Prasanta Mazumdar

The Assam Forest Department is ecstatic that a male tiger has been camera-trapped at the Dihing Patkai National Park. Its presence was verified by the Zoological Survey of India and the Margherita West Forest Range, Digboi Forest Division. Earlier, forest officials had discovered pug marks indicating the possible presence of a tiger. The camera trap record provides confirmation. “A rare and remarkable moment for Assam's rainforest landscape. Behind this record are countless hours of patrolling, monitoring and silent vigilance by our dedicated forest officers and frontline personnel,” Forest Minister Jayanta Mallabaruah said.

GUWAHATI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit ethnic violence-hit Manipur in the first week of October during which he will lay the foundation stone for the Senapati Medical College and oversee other developmental projects, according to the chief minister's office (CMO).

GUWAHATI: A shutdown was observed in Manipur's Naga areas on Friday to pay homage to four Naga civilians who were killed in an ambush by alleged Kuki rebels on Thursday.

GUWAHATI: Assam's Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) on Friday completed 25 years of rescuing, hand-raising, treating and rehabilitating orphaned and injured wild animals.

GUWAHATI: Five of 16 people from Assam reported missing after the devastating flash flood in Nepal are safe, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said.

TRIPURA : For 22 years, Dr Ratnabali Ray Sengupta of Tripura has been running a school for autistic children. What began as an effort to educate her own son evolved into a social initiative that has helped many children with special needs.

Nepal's death toll rises to 734, with nearly 3,000 missing as rescue and relief operations continue across flood-hit regions.

GUWAHATI: The Centre has deferred the Census exercise in Manipur, which was scheduled to begin on September 1, amid demands from Meitei and Naga organisations that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) be implemented before the Census and delimitation exercises.

GUWAHATI: Three Kuki-Zo villagers, including two women, were killed and four others from the community were injured in an attack by alleged Naga rebels in Manipur on Monday. The attack took place at N Teikhang Kuki village in Kuki-majority Kangpokpi district at around 8 am.

GUWAHATI: Manipur's nine Naga MLAs have written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah demanding the arrest of Kuki-Zo rebel leaders allegedly involved in