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Gauhati HC declines to halt transfer of 5 Assam elephants to Tamil Nadu temples

Guwahati, Sept. 18 -- The Gauhati High Court has declined, for now, to restrain the transfer of five captive elephants from Assam to temples in Tamil Nadu, after the Assam government told the court th... Read More


Purchased or donated: Assam's 'Durga' reaches Madurai's Meenakshi Temple amid questions over elephant transfers

Guwahati, Sept. 15 -- Five-year-old female elephant Durga, transported nearly 3,000 km from Assam, reached the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, on Monday (September 14), coinciding with ... Read More


Assam's 'Durga' reaches Madurai's Meenakshi Temple amid questions over elephant transfers

Guwahati, Sept. 15 -- Five-year-old female elephant Durga, transported nearly 3,000 km from Assam, reached the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, on Monday (September 14), coinciding with ... Read More


Assam conservationist urges SC panel to halt transfer of 5 elephants to Tamil Nadu

Guwahati, Sept. 12 -- Assam conservationist Rohit Choudhury has urged the Supreme Court-appointed High Powered Committee (HPC) to immediately intervene and halt the ongoing transfer of four captive el... Read More


Seized elephant in Assam's Golaghat sparks ownership and documentation row

Guwahati, Sept. 12 -- A five-year-old elephant seized in Assam's Golaghat district has become the centre of a dispute over its ownership, paperwork, and movement between forest divisions, after conser... Read More


Assam: Max Cement plant hearing turns farce as villagers denied voice

Dharamtul, Aug. 29 -- A public hearing on a proposed cement grinding unit at Dharamtul in Central Assam's Morigaon district allegedly turned into a farce on Friday (August 28, 2026), as the administra... Read More


Assam: Gauhati High Court orders Rs 3 lakh compensation in 2018 Maibang police firing case

Guwahati, Aug. 29 -- Nearly eight and a half years after police firing at Maibang Railway Station in Assam's Dima Hasao district left two protesters dead and a dozen others injured, the Gauhati High C... Read More


Kaziranga at crossroads: A shrinking ESZ, expanding tourism and fight over land

Written by, Aug. 27 -- Kishor Kr Kalita, Mahesh Deka Kaziranga: At the back of a house near Dhansiri Mukh in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, wild elephants still wander up to the door most evenings.... Read More


NGT admits appeal against environmental clearance for Etalin project in Arunachal

Guwahati, Aug. 25 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has admitted an appeal challenging the environmental clearance granted to SJVN Limited for the 3,097-MW Etalin Hydroelectric Project in Arunachal... Read More


Assam red sanders auction row: Forest dept report raises questions over MK Yadav's role

Guwahati, Aug. 22 -- The Assam government's claim of suspected "large-scale irregularities" in the disposal and auction of seized red sanders has come under serious question, with a Forest department ... Read More