Two innovators from the State have been honoured by the National Innovation Foundation (NIF) with the National Innovation Award for their innovations. President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil presented the awards to the two innovators
The Centre has agreed to sanction solar home lighting systems to below poverty line (BPL) households in 5,000 remote and inaccessible villages of Assam not connected by conventional power grid. Most of these villages are located in char (riverine) areas.
The Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Mahadeo Singh Khandela, today asserted that the Centre was giving priority to providing all-weather roads to accelerate the pace of development in the North-east.
Terming the reported move of the Government to go ahead with the bypass near Kaziranga National Park, the Conversion of National Highway -37 to 4-lane Demand Committee today termed it as
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi who attended the Assam Moran Sabha at Wathoi under Buridihing Mouza today, applauded the Sabha for their efforts to amalgamate and unite the people to take the community forward.
An earthquake of moderate intensity, measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale, rocked the city around 10.31 pm this evening. Central Seismological Observatory sources in Shillong said that the epicentre of the tremor was found to be on lattitude 27.3 degree north and on longitude 91.4 degree east in neighbouring Bhutan.
Come January and a heady blend of adventure, wildlife and heritage is set to unfold on the waters of the mighty Brahmaputra with MV Mahabaahu, a four-storiedluxury liner taking travel
The tests conducted on the water samples collected from Kachari Ghat and Pandu Ghat before and after the immersion of the Durga idols have led to such conclusions, which at any rate may not bode well for the Guwahatians.
