Hundreds of farmers in Assam’s Golaghat district staged a massive protest on Thursday against a circular issued by a Nagaland government agency, which directed them to cease farming on land they have cultivated for decades. The land has reportedly been allocated for oil palm cultivation.
A 78-year-old woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Katha Chema village, Jagun, Tinsukia, along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border on Thursday.
Assam is the third fastest growing state after Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, according to the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) data.
In a move that could reshape Assam’s iconic tea landscape, the state Agriculture Department has called a high-stakes meeting to discuss oil palm cultivation within tea estates — a proposal that has stirred both interest and concern across the industry.
A worker lost his life when the crane he was operating fell from a height of 116 feet at the 2,000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project (SLHEP) dam in Gerukamukh which is nearing completion.
