PM Modi visits Kaziranga National Park in Assam, undertakes elephant and jeep safari

Dispur/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent Saturday morning taking an elephant and a jeep safari at Assam's Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, amid his packed administrative and political schedule.

President Droupadi Murmu to visit Assam on Apr 6

Guwahati/UNI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced that President Droupadi Murmu will visit the state for two days, starting April 6.

Two injured in rhino attack in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park

Guwahati/IBNS: Two people were critically injured after being attacked by a one-horned rhinoceros in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve.

Assam government to constitute 10th addition to Kaziranga National Park

Guwahati/IBNS:  As per provision of section 35 of Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, the Assam government has declared its intention to constitute a definite area of land as National Park in the name of 10th Addition to Kaziranga National Park.

Assam: Forest guard dies of bullet injury in Kaziranga

Guwahati: A forest guard died of a bullet injury in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park on Saturday night.

Assam: KNP personnel equipped with satellite phones to beat poachers

Guwahati: Kaziranga National Park (KNP) has become the first National Park in the country to have been equipped with satellite phones.

Male calf born to departmental elephant in Kaziranga National Park in Assam

Guwahati/UNI: Amidst the despair caused by the annual floods in Kaziranga National Park (KNP), birth of an elephant calf has brought some reason to rejoice.

Assam CM visits flood-hit Kaziranga National Park

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday visited the submerged areas of Kaziranga National Park through a speed motorboat via Mora Difalu River under Bagori Range of the Park and took stock of the condition of the marooned animals and measures taken by the Park authority to ensure their protection.

Assam CM directs forest dept to put up coordinated efforts for wildlife protection at Kaziranga

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday directed the district administration and the state forest department to put up coordinated efforts to ensure protection of wildlife at Kaziranga National Park from poaching and provide the animals adequate relief during flood.

Assam: 75% areas of Kaziranga under water, state government cancelled all leaves of forest staff

Guwahati, July 13 (IBNS): The flood situation in Assam worsened and along with the other parts of the state, the Kaziranga National Park has also been affected.

Five rhino poachers nabbed near Kaziranga National Park

Guwahati, Feb 7 (IBNS): The Assam police arrested five rhino poachers in central Assam’s Nagaon district on Tuesday, who were planning to poach rhino inside the World Heritage site Kaziranga National Park, officials said.

Current flood claims 229 animal lives including 15 rhinos in Kaziranga

Guwahati, Aug 19 (IBNS): The second wave of devastating flood has claimed at least 229 animals' lives including 15 one-horned rhinos in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park.

Assam forest minister take stock of Kaziranga flood situation

Guwahati, July 10 (IBNS): With the death 19 animals including an one horned rhinoceros, flood situation in Assam's Kaziranga National Park (KNP) worsened on Monday after flood waters inundated over 70 percent areas in the world heritage site.

Shrinkage of forest land is genesis of all wildlife related crimes: Assam CM

Guwahati, Sept 1 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday asked the forest officers to identify challenges posing dangers on wild lives, the sources of such challenges and develop a mechanism to counter them for the protection and conservation of forests and wild lives.