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Gogoi welcomes new projects in NE

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has expressed his gratitude to Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee for a plethora of new projects and trains her budget has offered to Assam and the NE region.

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Highways min delays Assam power project

New Delhi: Highways minister Kamal Nath may have been harping upon exceeding the target of laying 20km of new roads in the country every day but his ministry has been dragging its feet since August 2009 over repairing a bridge in Assam, leaving staterun hydel utility NHPC stranded with vital equipment for a 2,000 mw project.

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More advanced device to detect traps in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve

In order to check poaching of rare animals, officials of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve have procured advanced device to detect traps laid by poachers in the protected forest.

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15 new tiger cubs sighted in Dudhwa

Bringing good news for wildlife enthusiasts concerned over dwindling big cat population in the country, at least 15 tiger cubs have been sighted in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh, officials said.

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Rs 31.73 lakh for rural roads under NREGA in Lakhimpur

The Lakhimpur district authority has released Rs 31.73 lakh for development of rural roads for Telahi Developmental Block under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) for Assam 2008-09.

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Over Rs 192 lakh released under NREGA for 12 Dhakuakhana GPs

A total sum of Rs 192.42 lakh has been released for 12 GPs of Dhakuakhana sub-division by the Lakhimpur deputy commissioner under the NREGA Programme. The fund was released through the DRDA for various rural development works by Jayant Narlikar, DC, Lakhimpur.

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Assam in the grip of brain fever

FORTY-FOUR people died of Japanese encephalitis, a viral infection, at the Assam Medical College Hospital in Dibrugarh on July 28. The same day another 68 patients suffering from the viral disease were admitted to the hospital that receives patients from across the state. T R Borborah, principal of the medical college, confirmed the deaths.

FORTY-FOUR people died of Japanese encephalitis, a viral infection, at the Assam Medical College Hospital in Dibrugarh on July 28. The same day another 68 patients suffering from the viral disease were admitted to the hospital that receives patients from across the state. T R Borborah, principal of the medical college, confirmed the deaths. Health officials in Assam said the disease has

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Flood displaces over 2 lakh people in Assam; two killed

Guwahati: A wave of flood, triggered by incessant rains along the foothills of Arunachal Pradesh and eastern Assam districts, has killed two persons and inundated hundreds of hectares of crop land rendering over two lakh people homeless so far in Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts where rivers, on spate, have overtopped embankments in many places disrupting surface communication.

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Assam House panel to study impact of Arunachal dams

With legislators across parties expressing fears about the impact in Assam of mega dams on rivers in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam Assembly Speaker Tanka Bahadur Rai has constituted a House Committee to carry out its own study of the problem.

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Hi-tech embankment fails to stop flood, Gogoi orders probe

Two weeks after a much-hyped embankment constructed with the application of a geo-fabric technology failed to prevent the Brahmaputra from flooding Lakhimpur district, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday ordered a high-level inquiry into alleged anomalies in the Rs 100-crore contract that was awarded to a Malaysian company.

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