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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Dispur to hike BPL rice quota
Guwahati: The Congress-led government in Assam is going into an overdrive before the polls to reach out to all sections of the population. Chief minister Tarun Gogoi today announced his government
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Survey reveals arsenic in Titabor groundwater
Jorhat, Jan.
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Call to conserve wetlands in Dhubri - Migratory birds fall prey to poachers
Migratory birds visiting this region in winter fall prey to poachers because of the lack of conservation measures to protect the habitats of the feathered guests. A local NGO, working for preservation and protection of birds
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Straying rhino takes on Orang park ranger
A ranger at Orang National Park, Salim Ahmed, was injured when he was attacked by a rhino at Islampur, about 7km from the park, at 2pm today. The rhino had strayed out of the park two days back and crossed the Brahmaputra to areas in Nagaon and Morigaon districts
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Big cat collar beeps at Manas
- Translocated tiger located after eight months; forest official attacked at Islampur Forest officials heaved sigh of relief when a Royal Bengal tiger, captured in Sivasagar district after being embroiled in man-animal conflict and released at Manas National Park after being fitted with a radio collar about eight months ago, was located a couple of days back. This was the first tiger in the st
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Govt schemes ease life, hit rabi crops - Better seed policy, irrigation could help
The villagers in Assam are now giving less importance to cultivation, especially in the rabi crop season, after experiencing an easy way of life under the much-hyped MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) and Anna Suraksha schemes. An official of the state agriculture department told this correspondent that with the new government schemes being launched to benefit BPL
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Cameras for tiger study capture poachers at Orang
Camera traps, which up to now have clicked pictures of wildlife in Assam, have now for the first time taken pictures showing poachers at Orang National Park. Revealing this at a news conference today, Assam principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife), Suresh Chand, said pictures taken by camera traps hung on trees have been able to take pictures of a group of poachers who had killed a rhi
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Major research find on agar oil - Scientists zero in on fungus
Jorhat, Jan. 13: In what may be termed as a path-breaking find, a team of researchers from the Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI) here, led by Rajib Kumar Borah, claimed to have pinpointed the fungus which causes formation of agarwood, and ultimately, agar oil, used widely in the multi-million dollar global perfume industry. Director of the institute, N.K.
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India set for transit in Bangladesh
Agartala, Jan.