Pijush Hazarika inagurates the 5th Falcon Festival at Umrangsu in Dima Hasao.
Over 10,000 birds -mostly migratory – have been found dead near Rajashtan’s Sambhar Lake, the country’s largest inland saltwater lake near Jaipur, since Monday. The samples of the dead birds have led the forest department to believe the cause of death may be avian botulism, which occurs when birds feed
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who spearheaded the brutal crushing of the Tamil Tigers 10 years ago, stormed to victory Sunday in Sri Lanka’s presidential elections seven months after terror attacks killed 269 people. The retired lieutenant colonel, nicknamed the “Terminator” by his own family, won 53-54 percent of the vote, his spokesman
A wild rogue elephant which was tranquilized recently by the forest department has died in captivity, officials said. “The animal was doing fine but the keepers have reported that it died around 5.30 a.m. today (Sunday),” said a senior official of the Orang national park. The 35-year old bull (male)
A federal US commission on international religious freedom has alleged that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam is a tool to “target religious minorities and to render Muslims stateless”. Observing that the final NRC list, which validates bona fide Indian citizens of Assam, has excluded 19 lakh residents,