Monday night, forest officials said Tuesday. The killers, however, failed to take away the rare animal's horn.
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Bear experts from 35 countries will present their latest research findings at the 21st International Conference on Bear Research and Management (IBA 2012), which begins here Monday.
Guwahati, Nov 22 (IANS) The carcass of yet another rhino, with its horn missing, has been found inside the Kaziranga National Park, officials said Thursday.
Kaziranga (Assam), Nov 5 (IANS) Three orphaned bear cubs, raised under human care, were recently moved to Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh to prepare them for release into the wild.
Kaziranga (Assam), Nov.2 (ANI): The Kaziranga National Park and the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park located in Assam has been reopened for tourists after it was closed due to recent floods.
Kaziranga (Assam), Nov.2 (ANI): The Kaziranga National Park and the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park located in Assam has been reopened for tourists after it was closed due to recent floods.
Guwahati, Nov 1 (IANS) Assam's Kaziranga National Park, home to one-horned rhinos, elephants, Asiatic water buffaloes and swamp deer, opened for visitors for six months Thursday.
Guwahati, Oct 22 (IANS) Expressing serious concerns over the spate of brutal rhino killings in Assam, the International Fund for Animal Welfare-Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) Monday urged authorities to take immediate action to prevent further targeting of the animal.
Guwahati, Oct 19 (IANS) Assam's Kaziranga National Park, which is closed for tourists annually from June to October due to the rains, is to be opened from Nov 1, the park director said Friday.
Hyderabad, Oct 18 (IANS) In another effort to increase India's tiger population, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has advised states to create seven more tiger reserves and has accorded approval-in-principle for five of them.
Guwahati, Oct.16 (ANI): The Department of Forests in Assam formally inducted semi-automatic arms for its Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) at Guwahati on Tuesday.
Guwahati, Oct 16 (IANS) The Assam government Tuesday armed the personnel of the elite Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) with automatic weapons like Self Loading Rifles (SLRs) to match the fire power of poachers.
Guwahati, Oct 15 (IANS) Police in Assam's Karbi Anglong district Monday nabbed five poachers and recovered huge cache of arms, including an AK 56 assault rifle, and ammunition from their possession.
Guwahati, Oct 15 (IANS) Concerned at the deaths of rhinos in the state due to floods and poaching, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday said the government would chalk out a strategy to deal with the situation.
Guwahati, Oct 14 (IANS) A rhino is struggling for life after poachers shot at the animal and chopped off its horn in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, forest officials said Sunday.
Guwahati, Oct 14 (IANS) A rhino is struggling for life after poachers shot at the animal and chopped off its horn in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, forest officials said Sunday.
Guwahati, Oct 14 (IANS) A thriving market in east and southeast Asia in illegal wildlife products, particularly among cultures that prize the rhino horn for its magical or medicinal qualities, are driving the rhinoceroses to extinction, say experts.
Guwahati, Oct 13 (IANS) Barely 48 hours after the visit of union Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, suspected poachers struck in the Kaziranga National Park Saturday, attempting to hunt for one-horned rhinos.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan and senior wildlife officials Wednesday took stock of the situation in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam following a recent spate of rhino killings in the park.
Guwahati, Oct 6 (IANS) The Gauhati High Court has asked the state and central governments to file affidavits on steps taken for protection of the rare one-horned rhinos and others animals in the Kaziranga National Park, a lawyer said.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (ANI): Worried over the recent rise in the killings of the endangered one horned Rhinoceros, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Friday announced that she would be visiting Assam soon.
Guwahati, Oct 2 (IANS) Days after Assam's Kaziranga National Park hit the headlines following a spate in poaching of the one-horned rhinos, the Assam government has decided to rush a 100-member team of the elite Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) for the protection of the rare animal.
Guwahati, Sep 30 (IANS) Assam may soon get a State Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (SWCCB) in line with the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau.
Golaghat (Assam), Sept 30 (ANI): Forest officials recently rescued a rhinoceros that was stuck in a swamp, after it strayed out of the Kaziranga National Park here.
Guwahati, Sep 28 (IANS) After two one-horned rhinos succumbed to injuries caused by poachers, a team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) arrived in Assam Friday to assess the situation following the recent spate of poaching of the rare rhinos in Kaziranga National Park.
New Delhi, Sep 27 (ANI): Minister for Environment and Forests, Jayanthi Natarajan, has ordered an immediate probe into Kaziranga rhino poaching.
Guwahati, S Sep 27 (IANS) Barely 24 hours after the poachers in a gruesome incident chopped off the horn of a live rhino after shooting at it, another two pachyderms were attacked near the Kaziranga National Park Thursday morning.
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) The central environment ministry Thursday ordered a probe into the gruesome incidents in which poachers chopped off the horns of live rhinos after shooting at them in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam.
Guwahati, Sep 27 (IANS) Barely 24 hours after the gruesome incident in which poachers chopped off the horn of a live rhino after shooting at it, another pachyderm underwent a similar fate in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam Thursday, an official said.
Guwahati, Sep 26 (IANS) The BJP has slammed the Assam government for its failure to protect the one-horned rhinoceros, considered the pride of Assam, and demanded the resignation of state Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain.
Guwahati, Sep. 26 (ANI): Rising water levels in the Brahmaputra River are threatening to breach the banks and inundate low-lying areas of Guwahati.
Guwahati, Sep 26 (IANS) Barely 48 hours after the recovery of a rhino carcass without the horn in the high security Kaziranga National Park, suspected poachers shot at another rhino inside the national park Wednesday and decamped with its horn.
Guwahati, Sep 24 (IANS) The flood situation remained grim in Assam Monday with more areas submerged across 16 districts, marooning nearly 14 lakh people in the state, officials said.
Guwahati, Sep 24 (IANS) The flood situation remained grim in Assam Monday, with more and more areas submerged every day across 16 districts, marooning some 10 lakh people, officials said.
Guwahati, Sep 23 (IANS) The flood situation in Assam is grim with over 800,000 people affected in at least 15 of the 27 districts in the state, officials said Sunday.
Guwahati, Sep 22 (IANS) Anticipating a second wave of floods to hit Kaziranga National Park after incessant rains over the last week, authorities Saturday put on high alert all wildlife rescue teams of the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC).
Guwahati, Aug 24 (IANS) A one-horned rhino died in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam's Golaghat district when a forest guard fired at it in self defence, an official said Friday.
Jorhat (Assam), Aug 5 (ANI): The Jorhat Sangeet Vidyalaya, the oldest in Assam, is training Assamese youth in classical Indian music, to revive and preserve the traditional dance forms.
Guwahati, July 10 (IANS) A central team arrived in Assam Tuesday to assess the damage caused by the floods in the state's 27 districts.
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) As many as 595 animals, including 17 single-horned rhinos, in Assam's Kaziranga National Park died in the recent floods in the state, the environment ministry said Monday.
Guwahati, July 9 (ANI): Flood-hit Assam is expected to recover quickly from the natural calamity in the wake of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sanctioning the release of Rs.500 crore from the Prime Minister's Relief Fund to rehabilitate those affected in the state.
Guwahati, July 7 (IANS) Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain Saturday said the government had asked experts to work out a mechanism to reduce animal deaths during floods.
India's 1600-km long eco-sensitive Western Ghats mountain chain along with west coast of India have been added into the coveted list of prestigious United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO's) world heritage sites, adding another feathers into India's rich heritage and culture at a meeting held on Russia on June 01, official site informed on Monday........
Guwahati, July 2 (IANS) Forest officials of Kaziranga National Park have recovered a carcass of a one-horned rhino from neighbouring hills in Assam's Karbi Anglong district.
Guwahati, July 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday arrived at the Rowriah airport at Jorhat in upper Assam to assess the flood situation here, officials said.
Guwahati, June 18 (IANS) The overall flood situation in Assam has worsened since Sunday with flood waters now affecting eight districts, officials said. No casualties, however, have been reported yet.
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) lack of political will is adding to the survival woes of large Asiatic mammals, including rhinoceros, one of the most intriguing beasts in nature's life chain that faces extinction in its habitat in South Asia, says conservationist Hemanta Mishra.
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) With poachers posing a massive threat to tigers in India, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has launched a pilot project in Uttarakhand's Corbett National Park for round-the-clock surveillance of the park using high definition cameras.
Guwahati, April 16 (IANS) At least seven people, among them a woman, were killed and over 20 injured in three road mishaps in different parts of the state Monday morning, police said.
Guwahati, April 16 (ANI): At least four passengers lost their lives on Monday after the tourist bus they were traveling in caught fire near the Kaziranga National Park.
Guwahati, April 11 (IANS) Forest officials of the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) have recovered the body of a rhino from Bagori forest range of the National Park Wednesday. The rhino's horn was, however, missing.
Guwahati, April 9 (IANS) A census of one-horned rhinos at the renowned Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam recorded an increase of almost 250 animals over a three-year period.
Jorhat, Feb 21 (ANI): Kaziranga University, with a campus spread over 50 acres, will soon open in Jorhat, popularly known as "the Knowledge City" of Assam.
Jorhat, Feb 21 (ANI): Kaziranga University, with a campus spread over 50 acres, will soon open in Jorhat, popularly known as "the Knowledge City" of Assam.
Jorhat, Mar 31 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's former press adviser Debo Kumar Bora was killed in a road accident in Golaghat district.
Golaghat/Nagaon (Assam), Jan.21 (ANI): Assam's Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary is seeing a huge influx of tourists, domestic as well as foreign, suggesting that the militant threat in the area is on the wane.
Golaghat (Assam), Jan 18 (ANI): India's famous Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam has created a niche for itself, as thousands of tourists thronged the wildlife sanctuary most famous for the one-horned rhinoceros.
Karbi Anglong, Jan 14 (ANI): With the decline of militancy in this autonomous district, the focus is now firmly on the over all development of the region and in tune with this a 'Karbi Festival' was recently organized here, which attracted participants from different parts of the northeast.
Kaziranga (Assam), Mar 12 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have been deployed at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam to protect endangered rhinos from poachers.
Guwahati, March 1(ANI): If you were to visit Kaziranga National Park in Assam some 20 years ago, chances are, you would probably stay at the 'Wild Grass', the park's sole resort or face a 50-kilometre journey outside the park to find lodging.
Kaziranga (Assam), Jan 6 (ANI): Local and foreign tourists gathered to witness skills of trained elephants at the annual elephant festival at Kaziranga National Park here on Monday.
Dudhwa (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 3 (ANI): Dudhwa National Park, located in the foothills of Himalayas in Uttar Pradesh, become an ideal home to the famed one horned rhinoceros that is listed among the endangered species.
Dudhwa (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 3 (ANI): Dudhwa National Park, located in the foothills of Himalayas in Uttar Pradesh, become an ideal home to the famed one horned rhinoceros that is listed among the endangered species.
Dudhwa (Uttar Pradesh), Dec.3 (ANI): The Dudhwa National Park, which is located in the foothills of Himalayas in Uttar Pradesh, has become an ideal home to the famed one horned rhinoceros that is listed among the endangered species.
New Delhi, Sep 17 (ANI): The Union Government is convening a series of meetings from Thursday with the 17 tiger-range states to discus the reasons for the unabated deaths of the National Animal.
Guwahati, Sep 14(ANI): Monsoon related floods in some parts of Assam have severely affected villages, destroyed crops and are also posing a threat to wild animals especially on Majuli Island and in the Kaziranga National Park.
Kaziranga, (Assam) Aug 23 (ANI): Kaziranga National Park authorities have put up barricades to slow down vehicles to ensure safe passage for migrating animals.
Guwahati, June 1 (ANI): Authorities in Assam are imparting high-tech training to the rangers and other forest guards with an aim to counter the menace of poaching.
Pobitora sanctuary (Assam), May 15 (ANI): The Indian Rhino population, threatened in the past because of rampant poaching, is slowly on the upswing according to a recent census carried out in the three main sanctuaries of Kaziranga, Pobitora and Orang in Assam.
Guwahati, April 7 (IANS) A Dutch tourist was trampled to death by a wild Asiatic elephant Tuesday at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam while eight other foreigners had a miraculous escape.
Kaziranga (Assam), March 19 (IANS) A lawmaker in India's northeastern state of Assam Thursday proclaimed himself a 'king' and insisted on hunting wildlife for sport, two days after he and another legislator vandalised property inside the famed Kaziranga National Park and threatened to kill a park ranger.
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Two Assam legislative assembly members armed with automatic rifles threatened the staff at Kaziranga National Park in Assam when they tried to stop the legislators from entering the prohibited area, officials said Wednesday.
