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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Tag plea for erosion displaced
Guwahati, Dec. 20: The Opposition AIUDF today sought permanent resident certificate (PRC) for internally displaced persons. Speaking in the Assembly, AIUDF legislator from Baghbor Sherman Ali Ahmed made
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National waterways status for Barak
Silchar Dec. 18: The Union ministry of shipping and road transport is finalising modalities and financial aspects to upgrade the Barak as part of the national waterways to link south Assam’s traffic with
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Arunachal unfazed over dams
Guwahati, Dec. 15: Arunachal Pradesh appears unfazed by the launching of a 10-day KMSS-led blockade of all supplies to NHPC’s under-construction Lower Subansiri hydel project located on the Assam- Arunachal
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Unprecedented power crisis hits lower Assam
Dhubri, Dec. 15: Scarcity of power has hit lower Assam like never before. For the past month, Dhubri, Bongaigaon and Goalpara districts have not received even one-third of their total power requirement.
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Sikkim races on organic route
Gangtok, Dec. 12: Almost one third of agricultural land in Sikkim has passed the first test as the state races to achieve organic status in four years. Certificates attesting to the organic cultivation
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Probe into Jaintia Hills cement plants
Shillong, Nov. 29: The high-level committee constituted by the Meghalaya government to probe whether cement plants in Jaintia Hills district have violated environmental norms has submitted its findings
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More ADB help for Assam
Assam is in line for another $300 million assistance from Asian Development Bank (ADB) for improving its power sector. The assistance has been earmarked in the loan pipeline agreed upon between the ADB
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Khaleda plea over Tipaimukh project
Calcutta, Nov. 24: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister and leader of the Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Begum Khaleda Zia, has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, expressing concern over the
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Delhi calms Dhaka on Tipaimukh
New Delhi, Nov. 22: India today yet again sought to assure Bangladesh that the Tipaimukh hydroelectric project being constructed across the Barak river in Manipur would have no adverse impact on Bangladesh.
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Schools declared tobacco-free, 2386 institutes in Golaghat district brought under the act
The Golaghat district administration, inspector of schools and district elementary education officer have jointly declared all schools under its jurisdiction tobacco free. According to the declaration,