GUWAHATI: The Birla Corporation Ltd plans to sign a pact with the Assam government in September to set up a one million tonne (mt) cement plant in that state, Birla Corp chairman Harsh V. Lodha said here Tuesday.

‘Everything is in place, we are just waiting for the chief minister to recover fully and resume office,’ Lodha told reporters on the sidelines of an interactive session organised by Indian Chamber of Commerce.

SHILLONG: Meghalaya government is in the process of revising its BPL list and issuing special cards to the beneficiaries. “There have been discrepancies in the BPL list with instances of BPL families not finding place in the list.

AIZAWL : Over Rs. 27 lakhs has been spent by ministers and parliamentary secretaries of Mizoram of the present ministry for traveling. Mizoram Secretariat Administration Department has revealed the traveling expenses of Mizoram ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries during the period from 2009 to till August 17.

AIZAWL: The Mizoram government has officially received the lists of Bru refugees lodged in six relief camps in North Tripura district, officials said here today. The government received the lists submitted by the Mizoram Bru Displaced People”s Forum (MBDPF) which conducted population survey of the refugees, through the Tripura government.