Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Raghubir Singh Garia Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 22/04/2025. The matter related to illegal mining of soap stone in village Papon, District Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The complainant, a resident of the village said that illegal mining of soap stone …
The Union Ministry of Railways has made an elaborate plan to develop the railway infrastructure in the north-eastern region. All the State capitals are to be linked with rail network in the next five to seven years, Press Information Bureau (PIB) sources said today. In addition to that, work for …
Agartala, Jan. 10: India is all set to secure railway, water and road transport facilities across Bangladesh, official sources here said. The prospect of road, railway and waterways transit has generated keen interest in Tripura in the wake of the Bangladesh government
With an annual turnover of over Rs 760 crores in 2010, rubber cultivation in the Northeastern States has emerged a major player in the economy of the region. By the end of the XIIth Plan in 2016-17, an additional 60,000 hectares of land will be brought under rubber cultivation giving …
Projecting the North East as an attractive investment destination and setting 2017 as target year to bring all the State capitals under railway and air network besides launching several social sector projects, were some of the initiatives taken by Centre in 2010 to speed up development in the region. With …
Folk people of Tripura, a small state of Northeast India, rely on their own traditional knowledge of phenological indicators for predicting the weather, to help plan their agroforestry activities and disaster prevention. One such prediction relates to the phenology of Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L., night flowering jasmine which helps them to …
Climate change is perhaps one of the most important global environmental challenges being faced by humanity today, with its implication on food production system, natural ecosystems, fresh water supply, health and weather related calamities. The North East region of India including Assam is expected to be highly prone to consequences …
I am often witness to and a part of small disasters while in the field, but I learn something each day that keeps me going. I still remember the day we spent five hours pulling our Maruti Gypsy out of the dirt track. We were on our way to Pakke …
A think tank, comprising experts from around the world, including India, is meeting in the city tomorrow to find sustainable solutions to various problems related to the Brahmaputra. The think tank, christened Core Professional Group for the Brahmaputra, is a registered body of international and national professionals seeking to address …
KOHIMA, Dec 15: The Minister for the Development of the North-Eastern Region (DoNER) BK Handique today called upon the policy planners and farmers of the Northeast to adopt fusion of traditional practices and modern technologies to make agriculture sustainable in the region. Handique pointed out that the agricultural practices continued …
Assam has the highest number of delayed projects with projects missing deadlines by over three years. A whopping number of 909 projects are under way in the north-eastern region (NER). Out of which, 208 have missed deadline by over a year, while remaining 177 have been delay by over three …
Guwahati: Noted experts participating in a workshop on climate change here pn Monday said any action plan to mitigate impact of climate change will not succeed unless there is overwhelming people
Kohima, Dec. 12: The Nagaland government is gearing up for an agriculture festival after having successfully organised the weeklong Hornbill Festival that concluded on Tuesday. The 2nd Northeast Agri Expo 2010
Cherrapunjee, a hamlet in Meghalaya popular among tourists as the place with the maximum rainfall in the country, will be promoted as a brand to boost tourism in the northeast, according to Chief Minister Mukul Sangma. "During my tour of Europe last year, we were asked where we were from. …
GUWAHATI, Dec 8: Another industry that gets a huge amount of transport subsidy in States in the Northeast is cement industry. Of all the industrial units of different kinds, it is the cement industrial units that have got a major chunk of the transport subsidy. The cement manufacturing units of …
