SHILLONG: Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Wednesday inaugurated the Lake View Cottages and Orchid Lake Cottages near the scenic Umiam Lake constructed under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme of the Ministry of
SHILLONG: State Planning Board Chairman, Dr Donkupar Roy, has sent a letter to Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma demanding an amendment to the existing Land Transfer Act to be taken up during the next budget session. "The local indigenous people are not at all benefiting from the Act as it is not promoting the economic interest of the tribals," Roy said in the letter. According to Government st
Guwahati: Noted experts participating in a workshop on climate change here pn Monday said any action plan to mitigate impact of climate change will not succeed unless there is overwhelming people
Guwahati: A high-level inter ministerial Central Team led by K K Pathak ,Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs is in the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh for a four-day visit from Monday to assess the extent of damage caused due to natural calamities during 2010 in the hill state make inspection of worse affected areas. The team of eight member team representing various ministries
SHILLONG: The State has so far spent Rs 62.65 crore for rural electrification under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY). According to official figures, the amount spent in the various districts for electrification under RGGVY are Jaintia Hills (Rs 23.91 crore), Ri-Bhoi (Rs 13.17 crore), East Khasi Hills (Rs 11.45 crore), West Garo Hills (Rs 5.44 crore), East Garo Hills (Rs 4.79
SOHRA: The Cherrap-unjee Greater Water Supply scheme, commissioned last month at an estimated cost of Rs 4.13 crore was inaugurated on Monday to help alleviate the drinking water shortage faced by the locals of the "wet desert". Inaugurating the project formally on Monday, PHE Minister Preston Tynsong said the scheme would benefit 25,451 people of Sohra area.
NONGSTOIN: The proposed Kynshi hydel project has crossed a major hurdle as the landowners of the area have agreed to part with their land for the power project.
By H H Mohrmen When it comes to mining and saving the environment; the saying better late than never appropriately describes the conundrum the state of Meghalaya is facing now.
<p>AGARTALA: Upbeat by the possible reserve of coal in West Tripura’s Tulasikhar area, a far-flung tribal hamlet, local authority of Geological Survey of India (GSI), has sent a report to the Ministry of Coal and Mine, official sources said here on Friday. In the report, the GSI has recommended further study in and around Tuidangkhi, 40 km from Khowai subdivision town.
By Jyotshna Pandit For the first time, a comprehensive assessment on what climate change would manifest in over the next two decades - by 2030 - has been made available to the country as compared to earlier scenarios that projected climate change far beyond 2050s. Higher temperatures, heavier precipitation, rise in sea levels and adverse impacts on agriculture productivity and human health a
SHILLONG: The World Bank has sanctioned a loan of Rs 1070 crore ($200 million) for implementation of the Prime Minister's Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the State. Informing this in the Assembly on Thursday, Home Minister HDR Lyngdoh, also in-charge of PWD, said the State Government would receive the amount from the World Bank for PMGSY implementation from 2010-2011 to 2014-2015. "PWD official
