Новости за 16.12.2015

Teesta hydro power project, which was stalled for seven years, is back on track as the work on the power plant in Sikkim started on October 1, power minister Piyush Goyal said. Teesta power project was holding back an investment of around Rs 9,000 crore.

Das is a hotelier and has many business interests.

The state government heaved a sigh of relief on Tuesday after the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal, ruled out avian influenza as cause of death of 18 peacocks in Madhupur under Khurda forest range on December 8.

The Kamrup (Metro) road safety committee is coordinating with all government agencies operating in the metro to reduce the rate of accident here.

Turkish security forces stepped up operations targeting Kurdish militants in southeastern towns on Wednesday, security sources said, as media detailed plans for a 10,000-strong force to restore state control in the region.

Turkish security forces stepped up operations targeting Kurdish militants in southeastern towns on Wednesday, security sources said, as media detailed plans for a 10,000-strong force to restore state control in the region.

After a war of words erupted between the Centre and the Assam government over Rahul Gandhi's visit to the historic Barpeta satra, another of the state's cultural icons finds itself caught in a tussle ahead of the assembly election next spring.

If the state has its way and the Centre obliges, the Assamese new year festival of Rongali Bihu has a fair chance of being displayed before French President Francois Hollande as the state's tableau theme on Republic Day next year.

The Tripura cultural affairs department has been accused of preventing the screening of a one-act Bengali play, 'Nemesis', for the second time on Tuesday.

The chiefs of remote Raliang village in Meghalaya's Jaintia Hills region have gifted a small plot of land to spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar for implementing his projects.

Assam is set to step into election mode with the arrival of the full team of the Election Commission (EC) here on a two-day visit next Monday.

Landslides killed a worker who was cutting soil in Sapnargool village near Maizgram in Karimganj district at 3.30 pm on Tuesday.

Governor PB Acharya and his wife Kavita hosted a pre-Christmas bash at Raj Bhavan in Kohima on Monday evening.

Suspected rebels placed a Chinese hand-grenade outside the house of Yumnam Rupachandra, editor-in-chief of a local news channel, at Khongnang-pheidekpi in Imphal West on Monday night. Journalists suspect the threat was issued after mediahouses of the state refused to publish a statement released by a particular rebel outfit recently.

Fate of deported Ulfa leader Anup Chetia, alias Golap Baruah, is still unclear, as the CBI is yet to file the case diary and the Centre's instructions in the murder case of former councillor of Golaghat district, Deboksi Dhar Chaudhury, which took place in 1986.

The state can expect a Bihar-like situation in the assembly election with parties, except BJP and AIUDF, eyeing a 'Mahagathbandhan', said sources in AGP.

A man misidentified an injured jackal lying on Yamuna Expressway as dog and took him to hospital in his car.

The new 'Town Hall 11' update is massively unpopular among players.

Uber may reportedly soon be altering its five-stars rating.

Katrina had ugly spat with ‘Fitoor’ director

Former Congress minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who has joined BJP recently, has demanded an unconditional apology from AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi for defaming Assamese society, especially women, by claiming that Assamese women barred him from entering a satra.

Developed countries pitched for an expansion of the agenda to include new issues and demanded that a deal on export competition for farm goods be finalized here. Amid mounting pressure, India tried ensure that the focus remained on the Doha Round and its concerns on food security and special safeguards to check import surge were addressed.

Personnel of Assam Rifles were reportedly ambushed by suspected members of the banned NSCN (Khaplang) at Langka in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, bordering Myanmar on Monday night.

Magic Leap, a secretive company making wearable technology for mixing digital imagery with the real world, is seeking to raise $827 million.

Mr Satish Sugars Classic, a body building championship on national, state, district and taluk levels to be held for three days in Belagavi from December 18 on behalf of Satish Sugars Ltd, Gokak in association with union ministry of youth affairs and sports, under the aegis of Indian Body Builders Federation (IBBF Mumbai).