Assam
HAFLONG - The tranquillity of Jatinga, a scenic village nestling among the Borail Hills range, is shattered every night by a disturbing occurrence - the 'mass suicide' of hundreds of birds.
KAZIRANGA - Floodwaters of the mighty Brahmaputra Monday entered the Kaziranga National Park in Assam forcing scores of endangered animals to escape to safer areas, officials said.
MAJULI - The central government Tuesday announced a Rs.50- million financial package to save from extinction Assam's Majuli, the largest river island in South Asia, large swathes of which are being eroded by annual floods in the Brahmaputra.
KAZIRANGA - The Border Security Force (BSF) will be deployed at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam to check a spurt in incidents of rhino slaughtering by organised syndicates, officials said Thursday.
KAZIRANGA - Two endangered one-horned rhinos were killed by poacher gangs at the famed Kaziranga National Park in Assam, taking the toll of the giant pachyderms slaughtered so far this year to 14, officials said Tuesday.
