Order of the Gauhati High Court in the matter of In Re-Dima Hasao Tragedy Vs The Chief Secretary, Assam & Others dated 28/01/2025. Pursuant to the order passed by the Gauhati High Court dated January 27, 2025, the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition was being registered. The matter related to …
The Hill Area Development Program (HADP) has been introduced by the Government of India to initiate socio economic development in the hill areas of India since the inception of the Fifth Five Year Plan. The main objective of this program is to ensure sustainable development of hill areas, keeping in …
Away from the public eye, an ambitious initiative could actually change the prospects for Kaziranga National Park as well as the district of Karbi Anglong. The forest department supported by WWF India and personnel of the Indian Army are preparing the eco-restoration of a landscape that extends over 1,000 sq …
Notwithstanding the unusually high tiger concentration in Kaziranga National Park as revealed in a recent camera-trap exercise, experts feel that the development also has darker shades which, if left unaddressed, could imperil the park
Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi today proposed a host of new schemes in his Budget speech, which included setting up of new universities, medical and engineering colleges as well as a special employment generation programme. He also proposed 50 per cent reservation for women in Panchayati Raj Institutions and urban local …
The Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) Agriculture Department under the initiative of the district administration launched crop harvesting mission on Thursday to get the actual output report of the extra yield variety Arize 6444 of hybrid rice technology whose demonstration was conducted under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM). In …
There exist a sound Indigenous Knowledge System (IKS) among Karbis relating to prediction of annual seasons using flora and fauna and physical factors as indicators. Floral characters include leaf fall, formation of new leaves, flowering, fruiting and ripening, formation of tubers, etc. while faunal characters include courtship and mating, egg …
HOWRAGHAT, July 12: "In a bid to ensure safe drinking water and proper sanitation in Asom along with the Karbi Anglong hill district, the PHE Department has come up with innovative steps for materializing the vision of a clean and healthy Asom with every individual taking the responsibility to ensure …
At least 700 birds, all open-billed storks (Anastomus Oscitans), were killed when branches of a banyan tree crashed apparently due to the increasing weight of nests, in a village in Karbi Anglong district of Assam on Monday morning. The tree is believed to be about 200 years old. The birds, …
Guwahati: Insurgency has claimed yet another casualty in Assam in the form of decreasing forest cover in strife-torn hilly districts, though the state still boost of a better forest cover than the national average. The forest cover in districts such as Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills has gone down …
NAGAON, August 3: After detection of fluoride and iron in underground water sources in different areas under Hojai subdivision, the PHE Hojai division has implemented different water supply schemes including installation of wells and tube wells, piped water supply scheme, fluoride-free water in fluoride-prone areas, testing of drinking water under …
So far 68 persons have died in the State of malaria, said Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in the State Assembly here today. The Minister, who was replying to questions from Dr Aditya Langthasa (AUDF) and Dr Rumi Nath (BJP), asserted that the number of malaria-related death in the State …
