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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OIL project one of 12 best case studies
Jorhat, Sept. 28: Project Rupantar, an ongoing corporate social responsibility project of Oil India Limited, Duliajan, to develop and support self-help groups, has been selected as one of the 12 best case
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Sikkim road link snaps for six hours
Evacuation continues, army drops food ration Gangtok, Sept. 25: A landslide at 32 Mile on National Highway 31A today cut off Sikkim’s sole road link with the rest of the country for six hours. The highway,
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Villagers feed jumbos in forest
Kokrajhar, Sept. 25: Various organisations, NGOs and citizens in Udalguri district, which have been feeding elephants in the forest area, have come together to find a permanent solution to mitigate the
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New tiger count begins in Oct.- WWF India to lay camera traps for estimation of big cats in Arunachal
Guwahati, Sept. 21: WWF India will begin its tiger estimation effort in the picturesque Tale wildlife sanctuary of Arunachal Pradesh with camera traps in the first week of October. The area in the Nameri-Pakke
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Epicentre need not be as safe as Mangan
Sept. 20: Mangan town, which many consider the epicentre of the quake, does not show extensive damage and only one death has been reported there so far. The relatively unscathed appearance of Mangan has
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Meghalaya mining zones in fear grip - In mine belt, it does not take a quake to crack roads
Shillong, Sept. 19: Last evening’s quake in Sikkim and Bengal also shook Jaintia Hills not just with tangible tremors but with fears of what an earthquake of higher magnitude could do to its roads and
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HC seeks board status report on Majuli
Gauhati High Court today directed the Brahmaputra Board to submit a status report on steps taken for the protection of Majuli island from floods and erosion. The board will have to furnish the report
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Rural health plan lessons for legislators
Shillong, Sept. 16: The maxim — it’s never too late to learn — aptly applies to Meghalaya legislators who were sensitised with the fundamentals of the flagship National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in an
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NGOs for bill amendment
Shillong, Sept. 16: Social organisations in Meghalaya today sought the intervention of chief minister Mukul Sangma on the Centre’s Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, as it did
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Leave Urvasi alone: NGO- Citizens First asks Dispur not to allow construction on island
A city-based NGO today urged Dispur not to allow construction at Urvasi island on the Brahmaputra. The NGO, Citizens First, submitted a memorandum to chief secretary Naba Kumar Das, objecting to an application