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Rhino dies due to infighting with another male rhino in Assam's Kaziranga

Mar 24, 2024, at 07:51 pm

A rhino was found dead in Assam's Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve on Saturday.

Study shows grassland and agricultural land will increase in Kaziranga by 2050

Feb 28, 2023, at 09:24 pm

Golaghat: A recent study has predicted that water bodies, sand or dry river beds, and forests will decrease in Kaziranga while the area covered by grasslands and agricultural land will increase by 2050.

No rhino poaching case in Assam in 2022: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Jan 03, 2023, at 01:36 am

Guwahati/IBNS: For the first time in the last two decades, Assam has witnessed zero rhino poaching incidents in the year 2022, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said.

10-day-old male rhino rescued from Assam's Kaziranga

Sep 01, 2021, at 05:26 am

Guwahati/IBNS: A male rhino calf of 10 days of age was rescued from the fringe of central range near mihimukh highland in Assam's Kaziranga National Park.

Accidental firing by forest guards kills Royal Bengal Tiger in Assam's Kaziranga

Jun 19, 2021, at 03:58 am

Guwahati/IBNS: A Royal Bengal Tiger died on Friday from an "accidental firing" by forest guards in the  Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNP & TR) in Assam, officials said.

Assam flood situation worsens, 27 lakh people affected; toll rises to 91

Jul 23, 2020, at 06:51 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: The flood situation in Assam again worsened on Thursday as the water levels of all major rivers are increasing following incessant rains in the state and other neighbouring states in past few days.

Flood waters recede, Assam Forest department faces challenges to provide security to wild animals in Kaziranga

Jul 02, 2020, at 08:01 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Three days of sunshine has given some relief to the people of Assam as the water level of major rivers in the state is now receding.

Flood waters submerge 65 percent areas in Kaziranga National Park, five animals die

Jun 29, 2020, at 03:21 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: The flood situation in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park – the global stronghold of one horned rhinoceros- worsened on Monday after flood waters inundated more than 65 percent areas of the world heritage site.

Assam: Poachers kill one-horned rhino in Kaziranga amid Covid-19 lockdown

May 10, 2020, at 05:57 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Amid Covid-19 lockdown, poachers killed a rhino in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (KNP) and chopped off its horn.

Kaziranga festival postponed for Coronavirus scare

Mar 08, 2020, at 09:34 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: As the Assam government sounded Coronavirus alert across the state, the organizers have postponed the first ever Kaziranga Utsav which was slated to take place in the world heritage site from Mar 12 to 15.

Strayed rhino calf due to flood rescued and released in Kaziranga

Aug 06, 2019, at 11:24 am

Guwahati, Aug 6 (IBNS): The Assam forest department has rescued a rhino calf which strayed into the Karbi Anglong hills area during the flood in Kaziranga National Park.

Kaziranga flood: 83 wild animals including seven rhinos dead, 58 beasts rescued

Jul 18, 2019, at 06:45 pm

Guwahati, July 18 (IBNS): The Assam forest department, forest guards of Kaziranga National Park and many other NGOs have rescued several wild animals while the Kaziranga National Park has faced devastating flood this year and the animals suffering majorly.

Kaziranga flood: 39 animals including five rhinos died

Jul 17, 2019, at 01:01 pm

Guwahati, July 17 (IBNS): At least 39 wild animals including five rhinos have died in the devastating deluge in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park.

Rhino poacher killed in encounter in Kaziranga

Jun 12, 2018, at 07:07 pm

Guwahati, June 12 (IBNS): One rhino poacher was killed during a gun fight with police personnel and forest guards in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park on Monday night.

Forest guard injured in rhino attack in Kaziranga

May 02, 2018, at 03:52 am

Guwahati, May 1 (IBNS): A forest guard was injured after an one horned rhino attacked him in Assam's Kaziranga National Park on Monday. 

Assam: Rhino Population Estimation begins in Kaziranga

Mar 26, 2018, at 10:36 pm

Kaziranga (Assam), Mar 26 (IBNS): Rhino Population Estimation 2018 in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park started from Monday.

Tourist team survives rhino attack in Kaziranga

Jan 13, 2018, at 03:34 am

Guwahati, Jan 12 (IBNS): A tourist group of South India got narrowly escaped after the jeep, in which the group was travelling, was attacked by an one horned rhino during safari in Assam's Kaziranga National Park on Friday. 

Foreign aided poachers gang, NE militants involved in rhino killing incidents in Kaziranga : Assam forest minister

Nov 07, 2017, at 09:59 pm

Guwahati, Nov 7(IBNS) : Assam forest minister Pramila Rani Brahma on Tuesday said foreign assist poachers gang and some militant groups of North East India are involved in the rhino killing incidents in Assam's Kaziranga National Park (KNP).

Assam: Another rhino poached in Kaziranga

Apr 23, 2017, at 01:12 am

Guwahati, Apr 22 (IBNS): Poachers continued its killing spree in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (KNP), while forest guards on Saturday had found a dehorned carcass of a male rhino inside the park.

Assam: Poachers kill another rhino in Kaziranga and remove horn

Feb 15, 2017, at 08:06 pm

Guwahati, Feb 15 (IBNS) : Assam's Kaziranga National Park (KNP) continue to be plagued by poaching as one more one-horned rhinoceros inside the park was killed in the wee hours of Wednesday.

Poachers kill another rhino in Kaziranga National Park

Nov 16, 2016, at 06:14 pm

Guwahati, Nov 16 (IBNS) : In yet another incident of poaching that has assumed an alarming proportion in Assam, a one-horned rhino has been killed in the Kaziranga National Park, the famed world heritage site.

Green tribunal asks Numaligarh refinery to free up Kaziranga elephant corridor

Aug 25, 2016, at 10:32 pm

New Delhi/Guwahati, Aug 25 (IBNS): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Numaligarh Refinery Limited to demolish a wall it had constructed near the Kaziranga National Park in Assam and which was blocking an elephant corridor, the media reported on Thursday.

River Brahmaputra in Assam's Goalpara shows signs of receding

Jul 29, 2016, at 06:36 pm

New Delhi, Jul 29 (IBNS): The Ministry of Water Resources informed that River Brahmaputra at Goalpara in Goalpara District of Assam has receded from High Flood Situation to Moderate Flood Situation at 0800hrs on Friday.

Barasingha count in Kaziranga increases by 19

May 14, 2016, at 07:15 pm

Guwahati, May 14 (IBNS) Swamp deer population in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam has increased in by 19 in the past one year, according to media reports.

Rhino poached in Kaziranga

Jan 25, 2016, at 12:29 am

Guwahati, Jan 24 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Poachers killed another one-horned rhinoceros in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (KNP) on the wee hours of Sunday and managed to flee with its horn.