​​​​​​​Guwahati: A woman was allegedly murdered in Gossaigaon of Kokrajhar, Assam over accusations of her being involved in witchcraft.

CONCLUSIONS: Recognizing and integrating the behavior and ecology of secondary vectors into malaria control programs is essential for the development and deployment of more targeted and sustainable vector control strategies.

A golden langur was electrocuted and killed on Sunday morning inside Raimona National Park in Assam’s Kokrajhar district.

NEW DELHI: India and Bhutan will build their first cross-border railway lines in a US$454 million project set to be completed within four years, New Delhi announced on Monday (Sep 29).The initial 69km railway will link India’s northeastern city of Kokrajhar with Gelephu, a Bhutanese border town of around 10

Seven endangered golden langurs, rescued from wildlife traffickers from western Assam’s Chirang district on June 19, were released in the Sikhna Jwhwlao National Park on Thursday (June 25, 2026). Straddling Chirang and Kokrajhar districts in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), the 316 sq. km Sikhna Jwhwlao is the newest of Assam’s eight national parks. The golden langur (Trachypithecus geei) has one of the most restricted primate ranges in the world, found only in a narrow geographic corridor comprising western Assam and the foothills of southern Bhutan. Their 30,000 sq. km domain is bounded by rivers, including the Brahmaputra, on three sides and mountains in Bhutan on the fourth. Announcing the release of the rescued golden langurs, Assam Forest Minister Jayanta Mallabaruah said the primates completed a carefully supervised rehabilitation process before being reintroduced into their natural habitat. “Their health and behaviour were also assessed scientifically,” he said, describing the development as a major achievement in Assam’s wildlife conservation efforts and crediting the outcome to coordinated action involving forest officials, wildlife experts, enforcement agencies, and local communities. The released primates were among eight golden langurs rescued from nine wildlife traffickers, including a Bangladeshi national, during an operation conducted by the Assam...

Butterflies have revealed that some invasive plant species, disliked by conservationists and farmers, and avoided by herbivores, serve an ecological purpose. Bishal Basumatary, a research scholar at Bodoland University, set out to document the butterflies and their nectar sources in Raimona National Park. The university is on the outskirts of Kokrajhar, the administrative headquarters of the Bodoland Territorial Region, about 220 km west of Guwahati. The research was conducted under the supervision of Kushal Choudhury, an associate professor at the university’s Department of Zoology, between 2022 and 2025. Their study documented 220 species of butterflies, 56 species of larval host plants, and 41 species of nectar plants in the 422 sq. km national park that forms a large transboundary conservation landscape with Bhutan’s Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary. “One of the most significant findings is that Lantana camara, Chromolaena odorata, and Ziziphus mauritiana, which are generally regarded as invasive exotic species and are often excluded from forest management practices, serve as major nectar sources for a large number of butterfly species in the park,” Mr. Choudhury said. Lantana camara and Chromolaena odorata are recognised among the world’s most aggressive invasive plant species and regarded as ecologically undesirable because of their negative impacts...

Addressing a press conference here, Special Director General of Police Harmeet Singh said the Special Task Force (STF), along with Kokrajhar District Police, carried out an operation in Namapara area on Tuesday night and nabbed the two persons. ''The team, led by STF Inspector General Parthasarathi Mahanta, achieved a huge success in averting a possible major terror act by the Jihadi elements of a global terrorist organisation.

New Delhi: In a significant organizational move aimed at strengthening the party’s presence in Northeast India, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed Union Minister of State Tokhan Sahu as the Migrant In-Charge (Pravasi Prabhari) for the Kokrajhar (Scheduled Tribe) Lok Sabha constituency in Assam. The appointment is being seen as part of the BJP’s long-term political and organizational strategy…

Bodoland University Kokrajhar Recruitment – 13 Research Based Posts Bodoland University, Kokrajhar. Last Date: 11/12/2025. Bodoland University, Kokrajhar has released an employment notification for the recruitment of 13 Consultant, Research Scientist, Project Technical Support III and MTS posts in projects entitled "Equitable, Quality Universal Health Coverage Implementation Research Project for Optimizing Comprehensive Primary Health Care through Health and Wellness Centers (EQUIPHWCs – Udalguri District)" and Impact Evaluation of Strengthening Expanded Diagnostics at Ayushman Arogya Mandirs – Udalguri District". Interested and eligible candidates may apply here. Bodoland University Kokrajhar Recruitment 2025…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged people in Assam to punish Congress in the upcoming Assembly elections for encouraging illegal infiltrators and ignoring indigenous people. Prime Minister Modi, who began a two-day visit to the state on Friday, was addressing a public meeting in Kokrajhar virtually. (PTI photo) "Congress has always encouraged illegal infiltrators and continues to do the same. For decades, the party has not provided land rights to the indigenous people of Assam and even handed over the land of Adivasis to infiltrators," Modi said. Prime Minister Modi, who began a two-day visit to the state on Friday, was addressing a public meeting in Kokrajhar virtually from Guwahati.

A golden langur was electrocuted in Kokrajhar, Assam, raising alarms about wildlife safety. Experts urge immediate action to protect the endangered species.