Guwahati, Nov.

The Meghalaya government has sent a report to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights under the National Human Rights Commission stating that proper rehabilitation packages would be worked out to protect the children working in coal mines in Jaintia Hills.

The government reply comes in the wake of the direction of the commission on August 13 asking it to reply within three months

In the eye of the storm
Forest and environment minister Jairam Ramesh has never had his plate so full. On his visit to Assam, the minister literally tore his hair at the adamant stance of anti-dam activists who would not let him get in a word edgeways.

The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will help conserve the endangered eastern swamp deer, found only in Kaziranga National Park, and considered more vulnerable than the rhino.

With a population of only about 600

Guwahati, Nov.

Jorhat, Nov.

Kokrajhar, Nov.

Lafarge India Pvt Ltd, which is planning to set up a cement plant at Nongkhlieh in Jaintia hills, today said the company was fully committed to environment protection and compliance with other statutory regulations.

The statement comes in the wake of recent protests by the people living in the proposed cement plant area, citing health hazards and loss of paddy fields.

According to Lafarge, i

The ministry of water resources has been asked to review its guidelines regarding release of

The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity, which is spearheading the campaign against construction of mega dams in the region, has demanded a complete halt to all dam projects which are currently under way.

The organisation