Finally, Kaziranga breathes free
GUWAHATI: Mining permissions granted without required approvals, unscientific mining and lack of a mechanism to ensure compliance with environmental safety standards. These were some of the rampant violations
Times Of India (Guwahati)
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Man-elephant conflict unabated in Udalgiri, six killed in June
Attacks by wild elephants continue in villages along the India-Bhutan border in Assam's Udalguri district with three people being trampled to death within a week this month and several houses being damaged.
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Govt to bring down rate of malnutrition to 25% by 2016
The state social welfare department is going to start a nutrition mission to bring down the rate of women and children suffering from malnutrition in the state, which is around 39 per cent at present,
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Meghalaya keen on trying DRDOs eco-friendly toilets
To improve sanitation in rural areas and in congested cities and towns in the state, the Meghalaya government will sign an MoU with the Defence Research and Development Authority (DRDO) to implement the
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Make Bharalu pollution-free, local residents appeal
Residents and social activists have urged candidates contesting in the Guwahati Municipal Corporation civic polls, to be held on June 19, to clean the Bharalu river. They want the elected representatives
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Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti rejects design panel report on Subansiri dam
The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) on Monday said that it would not accept the Dam Design Review Panel (DDRP) report on the Lower Subansiri hydroelectric project at Dollungmukh in Arunachal Pradesh
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Sangai count at Keibul Lamjao National Park rises
IMPHAL: The population of the rare brow antlered deer, popularly known as sangai at Keibul Lamjao National Park (KLNP), has increased to 206 from 180 in 2003. Manipur forest officials, environmentalists
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Nagaland's 2013-14 annual plan pegged at Rs 2000 crore
Kohima: Nagaland's annual plan for 2013-14 has been fixed at Rs 2000 crore. The plan was finalized in New Delhi on Monday at a meeting between Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia
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Tripura government encourages gas exploration drive
The Tripura government is encouraging exploration agencies, including state-owned companies ONGC and GAIL, to go for massive gas exploration drive in the state. Besides ONGC and GAIL, the state government
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Floods cut off village in Arunachal
Disruption of surface communication in flood-hit Kurung Kumey district bordering China has severely affected rescue operations. The rescue team has been unable to reach Sarli, a remote village in the
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State government can now give environment nod to projects
The state government has now been empowered by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to give environment clearance to small, 'B' category projects, which include hydroelectric projects up