Aizawl, Nov 5: Two uranium smugglers who were on their way to Myanmar have been arrested from a hotel in Mizoram, security officials said here on Tuesday. Paramilitary Assam Rifles troopers along with Mizoram Police during a joint raid on Monday caught the duo at a hotel in Champai, 112 km west of here, bordering Myanmar, an official of the Assam Rifles said.
SHILLONG, Nov 4: With its support to the proposed uranium mining project at Mawthabah, twenty members of a West Khasi Hills-based NGO on Tuesday left for Jadugoda to substantiate their claims that
MUMBAI: As part of India's strategic programme, the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has developed fourth generation uranium enrichment gas centrifuges with an output of more than 10 times the earlier design, a top BARC official has said.
A government-appointed expert panel has allayed fears of health hazard expressed by individuals and organizations in Meghalaya over the proposed uranium mining project in the State.
Researchers of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) have said that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the proposed uranium mining project in Meghalaya did not address the environment and health concerns adequately.
A detailed report on the proposed Uranium mining, opinions of NGOs and other stakeholders of Meghalaya would be placed before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after he returns from his visit to United States and France.
