The Assam government on Sunday launched the country’s first-ever project of a vaccination drive against Japanese encephalitis, with a target of covering eight lakh people in the worst-affected Siva

The Asian Development Bank has announced a USD 200 million loan to improve water supply and other urban services in Assam.

“ADB is extending USD 200 million to improve the water supply and other urban services in Guwahati and Dibrugarh, two major cities in the Indian state of Assam,” the multilateral agency said in a statement.

GUWAHATI, Oct 2 – The central sector power generating stations (CSGS) and the Power Grid Corporation have served an arrear bill of Rs 190 crore on the Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd (APDCL) f

GUWAHATI, Sept 30 – The subway breached by the Gai River at Gainadi area about a week back, was restored today by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) facilitating restoration of the road communicat

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. Of course, PDS pilferage has reduced in recent times primarily because of the fact that the system has been computerized by issuing biometric cards to the beneficiaries,” said Prof KV Thomas, Union Minister of State (Independent charge) for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution while addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Thursday.

GUWAHATI, Sept 29 – The Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd (APDCL) is going to purchase additional 100 MW of power from the spot market “at even higher prices” to bridge the gap between demand an

GUWAHATI, Sept 29 – Assam has only 8.3 per cent of its around 27.52 lakh farmers covered under the National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) between 1999-2000 and 2010-2011 fiscals.

GUWAHATI, Sept 29 – Stating that the Centre has laid special emphasis on the Northeast, the Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Prof KV Thomas today informed

Jorhat, Sept.

GUWAHATI, Sept 28 – Peculiar geo-morphological condition of the Himalayan foothill areas have made the Dhemaji district rivers deposit sand, and, in some cases some amounts of silt, on their beds.