Seychelles envoy meets Assam Governor, discusses bilateral tiesLakshman Prasad Acharya said that Seychelles is globally admired for its natural beauty, ecological richness and unique biodiversity. Drawi...
16 May, 2026, 08.03 PM IST
China constructing world's largest dam on Brahmaputra could reduce flooding in Assam every year: CM Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said China's construction of the world’s largest dam on the Brahmaputra raises two scientific poss...
21 Jul, 2025, 06.28 PM IST
Arunachal CM Pema Khandu thanks Riga Village for backing 11,000 MW Siang Hydro ProjectArunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu thanks Riga villagers for supporting the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project. This 11,000 MW hydr...
12 Jul, 2025, 07.26 PM IST
Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma blames Assam's industries for Byrnihat's poor air qualityMeghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma cited industrial activities in Assam for Byrnihat’s poor air quality, despite Meghalaya’s satisfacto...
13 Mar, 2025, 11.17 PM IST
Assam's proactive approach: Balancing development and environmental regulatory for sustainable futureEnvironment and Forest department is working proactively to establish a regime wherein development and Environment Regulatory could walk in...
25 May, 2023, 02.36 PM IST
Central ministries, Assam govt to discuss coal mining resumption next monthHe said that issues like pollution, forest and environmental clearances etc are involved regarding resumption of mining activities and a tr...
20 Jun, 2021, 12.42 AM IST
- Energy and Resources Institute launches climate atlas to assist policy planning at regional level
The atlas has been developed under the project PREPARE, under phase 2 of the Norwegian Framework Agreement between TERI and the Norwegian M...
15 Oct, 2020, 07.04 PM IST
Centre plans ‘Heavy’ penalty on OIL for environmental damageThe PSU is, however, likely to end up paying much more given the extent of damage and reports of oil spillage in the biodiversity-rich area...
25 Jun, 2020, 11.51 PM IST
ONGC fined Rs 2.05 crore for green norm violation in AssamThe board's order was issued considering violation of environmental laws in six wells of the state-owned energy behemoth in Assam.
17 Sep, 2019, 04.32 PM IST
Indian tea industry faces major challenge due to climate change"Droughts, floods & severe attack of pests have been commonplace adversely affecting production, quality and costs," said A.K. Bhargava, ch...
23 Dec, 2015, 02.46 PM IST
Assam tea production may decline due to erratic weather conditionsTea production in Assam, the largest producer of the crop, may come down as certain regions of the state is facing erratic weather conditio...
28 Aug, 2015, 03.01 PM IST
NGT stops Numaligarh Refinery from construction in KazirangaNGT today restrained Numaligarh Refinery Limited from carrying out any construction activity in the No-Development Zone in Kaziranga Nation...
10 Aug, 2015, 07.51 PM IST
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi for resolving conflict between man and natureAssam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today emphasised on resolving conflict between man and nature through peaceful co-existence.
01 Mar, 2015, 03.37 PM IST
Green issues 'hijacking' growth in power sector: Arunachal CM Nabam TukiTuki said Arunachal, which has the potential of producing 40% of India's total assessed potential, has harnessed only 1% of this due to reg...
11 Jan, 2015, 10.59 AM IST
Centre decides to form committee on Subansiri project: AASUThe decision was taken at a meeting of Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal, All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and 25 other organisations in Ne...
15 Dec, 2014, 07.25 PM IST
- Large number of fish die in three rivers in Assam
A large number of fish were reported dead due to water pollution of three major rivers — Kolong, Kopili and Kiling — in Morigaon district, ...
30 Jun, 2014, 02.05 PM IST
- Green concerns in North-East worry power ministry
The power ministry is concerned at questions raised by environment minister Jairam Ramesh on hydel projects in the north-east, which has a ...
02 Oct, 2010, 01.34 AM IST