Free insurance policies to students for dengue
Students of nine schools of Kamrup district received free insurance policy of Rs 20,000 for dengue under the collaboration of a social-based organisation Drishtee and CAFE India under the Behtar India
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Meghalaya to form two panels to tackle influx
SHILLONG, Sept 5 – Meghalaya today decided to form two committees to study the influx problem and suggest appropriate measures to tackle it. State Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, making a suo moto statement
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Centre urged to end Subansiri dam stand-off
ITANAGAR, Aug 29 – A delegation of legislators from Arunachal Pradesh called on Union Power Minister M Veerappa Moily in New Delhi on Tuesday and submitted a memorandum demanding early solution to the
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Tea industry set for another revolution
DIBRUGARH, Aug 29 – The State tea industry is set for another revolution with the creation of a separate Small Tea Growers’ Development Directorate in the tea-growing district here by October next, establishment
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Temporary halt to Subansiri Project
GUWAHATI, Aug 27 – The National Hydro Electric Power Corporation (NHPC) which today had a discussion with the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) and the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP),
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Brahmaputra tributaries causing massive erosion
TEZPUR, Aug 27 – Continuous erosion caused by tributaries of the Brahmaputra like Gabharu, Belsiri and Jiabhoroli has turned serious in Sonitpur district during the last couple of days, posing a serious
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Wildlife rehab centre completes 10 years
GUWAHATI, Aug 27 – An elephant calf injured in man-elephant conflict, a rhino orphaned by poachers, a full-grown tiger in a well, or a leopard in a house! These are four of the 1,600 animals comprising
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No blanket ban on rat-hole mining: Lanong
SHILLONG, Aug 27 – Despite widespread opposition against unscientific rat-hole mining, Meghalaya’s draft mining policy does not propose to ban such mining practices, instead the draft policy has incorporated
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Indo-Bangla sub-group meet on Tipaimukh
NEW DELHI, Aug 27 – The first meeting of the India-Bangladesh Sub-group on Tipaimukh Hydroelectric project got underway here today. The two-day meeting is slated to formulate the terms of reference for
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5 districts reeling under flood
GUWAHATI, Aug 26 – The water level of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries maintained a rising trend today with five districts of Assam reeling under the third wave of floods, reports PTI. Heavy and incessant
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Don’t harm wetlands during rehab of landless
GUWAHATI, Aug 26 – Asking the State government to plan the rehabilitation of the landless people in such a manner as it does not have adverse impact on the water bodies and wetlands in and around the city,