Tourism in Assam is set to get a boost with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) likely to include the State in its financial assistance programme for tourism infrastructure development.

The State Government has submitted a proposal to this effect to ADB.

Official sources told The Assam Tribune that the State Government took up the matter with ADB at its recent meet in New Delhi following which

As the Planning Commission starts preparing itself to approach the 12th Five-Year Plan, its Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia identifies issues like urbanisation, energy as well as water management and environment-friendly growth as much bigger challenges than at the beginning of the current Plan.

The project is likely to cost about ` 137.42 crore Mangalore, The Crisil Infrastructure Advisory Ltd presented report on the preliminary study on the implementation of 24X7 water supply in MCC limits at MCC hall here on Wednesday. Presenting the report, the official from the Crisil Infrastructure said that the 24X7 water supply project may cost Rs 137.42 crore.

Kohima, May 16: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned financial assistance of Rs 78.57 crore to the state to support 37 new rural infrastructure projects.

Nabard general manager, Nagaland, U.S.

New Delhi: Delhi Metro is going hi-tech. For the first time, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is using the Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), a technology that will help it identify the subsurface of the area or locality on which work for phase III is happening. That

KOLKATA, 16 MAY: After defeating CPI-M candidates in Rajarhat Gopalpur and Rajarhat New Town constituencies in the Assembly poll the farmers now want their land back which had been forcibly taken from them by the Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) to set up New Town.

Trinamul Congress leaders Mr Purnendu Basu and Mr Sabyasachi Dutta defeated their rivals Mr Rabin Mondol

SHILLONG, The Meghalaya Government is planning to implement a Rs 3,000-crore project to improve the living conditions of the people of rural areas.

Addressing a press conference here on Monday, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said,

The state government, while making its presentation to the team from World Bank (WB) in Mantralaya on Monday, sought financial assistance for its infrastructure and water supply improvement projects.

The government has demanded assistance of $40 billion for the study of the metro and monorail corridors, $185 million for water sector improvement projects, and assistance for the phase III of Mumb