GUWAHATI, July 2 ? Wild animals straying into human habitation is something that has been happening with alarming frequency of late. So much so that the Assam State Zoo alone has made ?wild rescue? of as many as 84 animals and birds during a period of just three months from April 1 to June 30 this year. Of these, 29 were rescued in Guwahati itself. Last year also, the zoo recorded a total of 82 rescued animals and birds from different parts of the State, 69 of those occurring in the city.

Of the 84 animals, there are 32 mammals, 37 reptiles and 15 birds. The animals include tiger, leopard...

SHILLONG, July 2 ? Kidnapped Indian Forest Service official D Sathyen was released unharmed at Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district last night after about a fortnight amidst claims by the State government that no ransom had been paid to the abductors for his release. Sathyen, who is in-charge of Balpakram National Park, was escorted back to the Divisional Forest Officer's office at Baghmara in South Garo Hills district at 10.30 pm last night by some Forest officials, Pricipal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) V K Nautiyal said.

Sathyen was found to be in a healthy condition, he said but...

GUWAHATI, July 2 ? The Assam-Nagaland Border Co-ordination Students? Union ? a joint platform of the Golaghat district units of the All Assam Students? Union, All Bodo Students? Union, Assam Tea Tribes Students? Association and the All Assam Gorkha Students? Union ? will observe a 100-hour fast from 9 am of July 9 at Golaghat town demanding permanent settlement to the people of Doyang areas. The Co-ordination Committee has also demanded peaceful resolution of the border dispute with Nagaland, security to the life and property of the people living in the inter-State boundary areas and...

GUWAHATI, July 2 ? The Issac-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) was involved in yesterday?s attack on an eviction party in which one Extra Assistant Commissioner (EAC) of the State was killed in the Dhansiri Reserved Forest area of Karbi Anglong district. The encroachers were all from Nagaland and the armed militants of the NSCN faction backed them. The militants were equipped with sophisticated weapons like sniper rifles. They were backed by the armed militants of the faction from the Hebron designated camp. This camp is located within one km distance from...

Imphal, July 1: The banned Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) pulled up three leaders of a well-known women?s organisation in Manipur for taking money from a housewife. The KYKL asked the International Manipuri Mothers? Association president Khuman Leima, secretary Tejbati Devi and publicity secretary Ashangbi Devi of the Imphal-based organisation to surrender to the outfit within a week and also return the money (taken as bribe) to the housewife. A spokesman for the outfit said the three leaders took a sum of Rs 7,500 from Warokpam Sophia Devi of Wangoi Laiphrakpam Leikai in Imphal West promising...