GUWAHATI: In 2004, excess water from the 60 mega watt (MW) Kurichu hydropower project was released flooding several rivers in Assam including the Hakua, the Beki and the Manas. As a result, it created an unprecedented flood hazard in districts of Barpeta and Baksa

GUWAHATI, July 27 – Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan, who is also the Secretary, Union Department of Space, said today that the ISRO has been extending support

GUWAHATI, July 27 – The Census of India-2011 Provisional Population Totals (Rural-Urban Distribution Assam) which was released on Monday has recorded a decadal urbanisation growth of 27.61, which i

GUWAHATI, July 27 – Encephalitis-related death toll has shot up to 144 in the State.

GUWAHATI: As a part of its global awareness initiative, the Northeast Digestive and Liver Foundation has started an aggressive campaign across the Northeast to combat the deadly virus of Hepatitis

GUWAHATI, July 26 – The Assam Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Board (AUWS&SB) is implementing an augmentation scheme with an additional Central assistance.

GUWAHATI, July 26 – The crisis faced by the State’s power sector today due to the rise in the prices of natural gas has its genesis in the hike effected in the natural gas price by the Union Govern

GUWAHATI, July 26 – Amidst widespread protests against the construction of big dams, top officials of the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) today rubbished all the apprehensions about the neg

Guwahati: The All Assam Unnayan Parishad today demanded that the State government clarified its stand on the big dam issue.

TEZPUR, July 25 – After inundation of a large area in greater Panchmile area by flash floods followingt incessant rains during the last one week, both flood and erosion have posed a serious problem

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