Guwahati: Nearly 83,000 hectares of Assam land are currently being occupied by Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram, the state Assembly was informed on Wednesday.Border protection and development minister Atul Bora, replying to a query by Congress MLA Rekibuddin Ahmed, said 82,751.86 hectares across 18 Assam districts are presently under the control of the four…
Guwahati: Human-elephant conflict has claimed 1,147 human lives and 246 elephants in Assam over the past decade, the state govt informed the assembly on Tuesday.Forest minister Jayanta Mallabaruah said electrocution and train accidents remain the leading causes of elephant deaths, highlighting the continuing challenge of reducing human-wildlife conflict. He also said encroachment continues to affect…
Guwahati: Assam Police have filed chargesheets in just over half of the nearly 10 lakh criminal cases registered since BJP formed its first govt in the state in 2016, according to official data tabled in the assembly by chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday.In a written reply to a question by Congress MLA Rekibuddin…
