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Assam


Demonstration by TE workers

Nov 3rd, 2009 | By neitham | Category: Assam

DIBRUGARH, Nov 2, 2009 – More than a thousand tea garden workers from four divisions of the Lepetkata tea estates staged demonstration in front of the head office of the tea estate at Lepetkata here today in protest against the alleged highhandedness and gross negligence of the tea garden management towards the employees.



Daiyang residents get land owner certificates

Nov 3rd, 2009 | By neitham | Category: Assam

DERGAON (GAMARIGURI), Nov 2, 2009 – State PWD Minister Ajanta Neog today distributed 25 land owner certificates at a ceremony held at Gamariguri in Golaghat district. Speaking at the ceremony held on the premises of Barnali Rangathali and attended by over 5000 people from greater Daiyang area, she said the State Government was doing everything [...]



UCIL, ONGC turn to Assam village in uranium search

Sep 30th, 2009 | By neitham | Category: Assam

NEW DELHI, Sept 29, 2009: Even as the move to mine uranium in Meghalaya has faced stiff opposition from NGOs and the public, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has zeroed in on one village in neighbouring upper Assam for the precious metal to provide energy for deficient power plants in the country.



Training prog on disaster management held

Sep 26th, 2009 | By neitham | Category: Assam

JAMUGURIHAT, Sept 25, 2009 – The Centre for Disaster Management (CDM) of Tezpur University organised a three-day training programme on disaster management in collaboration with Biswanath College from September 9 at State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD), Biswanath Chariali.



System of e-governance proving to be a success in Nalbari dist

Sep 26th, 2009 | By neitham | Category: Assam

NALBARI, Sept 25, 2009 – As the district administration is the key functionary of the State administration responsible for implementation of different developmental and social welfare schemes, apart from its revenue administration and law-and-order maintenance, the Nalbari district administration introduced the system of e-governance in February, 2009. The system, first initiated by the then deputy [...]



Call to conserve sal forests of S Kamrup

Sep 24th, 2009 | By neitham | Category: Assam

MIRZA, Sept 23, 2009 – The high quality timber species sal of the South Kamrup area has come under tremendous pressure following illegal logging. Over-exploitation for the last 20 years has inflicted a major blow on the huge stocks of sal forest, triggering habitat shrinkage and the consequent man-elephant conflict which has become an annual [...]



Loan distributed among SHGs at Nityananda

Sep 23rd, 2009 | By neitham | Category: Assam

PATACHARKUCHI, Sept 22, 2009 – In order to upgrade the socio-economic condition of greater rural areas of Nityananda and its neighbouring villages through self-help groups (SHGs), a loan awareness and distribution meeting was held at Nityananda on September 15 about 5 kms from here. About 300 people representing various self-help groups attended the meeting. The [...]



Awareness camps on role of SHGs

Sep 23rd, 2009 | By neitham | Category: Assam

GUWAHATI, Sept 22, 2009 – Two awareness camps on the role of self-help groups (SHG) in rural economy and empowerment of women, were held recently at the residence of Kiran Chandra Das in Dhuporguri village and at Borchapori Primary School, Hajo under the aegis of Rangdhalee, a society for socio-economic development.



Sipajhar residents demand repair of vital roads

Sep 22nd, 2009 | By neitham | Category: Assam

SIPAJHAR, Sept 21, 2009 – The public of greater Sipajhar area have urged the local MLA to take early measures for repair of the Bordoulguri-Deomornoi PWD Road, Narikalipunia Road and Roinapit-Kacharithar and Devananda-Kacharijhar Road.



MoU inked at Udalguri on yoga education

Sep 22nd, 2009 | By neitham | Category: Assam

UDALGURI, Sept 21, 2009 – A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Udalguri, Yoga Shiksha Aru Yoga Chikitsha Kendra of Burah, Darrang and Inspector of Schools of Udalguri district circle on September 17 at the DC’s conference hall on introduction of yoga teaching in 15 schools of Udalguri district [...]