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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Floods destroy crops worth Rs 993cr: Central teams assess damage
Guwahati, July 11: The team sent by the Centre to assess flood damage in Assam today split into three groups and visited different affected districts, where the crop loss in the current wave has been pegged
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Panel seeks strong bill to save whistleblower
Shillong, July 9: In the wake of the assault on RTI activist and Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi, the National Campaign for Peoples’ Right to Information (NCPRI) today demanded a strong
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Awards for small planters proposed
Guwahati, July 9: The Tea Board of India has decided to institute awards to encourage small tea growers of the region to grow and manufacture good quality tea. The awards will be instituted on the lines
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Kaziranga rues staff shortage - Jorhat plans community nurseries as park seeks manpower to save animals
Jorhat, July 6: Kaziranga National Park has blamed the shortage of manpower, which has hampered rescue operations, leading to the death of more than 500 animals during the recent floods. The toll may go
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Mizoram faces power tariff hike
Silchar, July 6: Mizoram is facing a stiff power hike which is likely to be announced by the government in the last week of this month. A senior official of the Mizoram power and electricity department
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Plans in time of waterlogging: Govt to seek IIT help on floods
July 4: The Kamrup (metro) district administration will now seek the help of IIT Guwahati to conduct a study into the perennial problem of waterlogging in the city. The study will be undertaken to find
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N-E projects slow: Minister
New Delhi, July 3: Union minister for road transport and highways C.P. Joshi has asked the ministry to immediately dispatch a special team of engineers, given the tardy progress of road projects in the
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Dispur seeks China, Bangla aid Project to tackle floods
Guwahati, July 3: Dispur is working on an ambitious project to involve China and Bangladesh in tackling the perennial flood problem in the state. Chief minister Tarun Gogoi today said he met representatives
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Most parts of Majuli under water: Steps to control floods go for a toss
Jorhat, June 27: Flood control measures undertaken by the Brahmaputra Board in Majuli went for a toss today after the Red River breached an embankment at Sonowal Kachari, submerging vast areas of the river
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Big plans for small growers -Tea Board to provide all help to make sector organized
Guwahati, June 27: The Tea Board of India is planning big for small tea growers of the state. “The plan is to make the small tea growers’ sector an organised one, for which big steps have to be taken,”