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...

The Assam Forest Department on Saturday (July 4, 2026) released a special booklet on the butterflies found in the forest landscape of the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR). Hagrama Mohilary, the Chief Executive Member of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), released the booklet in Kokrajhar, about 220 kilometres west of Guwahati. The BTC administers the Kokrajhar-headquartered BTR comprising five districts, all bordering Bhutan. Spread across 3,653 sq. km., the Bodoland forest landscape comprises a mosaic of tropical evergreen, semi-evergreen, moist mixed-deciduous forests, and alluvial grasslands situated at the confluence of the Indo-Malayan and Indo-Gangetic biogeographic zones. The landscape supports 346 of Assam’s 620 recorded butterfly species, including several rare, endemic and threatened taxa, making BTR one of the richest butterfly habitats in Northeast India. According to Sonali Ghosh, the chief of the Forest Department for BTR, the region is the only ecological corridor in the Northeast where butterfly species of the Eastern Himalayas, Indo-Malayan region, and the Indo-Gangetic plains occur together. BTR’s Ultapani-Manas landscape supports several rare and remarkable butterflies including the endemic yellow-crested spangle (Papilio elephenor) and Swinhoe’s flat (Celaenorrhinus zea). Other notable Eastern Himalayan species recorded from the landscape include the great windmill (Byasa dasarada), Moore’s cupid (Shijimia moorei), Mussoorie...

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...

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Kokrajhar/Guwahati A few forest employees were injured after a mob attacked the office of the Ronikhata group in Assam's Chirang district on Friday after a few locals were arrested for alleged encroachment on reserved forest land, officials said. Officials were injured when locals vandalized the forest office over detention of 'encroachers' in Assam The mob reportedly ransacked the forest reserve office and set fire to government vehicles inside the building located near the Bhutan border. Senior police officers rushed to the spot to control the situation as locals tried to block the road by burning furniture from the forest office and laying stones.

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.

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.

Guwahati, March 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday virtually addressed a large gathering in Kokrajhar from Guwahati after inclement weather prevented him from travelling to the Bodoland area as scheduled. Addressing the people of Bodoland through a virtual link, the Prime Minister said he had started from Delhi with the intention of reaching Kokrajhar, but could not do so due to adverse weather conditions.

Guwahati, March 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Assam on Friday to kickstart a series of programmes in the state. During his two-day visit, he will inaugurate, dedicate to the nation, lay foundation stones, perform Bhoomi Poojan and flag off multiple development projects worth more than Rs 47,600 crore across Kokrajhar, Guwahati and Silchar. The Prime Minister will perform Bhoomi Poojan of Assam Mala 3.0, a major road infrastructure initiative worth over Rs 3,200 crore, in Kokrajhar in the evening.

New Delhi, March 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam and West Bengal on Friday and Saturday to attend multiple programmes and launch major development initiatives aimed at strengthening connectivity and infrastructure in the region. During his visit, the Prime Minister will attend events in Kokrajhar, Guwahati and Silchar in Assam before travelling to Kolkata in West Bengal.

New Delhi, March 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam and West Bengal over the next two days -- Friday and Saturday -- to attend multiple programmes and launch major development initiatives aimed at strengthening connectivity and infrastructure in the region, government officials said on Thursday. During his visit, the Prime Minister will attend events in Kokrajhar, Guwahati and Silchar in Assam before travelling to Kolkata in West Bengal.

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 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate a significant wave of development projects in Assam, totaling nearly Rs 48,000 crore, as announced by officials. The two-day visit will see the Prime Minister launching and commencing several initiatives across Kokrajhar, Guwahati, and Silchar.

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SFLC noted the glaring irregularities related to the internet shutdowns imposed in Baksa, Karbi Anglong and now in Chirang and Kokrajhar.

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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…

Mobile internet was suspended indefinitely in the district as a precautionary measure.