New Delhi: An eight-yearold child was killed in a mudslide in Assam on Tuesday as two earthquakes jolted the state along with other northeastern states and Odisha.

Three children, who had gone for fishing in river Beki at Kalgasia village in Assam’s Barpeta district, were swept into the waters by the mudslide during the first tremor, official sources said.

GUWAHATI, April 11: The main objectives of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) are rural development and employment.

The induction of an unmanned aerial vehicle to carry out better surveillance of Kaziranga, the first time this is being done in the country, only underlines the failure of the Tarun Gogoi governmen

Guwahati: Assam government has launched a new healthcare scheme that is meant for providing substantial financial assistance to children upto the age of 12 years who are suffering from some critical diseases that require expensive treatment.

The scheme called ‘Sneha Sparsha’ (Touch of Love) will be set on the roll from the Ist Bohag (April 15), the first day in Assamese almanac. The government has already allotted the required fund (Rs 5 crore) for the scheme under the State Plan for implementation in the current fiscal (2013-14).

The Assam Government has launched a humane healthcare scheme for children from below poverty line (BPL) and low-income families to help them undertake medical treatment for some critical diseases.

Guwahati: Wildlife authorities are using aerial drones to oversee a natural game park in northeastern India to protect the one-horned rhinoceros from armed poachers.

World Bank, which is funding a $150-million project on integrated flood and erosion management in the Northeast, has called for a multi-sector approach towards management of water resources in the

Over 3,000 trees, including those falling within the Narpuh Reserve Forest in eastern Meghalaya, might face the axe for the proposed widening of the National Highway 44 which connects the state to

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken up the investigation into the spurt in rhino poaching in the State.

GUWAHATI: Public activist Deven Dutta on Sunday said that some organizations, which at one time were opposed to big dam construction, were now keeping silent on the issue because they are allegedly