The Assam government has set up a committee to ascertain the feasibility of the trimming horns of translocated and stray rhinoceros in the state.

The committee has invited opinion from environmentalists and activists on the pros and cons of trimming of horns as an experimental measure to help save translocated rhinos in Assam and for the rhino population that has strayed out of sanctuaries, including Kaziranga National Park, Pobitora Wild Life Sanctuary and Manas National Park.

Ahead of the polls, the cabinet is expected to consider several measures, including a proposal to raise the workdays under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to

A low intensity earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale shook India's northeastern states on Sunday night, officials said.

Kohima: The Konyak Union (KU) will enforce a ban on coalmine extraction in Mon district till a systematic and safe method of extraction is practiced by the Department of Geology and Mining of the G

Nagaland Directorate of Industries & Commerce commissioned 10 KW Solar Power Station at the Directorate on February 15 with Director of Industries & Commerce, Er Thekruneituo Kire, as the c

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is undertaking multi-state mega mock exercises, covering the eight states of the NE region, on March 10 and 13 next to assess the gap in the earthq

The forest fire, which originated from Mt Japfu five days ago and spread to the south and south-west of the twin peak, threatening to destroy the Dzukou Valley, is said to be almost under control.

Agartala: The World Bank would provide the major share of a Rs.8,150-crore project to create infrastructure in the power sector in six northeastern states, officials said here Tuesday.

GUWAHATI: The residents of Doyang village in Nagaland have transformed a killing field of Amur Falcons into a successful conservation story by shunning traditional hunting last year.

State–owned ONGC’s first commercial power project in the country started commercial production on Tuesday night in Tripura, six months after President Pranab Mukherjee dedicated the 726 MW capacity