Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of New item titled “Six workers killed in fire inside Nagaland rat-hole mine “appearing in The Hindu Bureau Dated 27.01.2024 Vs Nagaland Pollution Control Board & Others dated 30/04/2024. Cognizance of the case was taken up suo-motu …
An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale rocked India's northeast, Myanmar and Bangladesh on Monday, triggering panic among people. The tremor was felt at 8.47 a.m. in most parts of Assam, Nagaland, and Manipur, besides in Bangladesh and Myanmar. The epicentre was located at 24.947°N, 95.226°E in Myanmar, about …
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday approved a Rs.683 crore project to improve the living standards of rural areas in four north-eastern States – Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura – fighting high poverty ratios. The plan, North East Rural Livelihood Project, or NERLP, was approved by the Cabinet Committee on …
Six years after it was launched, the plan to have 24/7 functioning community health centres (CHCs) under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is yet to be realised, largely because of paucity of specialists. The state-wise progress report compiled by the ministry that was circulated internally in September shows that …
Concerned over the large number of child deaths due to measles every year, the Centre has launched a massive anti-measles vaccination drive. More than 13 crore children are expected to be covered under the Measles Catch-up Campaign, irrespective of their previous measles vaccination status. The drive has been launched by …
Even as the Supreme Court has set a deadline of 31 December for construction of toilets in all government-run schools, it will prove an uphill task for the authorities as nearly 45 per cent of government schools in the country lack toilet facilities. The apex court had pulled up state …
AGARTALA/AIZAWL: Incidence of cancer has been rising alarmingly in the hilly northeastern region of India, almost half the cases being attributed to consumption of tobacco products, experts say. According to experts, Mizoram tops the rate of cancer patients with an incidence of 200 in 100,000 each year. Though other northeastern …
A scheme in six Indian states that concentrated safe-sex campaigns on a few niche groups prevented 100,000 HIV infections over five years, according to estimates published in The Lancet today. The so-called Avahan project was launched in 2003 in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, along with the northeastern …
With only a few States having sent in their comments on the Food Ministry's draft National Food Security Bill, 2011, till the closing date on Friday, the Centre is planning to extend the date by a month or two, official sources said. Despite Minister of State for Food and Consumer …
GUWAHATI: “There is leakage in the public distribution system (PDS) in the Northeast. But it is the responsibility of the governments of the States concerned to check the leakage in PDS. The Central Government has no role to play in this, it only provides the PDS items to the States. …
Chennai The Rubber Board is awaiting states’ nod to conduct the field trials of genetically modified (GM) rubber crop, said Sheela Thomas, chairperson, Rubber Board. “Subsequent to the clearance of ministry of environment and forest to conduct field trials of GM rubber, we solicited rubber plantation states to volunteer for …
AIZAWL: The Central government has sanctioned 134 projects worth Rs.2,610 crore for poverty alleviation, development of infrastructure and providing basic services in the urban areas of the eight Northeastern states, an official release said here Sunday. “Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), 134 projects with a cost …
AIZAWL, Sep 18 (IANS): The central government has sanctioned 134 projects worth Rs.2,610 crore for poverty alleviation, development of infrastructure and providing basic services in the urban areas of the eight northeastern states, an official release said here Sunday. "Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), 134 projects …
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has identified serious irregularities in the implementation of the transport subsidy scheme and pointed out that in states like Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland, there is no system of periodic inspection of the units or checking of raw materials …
None of the North Eastern States except Assam has prepared the draft for the State action plan on climate change. Nagaland has also started the ground work while Manipur is in the process of drafting its action plan on climate change. Somio Dutta, national coordinator of Delhi based NGO Bharat …
HOWRAGHAT, Aug 30 – Timber smugglers have been holding sway in Karbi Anglong reserve forests. Illegal trade in timbers has been going unabated in the Karbi Anglong district. Many valuable logs are being supplied to neighbouring State of Nagaland from the district. Besides, illegal timber sawmills are growing at an …
Guwahati: Flood situation has remained grim in total six revenue circles of Assam’s Sonitpur and Golaghat districts where a number of villages and tracts of crop lands were still under water for the second day on Thursday. According to official sources the river Dhansiri has wrecked havoc in Golaghat district …
Kohima is facing a total blackout threat as one of the pylons of the main transmission line to this capital town of Kohima from Dimapur collapsed yesterday and another was partially damaged. According to the Power department sources here today, one pylon on the 132 KV transmission line, connecting Kohima …
Guwahati, Aug. 5: The Nairobi-headquartered International Livestock Research Institute is undertaking a comprehensive study on the mortality of pigs in the Northeast because of classical swine fever and will suggest effective mechanisms for its prevention and control. The study will focus on Assam, Nagaland and Mizoram, which are known for …
SHILLONG: Seventeen towns and cities have been chosen as benificiaries under the Rajiv Awas Yojna. In pursuance of the Government’s vision of creating a slum-free India, a new scheme called ‘Rajiv Awas Yojana’(RAY) was launched on June 2 this year, which is expected to cover about 250 cities across the …
Kohima: The Memorandum of Agreement for establishing the Regional Centre for Urban and Environment Studies (RCUES) for North East Region was signed between the Nagaland Government and the All India Institute of Local Self Government of India (AIILSG) on Monday. According to a press note issued by Ken Keditsu, Director …
