Guwahati, July 9: The Tea Board of India has decided to institute awards to encourage small tea growers of the region to grow and manufacture good quality tea.

Shillong, July 9: In the wake of the assault on RTI activist and Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi, the National Campaign for Peoples’ Right to Information (NCPRI) today demanded a st

Yet again, floods have caused death and destruction across Assam. A hundred lives have been lost, more than two million homes came under water, scores of houses have been swept away, and hundreds of cattle have perished. We saw the Prime Minister and Congress president touring parts of Assam, looking at the havoc below from the skies.

We have heard them, as also Assam’s Chief Minister, talk of providing assistance to those affected. We have heard them say adequate measures will be taken to control the problem of floods in Assam.

GUWAHATI, July 5 – The flood-related death toll has shot up to 100 in the State this year. So far, 16 people are reported to have been missing from 11 districts.

In 2004, when Assam was struck by its last major flood, the state and Central governments announced a series of measures to strengthen control and protection measures.

GUWAHATI: The flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim with four more deaths in different areas of the State, taking the toll to 35 even as the water levels in many rivers have started receding.

About 10.80 lakh people in the State’s 2,084 villages have been affected in the current floods, and 173 relief camps have been set up. Over 82,000 people have been affected by the current wave of floods in Majuli. The National Disaster Response Force (NDFR) has been continuing rescue and relief operations in the river island. Over one lakh people in the river island have taken shelter on embankments.

GUWAHATI, June 29 – Asking the State government to make drain cleaning a regular exercise in Guwahati city, the Save Guwahati Build Guwahati (SGBG) has said that the government must ensure that ade

GUWAHATI, June 29 – The landslides taking place in the city hills are mainly man-made.

Guwahati, June 29 (IANS): The deadly Japanese Encephalitis has claimed three lives in Assam in the past few weeks, health officials here said on Thursday.

Jorhat, June 27: Flood control measures undertaken by the Brahmaputra Board in Majuli went for a toss today after the Red River breached an embankment at Sonowal Kachari, submerging vast areas of t