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Camera traps record 118 tigers in Kaziranga in 3 years

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Camera traps have recorded the presence of 118 tigers in the Kaziranga National Park in the last three years.

The annual monitoring of tigers in the KNP using camera traps during 2009, 2010 and 2011

Storm affects life in Barak Valley

A child was killed and life in three Barak valley districts has been thrown out of gear since the past two days due to a severe storm that damaged houses, uprooted trees and electricity pillars and sn

Major fire in Numaligarh refinery

A major fire on Saturday broke out at Numaligarh Refinery Limited in Assam's Golaghat district, officials said.

There was an explosion at the hydrogen cracker plant area of the refinery at about 6:3

Close shave for 26 babies as fire breaks out in hospital

Twenty-six new born babies had a miraculous escape early this morning when a fire broke out in the special care unit at the Jorhat Medical College.

Hospital authorities said the fire broke out in the

72 suspected Bangladeshi nationals offloaded from train

Around 72 suspected Bangladeshi nationals were offloaded from a train and detained in Assam's Nagaon district on Saturday, police said.

The passengers were travelling in the Rajyarani Express, which

Woman bites child to death

A woman, alleged to be insane, bit her new-born daughter to death in Assam's Cachar district, police said on Wednesday.

The woman, Amela Begum Laskar, had given birth to her daughter 18 days ago at

Assam constable runs 156km barefoot

A constable from Assam Police ran an incredible 156.2 km barefoot in just 24 hours, and is set to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.

Abhijit Baruah, 22, from Jorhat town in Upper Assam, began

Assam polls: Cong, AGP locked horns in flood-prone dist

Construction of dams and deluge problems are campaign issues both for the Congress and AGP locked in direct contest in four of the the six assembly seats in flood-prone Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts, which will go to the polls on April 4.

WikiLeaks exposes BJP's opportunistic politics: Sonia

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Citing the WikiLeaks disclosures, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday accused the BJP of indulging in "opportunistic politics" and asked as to how people could believe the Opposition party.

Chief minister Tarun Gogoi comfortably placed in Titabor

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has a clear edge over all his 11 opponents in Titabor Assembly constituency which goes to polls on April 4.

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