Describing the abundance of the wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) in Assam in his memoir Travels and Adventures in the Province of Assam (1855), Major John Butler, a British colonial military officer ...

Morigaon (Assam) [India], January 16 (ANI): The traditional buffalo fight, popularly known as 'Moh-Juj', was organised after a gap of nine years at Ahatguri as part of the 'Magh Bihu' celebration in ...

Breeding domestic buffaloes with wild buffalo bulls is a long-established cultural practice in Assam. -- Assam’s wild water buffalo population, that was once abundant, saw a dramatic decline, ...

Guwahati: In what may be called an implication of the Jallikattu ordinance, the organisers of traditional sports in Assam on Saturday resolved to defy the court ban on buffalo and bulbul fight of 2014 ...

The Assam government on Tuesday proposed to exclude the traditional buffalo fight from the ambit of the law to prevent cruelty to animals like the Jallikatu' in Tamil Nadu. Tabling the Prevention of ...

GUWAHATI: The Assam state government is planning to introduce a new law, allowing traditional buffalo fights to be held annually, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday. Buffalo fights ...

A pair of buffalos lock horns during a traditional buffalo fight held as part of Magh Bihu festivities at Boidyabori village, east of Guwahati, in the northeastern state of Assam. A decorated buffalo ...

PETA had filed the petition making the case for such events to be prohibited once again. The Gauhati High Court, in response to PETA India's application for interim relief against traditional Buffalo ...

The traditional buffalo fight was organized under government guidelines during Magh Bihu in Assam, ensuring harmony between ancient culture and animal welfare. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma ...

Guwahati, Jan 15: The traditional buffalo fight known as Moh Juj in Assam will not be officially held during this year's Magh Bihu festival. Water Resources Minister Pijush Hazarika announced on ...

Buffalo fights have been organised in different parts of the state, including Ahotguri and Sivasagar, during the harvest festival Magh or Bhogali Bihu since the Ahom rule. The practice was ...

File photo of a traditional buffalo fight held as part of Magh Bihu festivities in Assam on January 15, 2017. (AP Photo) GUWAHATI: Buoyed by the Tamil Nadu government allowing Jallikattu, the Ahatguri ...