Cabinet clears ₹18,662-cr corridor in poll-bound AssamAssam is on the brink of a transportation revolution as a groundbreaking infrastructure endeavor gains the green light. The Cabinet Committ...
14 Feb, 2026, 11.48 PM IST
Cabinet allocates over Rs 18,600 crore for India's first underwater twin tube tunnel in Assam ahead of pollsAssam underwater tunnel news: India's first underwater twin tube railway project has received Union Cabinet approval. This new project will...
14 Feb, 2026, 05.54 PM IST
PM Modi adds rail link to Gohpur–Numaligarh underwater tunnel: Assam CM Himanta Biswa SarmaPrime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the inclusion of a railway component in the Gohpur-Numaligarh twin-tube underwater tunnel project...
01 Jan, 2026, 08.41 PM IST
Brahmaputra tunnel project may get cabinet nod soonAssam's first underwater tunnel project, connecting Numaligarh and Gohpur at a cost of ₹6,000 crore, has completed its detailed project rep...
03 Oct, 2025, 11.32 PM IST
Arunachal BJP MP raises concerns on China's 'Great Bend Dam' movesBJP MP Tapir Gao warns that China's 'Great Bend Dam' on the Yarlung Tsangpo River poses a severe threat to Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and ot...
09 Apr, 2025, 12.36 AM IST
Work on road projects worth Rs 80,000 cr will soon start in Assam: Nitin GadkariWork will soon commence on road projects worth Rs 80,000 crore in Assam, as per Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari. By 2029, projects am...
26 Feb, 2025, 05.46 PM IST
Around 75 tunnel projects worth Rs 49,000 cr under construction in India: Nitin GadkariUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that 75 tunnel projects worth ₹49,000 crore are currently under construction in India. These project...
04 Dec, 2024, 10.39 PM IST
Assam’s first underwater tunnel: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says DPR nears completionAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Gohpur-Numaligarh tunnel project is almos...
22 Oct, 2024, 08.23 PM IST
Assam's first underwater tunnel to be constructed between Numaligarh and Gohpur at a cost of Rs 6,000 croreCM Sarma said, “We decided it will come between Numaligarh and Gohpur where both rails and vehicles will move. The tender for DPR will open...
24 Jun, 2023, 09.39 PM IST
India begins work on tunnels along border with ChinaThe Border Roads Organisation (BRO), which is handling the construction, has issued a global tender for a tunnel under the Brahmaputra Rive...
30 Dec, 2019, 10.42 AM IST
Military movement under Brahmaputra on drawing boardTo overcome obstacles, government is exploring the option of constructing a tunnel near Tezpur.
29 Apr, 2019, 09.03 AM IST
China planning 1,000 km tunnel to divert Brahmaputra watersIndia already feels threatened by China's projects in the Tibetan plateau. Diversion of the Brahmaputra is an idea China does not discuss i...
13 Jul, 2018, 01.10 PM IST
China denies report of tunnel plan to divert Brahmaputra riverHong Kong-based South China Morning Post yesterday said that Chinese engineers were testing techniques that could be used to build the tunn...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.51 AM IST
No hydrological data from China in 2017, India monitoring water flow in trans-border riversThe Chinese side did not provide these data in 2017 and the issue was also taken up with Beijing, which had conveyed that non-provision of ...
14 Mar, 2018, 08.00 PM IST
When will PM Modi talk to China showing his 'red eyes': CongressSitharaman yesterday visited forward army posts in remote Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh bordering China to take stock of the defence ...
06 Nov, 2017, 10.16 PM IST
Experts suggest building of underwater tunnels in Brahmaputra on the lines of English ChannelCentre is already developing Brahmaputra for inland waterways. The 891-km stretch of Brahmaputra from Sadiya in the eastern Assam and Dhubr...
22 May, 2017, 07.17 PM IST
- Assam flood situation improving
The flood situation in Assam improves with the level of the mighty Brahmaputra and its tributaries falling since Friday.
04 Aug, 2007, 06.15 PM IST