Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of Tapas Guha & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 06/05/2024. The Ministry of Civil Aviation of the Union Government decided to build a commercial Airport at Silchar in Assam since the existing defence airport is not suitable for domestic …
SILCHAR: The exploitation of environment by man is nothing new. This has reached its nadir in the 20th century all over the world. Man exploits natural resources, plants and trees but substitutes nothing to maintain balance. The environmental backlash of humanity for its own advancement and natural destruction has landed …
Assam has sought financial assistance from the Centre and multilateral funding agency, Asian Development Bank (ADB), for upgrade of sectors like power, tourism and urban development in the state. A strong request was made by the Assam government to the department of economic affairs (DEA) under the Union ministry of …
GUWAHATI: The first State review of the ongoing externally-aided projects in Assam took place today at the NEDFi House in Guwahati. The discussion was attended by Additional Chief Secretary PP Varma, Government of Assam, Principal Secretary of the Finance Department HS Das, Asian Development Bank (ADB) country director Hun Kim, …
Silchar, July 6: Mizoram is facing a stiff power hike which is likely to be announced by the government in the last week of this month. A senior official of the Mizoram power and electricity department in Aizawl said the power tariff is likely to increase by 10.16 per cent. …
SILCHAR: Arunodoy Sangha, NGO, and the forest department of Cachar, on Tuesday launched save nature campaign on the occasion of the World Environment Day at Udharband, 13 km from here. The campaign began with the conveyance of the message of the day and through mass plantations of trees, both general …
SILCHAR: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken up the case of land-grabbing, diversion of forest land on Patharia Reserve Forest, pushing about 300 families of forest dwellers on the brink of starvation, besides rendering them homeless. The human rights watchdog of the nation registered the case in the …
New Delhi A specialised body for promoting sustainable development of the Indian auto sector, dubbed the National Automotive Board, is likely to be set up by April. "The proposed National Automotive Board (NAB), which is being finalised by the Department of Heavy Industry, is likely to be cleared by the …
Silchar, Feb. 7: The proposal of the Congress-ruled Mizoram government to build a 5km mono rail network across the hill capital town of Aizawl to ease traffic has made considerable headway. The state government has now asked the RITES, Rail India Technical & Economic Services Limited, an engineering and consultancy …
JORHAT (ASSAM): The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Friday appealed to the Nagaland government and its people to help the organisation resume oil exploration in the state. Production from Champak oil field in Nagaland was 150 tons per day till its operation was stopped in 1994 due to …
AGARTALA: The first unit of 726 MW Palatana power project, which was supposed to be commissioned by February next year, will be coming up by May 2012, said Chief Secretary SK Panda here on Wednesday. Panda who held a high level meeting here to review the progress of the mega …
Silchar Dec. 18: The Union ministry of shipping and road transport is finalising modalities and financial aspects to upgrade the Barak as part of the national waterways to link south Assam’s traffic with the mainland through Bangladesh. A senior official of the Central Inland Water Transport Corporation in Karimganj town …
Silchar, Oct. 18: The Assam public health engineering department plans to set up a Rs 18.78-crore water plant in Silchar to augment the supply of potable water in the town. The plant at Dhakai Patti will treat the water of the Barak and supply nearly 1.5 million gallons per day …
Silchar, May 2: The Mizoram government has warned the residents of the state of possible major-intensity earthquakes in the near future. Tremor experts have listed the state as an area which geographically falls into the most vulnerable seismic zone V. Sources in the state geology and mining department said, of …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in a meeting organised at the Congress Bhawan here said that the Barak Valley people will get Rs 1000 crore if the electorate gives the Congress party 15 seats in the forthcoming Assembly election. Gogoi said that he is aware about the problems of the Barak …
Jorhat, Jan. 3: The Assam State Transport Corporation has allotted 15 new buses for rural routes across the state as a New Year gift for people living in the remote areas. The buses will start plying with immediate effect. The ASTC has set guidelines for the base stations and buses …
