NE states show rise in HIV cases: Report
Guwahati: New HIV infections have been reported in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram in 2017, in spite of an overall decline in HIV infection in the country, according to a National AIDS
Telegraph (North East)
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SC petitioned to ‘save’ Subansiri - Risks to river ecosystem highlighted
Guwahati, Sept. 10: An NGO has moved the Supreme Court seeking appropriate directions to the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) to maintain a minimum flow of water from the Lower Subansiri
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Cement industry witnesses slump
Guwahati, Sept. 9: Local cement companies are turning aggressive and innovative on brand promotion and market penetration braving a recessionary trend triggered by high freight and coal cost, inadequate
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Tourism hope for Tripura’s valley of tears
- Dumbur lake to be transformed from hydel power reservoir to birdwatchers’ paradise. Agartala, Sept. 5: Long reviled as the vale of tears, Tripura’s lush green Raima valley, crisscrossed by the sprawling
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Bamboo’s bond with Tripura - Additional 50000 hectares earmarked to boost production
Agartala, Sept. 5: Every 48 years or so, the Northeast bears witness to a bizarre natural phenomenon. At this time, a particular species of bamboo flowers, all at once, across a wide area. This mass flowering
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CAG picks holes in NHPC claim - Audit reveals several factors apart from law & order behind delay
Guwahati, Sept. 4: A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit of the National Hydro Electric Power Corporation (NHPC) has revealed that several factors have been responsible for the tardy progress of
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ADB aid to Assam power sector
The Asian Development Bank is helping Dispur prepare a master plan for its power sector to create a road map for development. The technical assistance cleared by the bank this month is aimed at carrying
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South model to keep roads clean
The Pollution Control Board, Assam, is considering to make it compulsory for apartments, hospitals and hotels to install a new garbage disposal machine on their premises, in a bid to make the city filth-free.
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NHPC boss to take up Akhil demand - Delhi to hear Subansiri project halt plea
Guwahati, Aug. 27: The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) today assured the KMSS that it would take up with the power ministry the demand for stopping work on the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric
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Garbage threat to sculptures - Cleanliness requests to sukreswar temple and chatribari residents
Aug. 16: Garbage dumped by people on the banks of the Brahmaputra is leading to pollution of the surroundings around the rock-cut sculptures of Vishnu Janardan on the river bank near Sukreswar temple,
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Green tribunal for nod on Net
The National Green Tribunal has asked the Union ministry of environment and forests to display forest clearances granted by it in the future on its own website within a week from the date when the clearance