9,653 villages electrified till date under DDUGJY

August 2016

A total of 327 villages have been electrified across the country from 1st to 7th August 2016 under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY)...

Tags: DDUGJY, Narendra Modi, Electrification, Gram Vidyut Abhiyanta, Discom

HUL plans manufacturing unit

August 2016

Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has announced an investment of about Rs 1,000 crore towards the setting up of a new manufacturing unit in Assam. ...

Tags: Hindustan Unilever, HUL, Manufacturing Unit, Assam

Government provides electricity to 105 villages

June 2016

One hundred and five more villages in India now have access to electricity, adding up to a total of 7,654. Out of these, 33 villages are in Assam, 23...

Tags: Electricity, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha

Govt. to invest Rs.25k cr in Assam

March 2016

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said the Centre would invest Rs.25,000 crore for developing roads, bridges and waterways in ...

Tags: Road Transport, Highways, Nitin Gadkari, Roads, Bridges, Waterways, NHAI, PWD, NHIDC

ACME Wins bids of 50 MW in Uttarakhand

December 2015

ACME has expanded its portfolio to around 1,200 MW. The company has an existing portfolio of around 1,150 MW including 440 MW in Telangana, 104 MW in...

Tags: ACME Cleantech Solutions, Portfolio, JNNSM Phase II Projects

Indias longest rail-cum-road bridge

November 2015

The Bogibeel bridge on the Brahmaputra river in upper Assam, which is India´s longest rail-cum-road bridge, will be commissioned in June 2017, accord...

Tags: Bogibeel Bridge, Brahmaputra River, Rail Cum Road, Northeast Frontier Railway, Dhemaji, Assam, Construction

RCom in talks for 2G intra-circle roaming in Bihar, WB & Assam

November 2015

Telecom operator Reliance Communications is planning to roll out a third generation (3G) intra-circle roaming (ICR)-like agreement to continue 2G ser...

Tags: Reliance Communications, Telecom, Generation, RCom, Tata Teleservices, Aircel, GSM, 3G ICR

India´s longest Power Grid transmission line to connect NE

October 2015

India´s first High Voltage DC -¦ 800 kV transmission line from Biswanath Chariali, Assam to Agra, constructed by Power Grid Corporation of India, con...

Tags: High Voltage DC, Transmission, Biswanath Chariali, Power Grid Corporation of India, HVDC