Delhi-Kolkata direct flight: Bengal win gives Modi strategic room shrinking for other world leadersRecent assembly election victories have significantly strengthened Prime Minister Narendra Modi's strategic position. This success provides...
05 May, 2026, 11.31 PM IST
NCAP panel directs Delhi, Noida to improve pollution control fund utilisation immediatelyThe NCAP monitoring panel has urged Delhi and Noida to improve their pollution control fund utilization, as they are significantly lagging....
09 Sep, 2025, 11.56 AM IST
Economic Survey highlights Northeast states' 0.7% share in industrial GVAThe Economic Survey 2024-25 reveals that six Northeastern states, excluding Sikkim and Assam, contribute only 0.7% to industrial GVA, urgin...
31 Jan, 2025, 08.12 PM IST
Assam Jatiya Parishad concerned about youth safety abroad amid rising unemploymentThe party highlighted that these tragic deaths continue to occur among those seeking employment outside Assam due to the lack of opportunit...
20 Jul, 2024, 09.25 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3: Voter turnout stands at 64.5%; highest in Assam, lowest in UPLS Poll Phase 3 Voters Turnout: The third phase of the Lok Sabha election covered 93 constituencies across 11 states, with 64.58% turnout. ...
08 May, 2024, 01.46 AM IST
India lost 329 tigers in 3 years, including 29 due to poaching: GovernmentThe data showed that the number of poaching cases has reduced over the years from 17 in 2019 to four in 2021. The minister reported that th...
26 Jul, 2022, 11.01 AM IST
Sacred Groves CIC in talks for 10-year investment for restoration of forest lands near KazirangaA meeting was held by India's representative of the environment conservation oriented social enterprise set up with the objective of conser...
14 Aug, 2021, 11.53 PM IST
Over 28,000 incidents of forest fire since January this year: Environment Minister Prakash JavadekarResponding to a query, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand suffered losses to the tune of Rs...
21 Jun, 2019, 10.33 PM IST
New government will have to fix eco clearance policyGovernment sources said the new government would hence have to decide on how to streamline the environment clearances, especially where tri...
22 May, 2019, 07.11 AM IST
Assam enacts a major labour reform, employers can now fire 300 staff without prior govt nodThe Bill raised the threshold on number of employees from 100 to 300 to allow retrenchment of employees without seeking prior approval.
09 Sep, 2017, 12.49 AM IST
NE, J&K asked to compete in unequal environment: Assam MinisterSarma said unless the country is able to revoke the internal disparity which is very prevalent, it will be difficult for the north-eastern ...
05 Nov, 2016, 01.21 PM IST
Maharashtra most farmer friendly state: NITI Aayog IndexAs per Niti Aayog, Madhya Pradesh ranked fourth, followed by Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Goa and Chatt...
31 Oct, 2016, 04.19 PM IST
Arun Jaitley's 'reform or perish' comment pro-rich: Tarun GogoiTarun Gogoi has termed Arun Jaitley's statement asking states to reform to attract investment or perish as the "pro-capitalist" agenda of t...
08 Mar, 2016, 08.02 PM IST
Inter-linking of rivers to be completed in a decade: Uma BharatiAddressing the first meeting of the special committee for Inter-linking of Rivers here, she sought cooperation of various states for inter-...
17 Oct, 2014, 08.48 PM IST
AK Antony and Ahmed Patel meet Sharad Pawar amidst speculation of change of guard in MaharashtraThe meeting, which lasted for nearly half an hour, comes in the backdrop of intense speculation that Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj ...
19 Jun, 2014, 09.42 PM IST
- Assam tops in encroachment of forest land, AP at second spot
Assam has topped the list of states in terms of encroachment in forest land, with about 4,85,674 hectares of area being occupied, the gover...
10 Mar, 2010, 08.08 PM IST
- At least 130 tigers poached in past 5 yrs since '99
At least 130 tigers have been poached in the past five years since 1999 in reserved forests in different parts of the country, the Lok Sabh...
05 Sep, 2007, 07.57 PM IST