Guwahati, May 29 (IANS) Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya has been leading an Indian delegation carrying the Holy Relics of Lord Buddha’s two principal disciples, Arhant Sariputra and Arhant Maudgalyayana, to Mongolia for a sacred exposition aimed at strengthening the centuries‑old spiritual and cultural ties between the two countries, officials said on Friday. The exposition is being organised under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, and is being regarded as a l…
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Guwahati/Darjeeling, May 19 (IANS) The Northeast Frontier Railway successfully organised the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Literature Festival 2026 in line with its vision of bringing together the industrial heritage of the UNESCO World Heritage Darjeeling Himalayan Railway and the rich oral and literary traditions of the Himalayan region, officials said on Tuesday. Northeast Frontier Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said that the four-day festival, held from May 15 …
Guwahati, May 15 (IANS) India has achieved a major milestone in wildlife conservation with the country’s first-ever satellite tagging of the endangered Ganges Softshell Turtle in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR), officials said on Friday.Announcing the achievement on the occasion of Endangered Species Day, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the initiative marked a historic step in India’s conservation efforts.Taking to social media, Sarma wrote: “A fir…
Guwahati, May 10 (IANS) Alert security personnel in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) have arrested three alleged poachers and recovered arms and ammunition, officials said on Sunday. KNPTR Director Sonali Ghosh said that acting on specific intelligence inputs, teams from the Eastern Range, Gamiri, and the Crime Investigation Range of the Biswanath Wildlife Division of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve apprehended three persons in connection with earlier wildlif…
Guwahati, May 10 (IANS) Once feared to have vanished from Assam’s river systems, the critically endangered gharial has been sighted once again in Kaziranga National Park, marking a remarkable and encouraging moment for wildlife conservation in the region, officials said on Sunday. The rare sighting has sparked hope among conservationists and wildlife experts, highlighting the success of ongoing efforts to restore and protect the state’s fragile riverine ecosystem.Kaziranga National Park and Ti…
Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), April 10 (IANS) In a tragic development, 14-year-old Srinanda from Kerala, who had gone missing while trekking with her parents in the mountain ranges of Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka, was found dead in a mountain gorge on Friday. Authorities, who had been conducting a search operation for three days, spotted her body 2,000 feet below the spot from where she had gone missing.According to the police, Srinanda, a native of Palakkad in Kerala, went missing from th…
Guwahati, Feb 25 (IANS) A total of 1,05,540 winged visitors belonging to 107 species were recorded in the latest water bird survey conducted at Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR), officials said on Wednesday. KNPTR Director Sonali Ghosh said that the 7th Kaziranga Waterbird Count documented 1,05,540 water and wetland-dependent birds representing 107 species. She said that the synchronised survey, conducted from January 4 to 11, 2026, covered 166 wetlands across 10 ranges u…
Guwahati, Feb 25 (IANS) A total of 1,05,540 water birds belonging to 107 species were recorded in the latest water bird survey conducted at Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR), officials said on Wednesday. KNPTR Director Sonali Ghosh said that the 7th Kaziranga Waterbird Count documented 1,05,540 water and wetland-dependent birds representing 107 species. She said that the synchronised survey, conducted from January 4 to 11, 2026, covered 166 wetlands across 10 ranges…
Guwahati, Feb 15 (IANS) A forest guard was killed and another seriously injured after a rhinoceros attacked them while on duty inside Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) in Assam on Sunday, officials said.According to a KNPTR official, the incident occurred at Bordoloni Camp under the Kohora Range around noon when 52-year-old Sahabuddin, a Home Guard, along with another forest staff member, Ramen Borah, was carrying out routine patrolling duties inside the protected area.Sahabuddin…
Kathmandu, Feb 15 (IANS) A massive crowd of devotees queued from early morning to offer prayers and worship Lord Shiva at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu on Sunday on the occasion of Mahashivaratri, one of the most revered Hindu festivals in Nepal. Pashupatinath is venerated as one of the supreme Shiva pilgrimage sites, alongside Kedarnath and Kashi Vishwanath. Devotees, particularly from Nepal and India, as well as from other regions, visit the Pashupatinath Temple during the festival.Fro…