Poaching refuses die down in the flooded KazirangaNational Park where 3 rhinos were killed for horns during the last 24 hours. That too in the presence of forest minister Pramila Rani Brahma, who arrived in the national park on Wednesday afternoon.
Poachers have killed a full grown rhino on Thursday wee hours when a huge portion of the world heritage site is still reeling under flood. The incident took place in the Bagori range where the forest guards spotted the carcass in the morning. Poachers were believed to have taken away the horn. The incident took place a day after poachers killed a full grown female rhino along with her calf on Wednesday. A section of the KNP officials has tried to blame it all on the flood. But the missing horn has proved, beyond doubt, that it was case of rhino poaching.
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A suspected Maoist activist was injured at an incident of shoot out in Tinsukia district on Saturday.The incident took place at a tea garden in Margherita where Assam Rifles jawans were on patrolling duty at night.According to reports, the Assam Rifles jawans asked four youths to halt after they were seen suspiciously moving to and fro in Namdang Tea Estate.But they started fleeing from the spot. One of them injured when the Assam Rifles jawans firing at them. He was rushed to the hospital. Interrogation is going on.
Poachers are still unleashing terror for wild animals in Karbi Anglong district.A full grown elephant was found dead in Baithalangsu area on Sunday.Parts of the carcass were missing. The trunk was lying desected. Forest officials called it a case of elephant poaching.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday flagged off a bike rally in Jorhat organized by a private university against rhino poaching on Sunday.Flanked by film actor Nishita Goswami, Gogoi said that a mass awareness is required to strengthen the fight for rhino conservation.Participated by hundreds of bikers, the rally was organized by Kaziranga University.
A tea garden manager was rescued in Jorhat district on Sunday 24 hours after he was kidnapped by a group of miscreants from Titabor.Identified as Moon Mahanta, the Lakhimijan Tea Estate manager claimed to have escaped from the abductors a day after he was whisked away from the office at gunpoint.Police later rescued him and took for medical test. The incident took place on Friday when armed miscreants took away the manager of the tea garden as he was disbursing salaries to the workers in the afternoon.
Security forces claimed to have killed two dreaded GNLA militants at an encounter in Goalpara district bordering Meghalaya on Sunday.According to information, the encounter took place during a combing operation at Borjhara area in Lakhipur in the wee hours.Police further recovered pistols and some ammunitions from their possession. The Garo militants have been unleashing terror along the Assam-Meghalaya interstate border for the last couple of years.
Customs officials and the West Bengal police have so far arrested 52 foreign tourists hours after they seized 22 satellite phones from a hotel in New Jalpaiguri on Saturday.According to information, these phones were seized from two foreign nationals---one from UK and another from Belgium.On the basis of their confessional statements, police further arrested 50 more foreign tourists from the New Jalpaiguri town.
Customs officials seized altogether 22 satellite phones from two foreign nationals in Jalpaiguri bordering Assam on Saturday.According to information, the phones were seized from a hotel during a raid in the afternoon. Two foreign nationals –one from UK and another from Belgium were arrested after recovering the satellite phones from their possession. Interrogation is in progress.
Sensation prevails in Amguri area when local residents in a tea garden recovered an unidentified body on Saturday.According to information, the female body was spotted from the workers of the Haluwating Tea garden at a drain. When informed police came and recovered the body. Body has been sent for post mortem.
Narendra Modi’s speech in the Khanapara rally seems to have drawn mixed response form the political parties.Senior BJP leaders have called it an illuminating. But Congress, Left and AGP leaders have found nothing notable in the 50 minute long speech by the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate.Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi told reporters in Sivasagar that this speech might pull hug crowd. But it was not the key to woo the voters.AGP leaders told Assam Times that the Gujarat Chief Minister hardly touch a few burning issues confronting the state for decades.The Left camp equally is not comfortable with the speech. Talking to Assam Times, a Left leader said that Congress and BJP are two side of a...
Startling facts seem to have surfaced on the naked dharna in Dispur on Saturday alleging horse trading by the Congress and BPF.Sources alleged it a conspiracy to foil the Narendra Modi’s rally in Khanapara.Those behind the conspiracy allegedly tried to divert the media attention from the BJP rally to the naked protest. The protesters were not prominent KMSS leaders to stage dharna against the horse trading in the Rajya Sa bha polls.Dispur police have already detained them for staging the naked protest in front of the state secretariat on Saturday.
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