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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Acute power crisis looms over Meghalaya
- Water level of Umiam recedes, triggering loadshedding; students, industry affected. Meghalaya is staring at widespread power cuts as the water level in Umiam lake has recorded 16 feet lower than last
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Youths strum to save endangered turtles
Jorhat, Jan. 4: Do not kill endangered turtles just because they taste delicious with rice, sang a group of youths, standing in a semi-circle, strumming a guitar, hours after rescuing seven of the species
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Govt offers talks to anti-dam lobby
- Dispur invites KMSS and other organisations for discussions tomorrow Guwahati, Jan. 3: Dispur this evening formally invited the anti-dam groups for talks on January 5 while issuing a separate public
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Night shelters for destitute go empty - NGOs appeal to police and public to guide street dwellers to homes
The eight NGOs that were entrusted with the task of running eight night shelters in the city have expressed their disappointment over the lack of awareness regarding the facilities offered by them, in
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Offers fail to dent anti-dam crusade
Guwahati, Jan. 1: The Assam government’s announcement today of three measures to allay fears about any adverse impact of the Lower Subansiri dam failed to cut ice with the anti-dam brigade, with AASU extending
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Police cane anti-dam activists - Move to disperse blockade enforcers
Guwahati, Dec. 27: Police today resorted to lathicharge and used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse anti-dam protesters blocking National Highway 52 in Lakhimpur district of Assam. Lakhimpur superintendent
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Sikkim quake holes
Jalpaiguri, Dec. 26: An IIT Madras team of experts has pointed out a series of lapses in various quarters that multiplied the extent of damage to buildings, roads and monasteries in Sikkim during the September
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Raj Bhavan to flex solar power muscle
Dec. 26: Raj Bhavan will glow in solar power and lead the way in use of renewable energy when a 30KW solar power plant is installed on the premises in another six months. The power plant project, to cost
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Lake waits for sanctuary tag - Assam Assembly to discuss wetland status for Sareswar
Dhubri, Dec. 22: After years of movement and persuasion at the bureaucratic level, the Assam Assembly will discuss tomorrow if Sareswar Beel (wetland) can be called a bird sanctuary. The lake is under
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Govt rejects World Bank roads report - We did better: Mizo PWD
Guwahati, Dec. 22: Mizoram has rejected the World Bank’s assessment of the state roads project being “moderately satisfactory”, saying it was “highly satisfactory”. The bank, which had funded the project,