The Centre has written to the Meghalaya government, along with other states, asking it to ensure smooth supply of food items in the state to contain the steep rise in prices.

The exercise is part of a nationwide initiative to bring down food prices all over the country.

Official sources said today that the Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had asked all the state governments, including

Guwahati, Jan.

Jorhat, Jan.

Japanese underwater acoustics technology, used for detection of Gangetic dolphins, is now being planned for the Brahmaputra.

Aaranyak, a biodiversity conservation society of theNortheast, which had earlier conducted two surveys in 2005 and 2008, now plans to use Japanese technology to increase the detection of dolphins.

Shillong, Jan. 4: The Meghalaya government is awaiting the Centre

Dibrugarh, Jan.

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.

Shillong: Human-elephant conflicts continue to displace many villagers in Meghalaya

The Assam government will launch an exclusive literacy programme for child labourers in the age group of 14 to 17 years in the urban areas tentatively from January.

Official sources said the plan has been initiated after a statewide survey in the urban areas four months back by the directorate of non-formal and adult education (under the Assam education department), on the literacy status of ch

Rhino experts are drafting a field handbook based on Assam conditions to help carry out translocation more efficiently and smoothly as experts start converging for the second phase of shifting of the animals from Pobitora wildlife sanctuary to Manas.

The translocation will be done over the next three days from tomorrow.