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Caught In Gunfight Between Smugglers And Guards, Elephant Killed In Assam Forest
A female elephant was killed in an exchange of fire between forest personnel and suspected logwood smugglers from Arunachal Pradesh inside the Dehing Patkai National Park, officials said on Thursday.
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Gauhati High Court Takes Up Case Against Coal Mining In Dehing Patkai Forest
The Gauhati High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Centre, state, Coal India and other stakeholders after taking up a suo motu case against coal mining in the Dehing Patkai forest, also known as the Amazon of the East.
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No "Final Clearance" Given To Extract Coal From Dehing Patkai Forest: Assam
The Assam government claimed today that no "final approval" has been given to Coal India Limited for extraction of coal from the areas around the Dehing Patkai tropical rain forest in Upper Assam, famously known as the Amazon of the East.
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Amid Social Media Protests, Mining Firm Claims Coal Extraction "On Hold" At Assam's Dehing Patkai
At a time when a social media campaign in Assam against the Centre's approval for coal mining around the Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve is gathering steam and the Assam government assuring a review on the decision to allow coal mining in the rain forest of Dehing Patkai, better known as the Amazon of the East, the mining firm has finally broken its...
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Illegal Coal Mining Continued In Assam Sanctuary Before Centre's Approval: RTI
At a time when social media in Assam is buzzing with campaigns against a green signal by the National Board of Wildlife for coal mining in a part of a wildlife sanctuary in the state's Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts, an RTI reply had revealed that coal mining has been happening in that area even before the clearance was given by the wildlife body...
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Rare wild cats caught on camera
In Dehing Patkai, a little known rainforest in Upper Assam, a biologist has documented seven species of wild cats which is the highest number photo-documented anywhere in the world.
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Caught In Gunfight Between Smugglers And Guards, Elephant Killed In Assam Forest
A female elephant was killed in an exchange of fire between forest personnel and suspected logwood smugglers from Arunachal Pradesh inside the Dehing Patkai National Park, officials said on Thursday.
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Gauhati High Court Takes Up Case Against Coal Mining In Dehing Patkai Forest
The Gauhati High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Centre, state, Coal India and other stakeholders after taking up a suo motu case against coal mining in the Dehing Patkai forest, also known as the Amazon of the East.
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No "Final Clearance" Given To Extract Coal From Dehing Patkai Forest: Assam
The Assam government claimed today that no "final approval" has been given to Coal India Limited for extraction of coal from the areas around the Dehing Patkai tropical rain forest in Upper Assam, famously known as the Amazon of the East.
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Amid Social Media Protests, Mining Firm Claims Coal Extraction "On Hold" At Assam's Dehing Patkai
At a time when a social media campaign in Assam against the Centre's approval for coal mining around the Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve is gathering steam and the Assam government assuring a review on the decision to allow coal mining in the rain forest of Dehing Patkai, better known as the Amazon of the East, the mining firm has finally broken its...
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Illegal Coal Mining Continued In Assam Sanctuary Before Centre's Approval: RTI
At a time when social media in Assam is buzzing with campaigns against a green signal by the National Board of Wildlife for coal mining in a part of a wildlife sanctuary in the state's Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts, an RTI reply had revealed that coal mining has been happening in that area even before the clearance was given by the wildlife body...
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Rare wild cats caught on camera
In Dehing Patkai, a little known rainforest in Upper Assam, a biologist has documented seven species of wild cats which is the highest number photo-documented anywhere in the world.
