Year: 2019

Guwahati Rly Station first to get ISO 14001: 2015 certification

Guwahati Rly Station first to get ISO 14001: 2015 certification

Guwahati Railway Station has become the first station in India to obtain the ISO 14001: 2015 certification for implementation of environment management system by carrying out directives issued by the National Green Tribunal. An official statement said that the certification has been issued for “providing passenger amenities in clean and

AFSPA withdrawn partially from Arunachal

AFSPA withdrawn partially from Arunachal

After 32 years, the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, which gives sweeping powers to security forces, was partially removed from three of nine districts of Arunachal Pradesh but would remain in force in the areas bordering Myanmar, officials said here.

Mizoram civil society calls for Lok Sabha elections boycott

Mizoram civil society calls for Lok Sabha elections boycott

An umbrella organisation of major civil societies and student associations in Mizoram have decided to boycott the April 11 election to the lone Mizoram Lok Sabha seat and organise a state-wide indefinite bandh from April 8, sources in it said Monday. The NGO Coordination Committee said that a decision was