Assam

Acid content in dam water affects Neepco unit

The unscientific coal mining in Jantia Hills of Meghalaya is severely affecting power generation at North Eastern Electric Power Corporations (Neepco) Kopoli hydro project in Assam due to rise in acid content of water in the...

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“Funds for North Cachar Hills used for arms deals”

Guwahati: Money diverted from the development fund of Assam’s North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC) to the militant outfit Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel Garlosa faction) has gone to Thailand, Singapore and Nepal for...

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3 NDFB militants killed in Assam

GUWAHATI: Three National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants were killed in two separate encounters in Assam on Friday, police sources said. An NDFB militant was killed at Podumpkhuri in the Jalukbari area of the city...

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Top of the world: The horticultural high life

Anna Pavord heads for the Himalayas in search of the horticultural high life Would the supply of green paint last out? From Sikkim, where we walked for the first two weeks, we planned to move east into Assam (there are direct...

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Assam's landless fight for their rights

A massive land reform movement is gathering momentum in rural Assam. With the violent land struggle sweeping the Indian heartland, landless farmers in Assam coming together is making the government uneasy. “This land is ours....

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IB ex-chief takes stock of situation

MANOJ ANAND Guwahati Nov. 19: Former director of Intelligence Bureau P.C. Haldar, who has been appointed interlocutor by New Delhi for peace talks with militant outfits in Assam, arrived here on Thursday to take the stock of...

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T20 cinema to take Bollywood by storm!

NDTV Correspondent Friday, November 20, 2009 (Goa) After T20 cricket matches took the nation by storm, now it's the turn of T20 format in Indian cinema to do the same. Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) has launched 'T20 of...

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Grenade attack on Assam Rifles patrol van in Manipur, 3 injured

From correspondents in Manipur, India, 10:04 PM IST At least three people, including two paramilitary troopers, were injured in a grenade attack on an Assam Rifles security patrol van near a crowded marketplace in Manipur...

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DGCA to more than double staff

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will nearly triple its current staff strength to meet the demands of a growing aviation industry. The aviation regulator, which currently has a staff of about 250, has created...

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Gateway Hotels looks for tie-ups to expand

Kochi, Nov. 19 Gateway Hotels, under the Indian Hotels Company Ltd, is looking for partnerships with private parties in 70-80 locations in the country for extending the Gateway brand in Tier-I and II cities.

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