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The Assam Government signs MoU with National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) for construction of Twin Tower Trade Centre in Guwahati

The Assam Government has signed an MoU with the National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) Limited to build a Twin Tower Trade Centre in Guwahati at a cost of...

February 3, 2018

Assam hosts 2018 National Handloom Expo (NHE)

The National Handloom Expo (NHE) has been inaugurated by Assam Handloom and Textile Minister Ranjit Dutta at Guwahati, Assam on January 29, 2018. The event is sponsored by...

January 30, 2018

A. R. Rahman

Allah Rakha Rahman, popularly known as A. R. Rahman, is an internationally acclaimed Indian composer, music producer, singer, and songwriter. Renowned for his innovative fusion of Indian classical...

January 10, 2018

The first draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC) released for Assam

The first draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam has listed 19 million people out of the 32.9 million applicants as legal Indian citizens in...

January 3, 2018

2 new ginger species discovered in northeast

Botanical Survey of India (BSI) scientists have discovered two new species of ginger named Hedychium chingmeianum and Caulokaempferia dinabandhuensis in easternmost districts of northeast India. Both the plants...

January 1, 2018

Mamang Dai wins 2017 Sahitya Akademi Award in English

Mamang Dai, Itanagar-based author and journalist, has won the 2017 Sahitya Akademi Award in English language for her 2014 novel “The Black Hill”. The novel gives innate descriptions...

December 22, 2017

Meghalaya launches India’s first social audit law

Meghalaya has become the India’s first state to operationalise a law that makes social audit of government programmes and schemes a part of government practice. Chief Minister Mukul...

December 17, 2017

The Tuirial Hydroelectric Power Project (HEPP) to be dedicated to nation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will formally dedicate the Tuirial Hydro Electric Power Project (HEPP) in Mizoram to the nation on December 16, 2017. On this occasion, the Prime...

December 15, 2017

The Union Government to set up a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) bottling plant in Meghalaya

The Union Government has sanctioned Rs. 75 crore for setting up a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) bottling plant in Meghalaya. Meghalaya is the only state in the region...

December 11, 2017

Assam hosts 6th International Tourism Mart 2017

The 6th International Tourism Mart 2017 has started in Guwahati, Assam on December 5. The three day program has been organized by Ministry of Tourism in association with...

December 5, 2017

18th Hornbill festival 2017 started in Nagaland

President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated the 18th Hornbill festival 2017 and the 54th Statehood Day celebrations of Nagaland at Naga Heritage Village, Kisama on December 1, 2017....

December 1, 2017

Manipur hosts first- ever North East Development Summit (NEDS) 2017

The first- ever North East Development Summit (NEDS) 2017 was inaugurated by President of India Ram Nath Kovind in Imphal, Manipur, which was held on November 21-22, 2017....

November 23, 2017