Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
At a district-level meeting of officials and representatives of different departments presided over by Gautam Ganguly, Deputy Commissioner, Cachar, at the Conference Hall, implementation of various schemes and projects came up for threadbare discussion. It was made known that the Agriculture Department would make available power pumps to the beneficiaries …
The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) today despatched a memorandum to the Union Minister of Petroleum and the chairman, Indian Oil Corporation urging them to take urgent action to retain the identity of Assam Oil Division, Digboi Refinery of the Indian Oil Corporation Limited, keeping in view the interest of …
In a bid to ease the man-elephant conflict, the Centre is planning a scheme of planting crops on elephant corridors, which elephants do not feed on. This was informed at a discussion on the problem on man-animal conflicts during the foundation day celebration of the Assam Academic Centre (AAC) at …
Alarming fall in agricultural productions in Assam has been admitted by the Chief Minister in a press conference on April 24 last. Though the Chief Minister on the first day of his assumption of office had emphasised that agriculture would be at the top of his agenda, the present day …
RANGIYA: With the monsoon having set in, the citizens here are in for another spell of unhygienic living, as heaps of garbage soil the roads and add to the existing filth and squalor. While waste and garbage spilling out of bins have become a common sight, most of the streets …
Assam and Jammu & Kashmir received the highest allocation of additional funds for police modernisation during the last fiscal. Twenty-four States had demanded a total of Rs 537.91 crore additional funds but the Centre allocated Rs 346.28 crore only based in their utilisation of funds in 2006-07 and funds available …
In what could open new doors towards development, Russia is keen to invest in areas like oil and gas, tourism, power and infrastructure development in Assam. Russian ambassador to India, Vyacheslav Trubnikov, disclosed this to Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at a meeting attended by senior officials of the Government of …
Japanese encephalitis immunization campaign started on April 2 completed successfully with an achievement of 92.3% of the target covering 4,19,965 children between age group of 1 to 15 years of age. A workable strategy was chalked out in the first District Task Force meeting held recently at DC Conference Hall, …
The All Assam Tribal Sangha (AATS) today said eight lakh bighas of land in the 47 tribal blocks and belts in the State have been under encroachment non-tribals, most of whom are people of suspected nationalities. This is despite the fact that the Tarun Gogoi-led Congress-BPF Government in Asom has …
Three more people were reported dead due to antric in the border area of Hailakandi district. With this the total death toll have risen to 20. Secretary, Hailakandi District Tribal Sangha has said to reporters that one Rejaring Tripura (29) of Kondanala village has died due to antric yesterday. Sources …
Frequent and unscheduled power cuts for long hours as well as low voltage created havoc for majority of the tea estates of Assam and industry sources said that if the situation does not improve soon, most of the gardens would face serious problems soon. Tea Industry sources told The Assam …
The Ministry of Power is considering two options including the proposal to construct a bridge over Brahmaputra river connecting Sadiya and Dhola in Assam, as part of the Dibang Multi-purpose Hydroelectric Project. The Ministry of Power has submitted a proposal to the Public Investment Board (PIB) for the Dibang Project …
A nine-member expert team headed by Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF-Wildlife) MC Malakar has started an on-the-spot visit to the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), Pabitora and Orang from today. The expert team visited Pabitora this morning and the KNP in the afternoon. It will visit Orang tomorrow. The committee …
With a view to generate an awareness across a cross section of people living in the rural areas on the need of conservation of Natural Environment and the significance of bio-diversity conservation, the Doulguri Jnan Jyoti Sangha a premier socio cultural organization of Hazarikapara in Sipajhar LAC organized a day …
