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Gangtok, June 5: On the occasion of World Environment Day, Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang asked people to plant trees on barren land. Addressing a gathering after planting an ‘Arucha’ sapling on a government college campus on Monday, he said people should try to mitigate the impact of climate change and global warming by planting more trees and ensuring that no land remained barren in the state. Tamang urged people to make the state government’s ‘Mero Rukh Mero Santati’ (My Tree, My Offspring) scheme successful by planting 100 saplings...

Siliguri, April 25: A 49-year-old Bangladeshi man was arrested in northern West Bengal’s Siliguri on Tuesday when he came to the registry office to register land that he illegally bought with fake Indian documents, police said. Acting on a tip-off that a Bangladeshi man crossed over to India to buy land, a trap was laid and when Dilip Sutradhar came to the Ashigarh registry office to get the land registered, he was arrested by police personnel who were waiting for him, they said. A fake Aadhaar card and voter ID...

Kibithoo (Arunachal Pradesh), April 10: The era when anyone could encroach on India’s land has passed and no one can dare to eye its border, Home Minister Amit Shah said here on Monday. Launching the Vibrant Villages programme in the border village of Kibithoo in Arunachal Pradesh, India’s easternmost place, Shah said the valour of army and ITBP personnel ensures that no one can encroach even an inch of India’s land. He said border areas are the top priority of the Modi Government, pointing to the infrastructure and other development...

Tezpur, June 11: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday claimed that land acquisition has to be completed by the state government before sending a formal proposal to the Centre for developing a greenfield airport. He said that Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia's letter stating that no proposal has been received for a greenfield airport in Cachar district has been wrongly understood by some people . The chief minister told reporters here, "The state government has to complete the land acquisition before formally submitting the proposal for the...