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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Sabha joins anti-tobacco drive - Literary organisation to make its office a tobacco-free zone
Jorhat, April 29: Asam Sahitya Sabha, the premier literary organisation of the state has decided to join the anti-tobacco campaign of the state tobacco control cell. Sabha general secretary Paramananda
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Flying cars and bamboo bicycles
‘Only commuters can comprehend the hassle that Guwahatians have to go through engaging the service of an auto...’ Necessity, so the saying goes, is the mother of invention. Well, one of the latest inventions
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Panel frowns on dam report
Guwahati, April 26: The forest advisory committee under the ministry of environment and forests has expressed “disappointment” on the report prepared by Water and Power Consultancy Services (India) Ltd
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5 die as storm lashes Tinsukia
Jorhat, April 24: At least five persons died and over 50 were injured when a hailstorm hit several parts of Tinsukia district late last evening. Strong winds damaged more than 600 houses in Kakopathar
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Rainwater harvest project in Gibbon - Project aimed at preventing animals from straying
Jorhat, April 24: The forest department is taking up a project to harvest rainwater from three rain-fed channels that flow through Gibbon wildlife sanctuary from the hills in neighbouring Nagaland under
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A month to file report on pollution
The Shillong bench of Gauhati High Court has given another month’s time to the Meghalaya government to file an affidavit explaining the steps initiated to check air, water and waste pollution in the state.
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The green revolution man - JNU honours villager who single-handedly grew a forest
Jorhat, April 22: A lonely cowherd who spent lazy afternoons planting trees while his cattle grazed along a sandbar on the Brahmaputra and single-handedly grew a forest, was honoured by the Jawaharlal
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Agri tag eludes broom industry
Meghalaya’s broomstick industry may be booming with high demand in other Northeast states, but it has a long way to go before becoming an organised and viable trade. The booming broomsticks industry in
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Arunachal moots climate cell - Action plan stresses research into horticulture sector
The Arunachal Pradesh government has recommended setting up of a climate change cell under the department of environment and forest for coordination among various departments for climate change intervention.
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Tech tools to test water
Guwahati, April 19: The city has just acquired two reasons to be more confident about its glass of water. The state public health engineering minister, Gautam Roy, today inaugurated a laboratory of the