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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Study on Japanese encephalitis vaccine effects
Dibrugarh, Oct. 16: The Assam Medical College and Hospital and Regional Medical Research Councilat Lahowal in Dibrugarh will soon conduct a largescale study on the effects of Japanese encephalitis vaccine
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KMSS moots win-win land policy
The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) today proposed a unique land policy, which, while securing the land rights of the people living in the hills and wetlands in and around the city, also envisages
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Guwahati’s green lungs turn into dumping grounds
Parks were supposed to add beauty to the city, but most have now become dumping grounds of waste products. Many small parks, not frequented by people, have turned into huge litter bins by daily markets,
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Reopen hope for paper mill
Dhubri, Oct. 12: The Jogighopa unit of Ashok Paper Mill is likely to reopen in April 2012 after nearly three decades. Many organisations, including AASU and AKRSU, have been demanding the reopening of
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Four-lane project creates cracks in Meghalaya
Umsning (Ri Bhoi district), Oct. 11: Amid the dust and fading simmering heat that surround this hamlet, two words, “existing” and “bypass,” dominate the conversations against the backdrop of a deep conflict
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Protect Rajapara as vulture habitat: NGO
Dhubri, Oct. 10: An NGO working for the preservation and protection of forests and environment has demanded vulture habitat centre status for Rajapara reserve forest. According to Aranya Suraksha Samiti,
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36% rise in Tripura cancer cases - Tobacco the main reason
Agartala, Oct. 10: There has been an alarming 36 per cent rise in incidence of cancer in Tripura in the past five years, with nearly 50 per cent of the cases being attributed to consumption of tobacco
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Highway to Nathu-la cleared - villagers keen on tourists before lean season sets in
Gangtok, Sept. 30: The Jawaharlal Nehru Marg has been restored for traffic, allowing the army and people from the half a dozen villages that dot the route to Nathu-la to come down here to replenish their
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Govt asks for cement factory land report
Shillong, Sept. 28: The high-level committee constituted to reappraise the status of land under the utilisation of cement factories in Meghalaya’s Jaintia Hills district has been asked to submit its report
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Neighbours agree on panel for river waters
Ranchi, Sept. 28: The Jharkhand and Bengal governments have agreed to set up a joint committee to monitor the release of Subernarekha and Kharkai waters and minimise flood threats. The Bengal government