The Assam Government has constituted an expert committee to suggest measures for formulating a comprehensive forest plan in the interest of of maintaining the ecological balance in the State. On the

The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) constituted by the Supreme Court to study the problem of encroachment in the reserved forest areas across the country has observed that the encroachment acts

Tribal encroachers have grabbed 22,500 hectares of forest land out of 66,067.77 hectares of various reserve forests in Sonitpur district, said Mohan Chandra Malakar , Chief Conservator of Forest

A possible famine threatens the people of Nagaon and Marigaon districts of Assam following the recent flood which affected approximately 3.5 lakhs

Believe it or not. The Assam State Flood Control department has constructed only 3 km of embankment during 2001-02 to "save" the people of Assam from the annual flood fury. To make things worse, the

The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) constituted by the Supreme Court to look into the causes of encroachment in the reserved forest areas in different states has observed that the encroachers have

Hundreds of HIV infected people have died in the northeastern region because of the lack of access to medicines and inadequate healthcare facilitates, experts and patients said on Wednesday. Anti

The Northeast with 3.8 per cent of the country's population registers 13 to 15 per cent deaths due to malaria. The region also contributes eight to twelve per cent of malaria positives and 10 to 12

Arunachal Prudish Irrigation and Flood Control Department has urged the Centre to evolve a programme to tackle landslides and changing course of rivers in the state. Flash flood, bank erosions and

The Arunachal Pradesh Food and Nutrition Board under the Department of Women and Child Development of the Centre today observed the 21st National Nutrition Week at the Women and Child Development