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Assam groups condemn arrest of IIT Bombay scholar Kalparnab Gupta, demand immediate release

Guwahati, Oct. 3 -- The arrest of IIT Bombay research scholar and civil liberties activist Kalparnab Gupta over alleged objectionable Facebook posts has triggered protests from civil society groups in... Read More


Assam conservation activist writes to Chief Secretary over Kaziranga ESZ restrictions

Guwahati, Sept. 29 -- Assam conservation activist Rohit Choudhury has written to the Chief Secretary of Assam seeking immediate and authoritative clarification on the legal basis of statements concern... Read More


Assam: Channa fishes seized at Guwahati airport amid Barca snakehead trafficking concerns

Guwahati, Sept. 29 -- A consignment of Channa fish was intercepted and seized at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport in Guwahati on Tuesday (September 29), amid growing scrutin... Read More


Five Assam elephants reach Tamil Nadu temples amid purchase, ownership questions

Guwahati, Sept. 25 -- The transfer of five young captive elephants from Assam to Tamil Nadu temples has triggered mounting questions over their ownership, provenance and the circumstances under which ... Read More


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