Annual cancer mortality in India is 5 lakh

The Cabinet today approved a multi crore scheme to provide for improved cancer care in India by setting up 20 new state cancer institutes and 50 new tertiary cancer care centres across the country.

Denying rampant destruction of forests in the Northeast, the Centre admitted that there was a reduction of 548 sq km of forest cover in comparison to the findings of the India State of Forest Repor

The hue-and-cry over construction of hydro-power projects in the North-East, notwithstanding, the Centre has identified a total number of 1,279 sites including 119 in Assam for setting up mini hyde

The Centre is all set to tie up with the KFW, a German government-owned development bank, for implementation of a project relating to addressing climate change and its impact in the northeastern st

AGARTALA: The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (Neepco) is embarking on a plan to generate at least 1500MW power from non-conventional sources of energy, especially by tapping solar

Aizawl/Agartala: The Congress ruled-Mizoram government, which had earlier said it could not implement the food security scheme in the state due to fund crunch, on Thursday declared it would execute

Centre approves additional fund of Rs 400 cr for rail projects in NE

Taking note of the time overrun of national projects in the northeast, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday asked Power Minister Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia to take steps to expeditiously complete the hydropower projects in the region.

All the State governments in the northeast are likely to face a deduction of at least 7.5 per cent in Central funding under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), if New Delhi goes by its decisi

As the fragility of the Himalayan range lies exposed by the devastating floods in Uttarakhand, it has imparted more weight to the on-going movement in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh against the numero