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Brahmaputra Board Act to be amended
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Faced with the criticism over its functioning, the Government of India proposes to amend the existing Brahmaputra Board Act 1980.[...More]
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Work on Brahmaputra embankment begins
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Amidst apprehension of misuse of funds and protest from the public over the reasonability of building an embankment on the Brahmaputra without checking erosion and demanding proper and timely compensation of the requisitioned land the work on the controversial embankment[...More]
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414 tea gardens benefitted in NE
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As many as 414 tea gardens of Tripura and Assam have been benefitted by the Central assistance in the form of loan and subsidy under Special Purpose Tea Fund (SPTF).[...More]
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Jal Sanjog Yatra reaches Berhampur
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The ‘Jal Sanjog Yatra' reached the city on Sunday afternoon. Warm welcome was accorded to the participants of the march taken up for the demand of linking of Vansadhara, Rushikulya and Mahanadi rivers of Orissa.[...More]
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March begins seeking linking of rivers
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A long march demanding linking of major rivers of Orissa was flagged off from Kasinagar in Gajapati district of south Orissa on Friday.[...More]
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Orissa must focus on Agriculture development: ASSOCHAM
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Orissa has attracted huge investment of Rs 9.4 lakh crores by the end of September last, yet the state needs to come out with a strategy of using public investment exclusively for development of Agriculture and allied sector[...More]
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BJP opposes selling of irrigated land to IPPs
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The Orissa unit of Bharatiya Janata Party today alleged that over 3000 acres of irrigated areas under the Rengali Right canal system had been handed over to three Independent power producers for setting up power projects.[...More]
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Over 900 Vivasayigal Sangam members arrested
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As many as 911 members, including 295 women, of Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam were arrested in Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts on Monday when they resorted to picketing in front of the taluk offices demanding free house site pattas
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WRD to execute flood management project
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The Water Resources Department is planning to implement a flood management project to prevent inundation of areas in the northern fringes of the city during monsoon.
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'Hirakud dam is failing, farmers are killing themselves'
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Dozens of farmers have committed suicide in Orissa in the past one year as the Hirakud dam is no longer serving its purpose, says a new study that warns of a grimmer situation in the coming days if urgent steps are not taken.[...More]
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'Hirakud dam is failing, farmers are killing themselves'
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Dozens of farmers have committed suicide in Orissa in the past one year as the Hirakud dam is no longer serving its purpose, says a new study that warns of a grimmer situation in the coming days if urgent steps are not taken.[...More]
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Muga farmers shifting to rubber cultivation
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The growing risks involved in farming muga, the unique organic silk of Assam, have made many farmers of this precious golden silk, to change over to rubber plantation. [...More]
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Drifting river sparks dispute between Assam, Meghalaya
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A small drifting river has sparked a boundary dispute between Assam and Meghalaya.[...More]
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INTUC to hold demonstration to protest anti-farmers policy
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The Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) today threatened to hold a mass demonstration in front of the state Assembly on March 10 in protest against alleged anti-farmers and anti-workers policy of the state government.[...More]
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Industrialisation turning farmers into petty labourers: UK anthropologist
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All is not well with the process of industrialisation in India. Industrialisation is reducing the village people of the country, who used to be highly skilled farmers, into vulnerable cheap labourers.[...More]
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