Wildfires burn from coast to coast in US
Meanwhile, in the Northeast, weather officials issued red flag warnings from New Jersey to Massachusetts after a bout of modest weekend rainfall failed to douse the region's wildfire threat
Meanwhile, in the Northeast, weather officials issued red flag warnings from New Jersey to Massachusetts after a bout of modest weekend rainfall failed to douse the region's wildfire threat
In a major effort to enhance rural infrastructure in the northeast, the Ministry of Rural Development on Thursday sanctioned 88 roads spanning 782.155 kilometers, along with 55 bridges, in Meghalaya under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)-III.
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday declared that the Northeast is the heart and soul of Bharat, urging the media to champion the region's potential in tourism and development.
Northeast will hold the first-ever International Science Festival at IIT Guwahati from November 30 to December 3, Union Minister for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh announced here on Friday.
The scheme formulated by the Power Ministry provides for formation of a JV company for all the projects of a Central PSU with the State government, it said.
According to the Act, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014 and facing religious persecution there will not be treated as illegal immigrants but given Indian citizenship.
'It is the same as what has happened with the people of Jammu and Kashmir. What is happening in the northeastern states is a repeat of what has happened in J-K,' said the leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha.
The Shiv Sena supported the contentious bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday but staged a walkout when it was discussed in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Tamil Nadu has a significant number of Sri Lankan Tamils living in various parts of the state, including in government camps. Many of them had fled Sri Lanka during the ethnic strife in the 1980s.
The North East Students' Organisation (NESO), backed by other organisations and political parties, will observe the shutdown till 4 pm against the bill that was passed in the Lok Sabha.
