Jayanta Deka News Today

The visit marked the beginning of academic collaboration between Girijananda Chowdhury University and the Royal Government of Bhutan.

Forest personnel resorted to firing at encroachers at Lathimari under Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuary early this morning, killing one Rohima Khatun.

Guwahati: A 40-year-old woman was killed and seven others, of whom three were civilians and four foresters, including the DFO, were injured in a clash.

While the eviction itself had been peaceful – most people left before the bulldozers arrived – five months later, the area has now witnessed violence.

Nagaon: Illegal Muslim encroachers attacked the forest office in Bura Chapari Sanctuary and injured four forest officials, including the District Forest

One person was killed and five others were injured on Monday in a clash between alleged encroachers and forest guards at the Burhachapori Wildlife San

Family members of Rahima Khatun, the woman killed in what officials call an act of self-defence, were said to have moved there because the place they had put up tents after their eviction had been flooded.

senior official said that around hundreds of people who were evicted in February had again occupied land. Forest officials were attacked when they went to drive them away from the place. The attackers were armed with sticks and machetes. He said that situation got tensed and forest officials fired in the air to disperse the mob . One woman was killed. Four forest personnel, including divisional forest officer Jayanta Deka and three civilians from the mob were injured.

One person was killed and at least seven others were injured on Monday in a clash between alleged encroachers and forest guards at the Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuary in Sonitpur district of Assam, officials said. Nagaon Wildlife Divisional Forest Officer Jayanta Deka claimed that alleged encroachers, who were earlier evicted from the forest, have been "trying to occupy land again" inside the sanctuary in the past few days.