Tuesday, December 12, 2023
GUWAHATI — The Assam government will conduct a socio-economic assessment of indigenous Assamese Muslims of the state, an official said on Saturday. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma here on Fr...
09 Dec 2023
DIMAPUR — The North East Students’ Organisation (NESO), an umbrella body of major student bodies in the Northeast region, will observe December 11 as a “black day” in all the important places of all the seven states, to mark its continued opp...
08 Dec 2023
IMPHAL — The Manipur government, after seven months, on Sunday lifted the ban on mobile internet services in large parts of violence-hit state. However, the ban would continue in border areas of nine districts, officials said. The withdrawal of the...
03 Dec 2023
IMPHAL — The Loktak Development Authority (LDA) has resumed the removal of phumdis (floating biomass) and cleaning activities at Thanga Chinglak stream, also known as Thamakhong Maril (Thamakhong stream) at Loktak lake, in an effort to promote ecol...
03 Dec 2023
DIPHU — Delan Rongpipi was crowned Miss Falcon 2023, while Anushka Teronpi finished as the first runner-up at the annual Falcon Festival held at Umrongso. Both winners hail from Karbi Anglong district. The 9th edition of the annual Falcon Festival,...
03 Dec 2023
AIZAWL — Elaborate arrangements have been made for the counting of votes for the assembly elections in Mizoram, which saw a three-way fight between the ruling MNF, the ZPM and the Congress, on Monday. The counting was supposed to happen on Su...
03 Dec 2023
GUWAHATI — Forhad Ali, a resident of Assam’s Bongaigaon, was declared foreigner by a tribunal after noting that his father’s name was written Habi Rahman and Habibur Rahman in different documents. The order was passed against Ali by a Foreigner...
03 Dec 2023
GUWAHATI — A tri-weekly direct flight between Guwahati and Bangkok has been introduced which will be operated by Thai Air Asia on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday on the Bangkok-Guwahati route, an official said on Saturday. The maiden flight landed at ...
02 Dec 2023
GUWAHATI — The Assam government has decided to reserve 5 per cent of seats in the medical colleges for students of government schools in the state, officials said on Saturday. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting held in Tinsukia on Friday e...
02 Dec 2023
NEW DELHI — Amid demands for rescheduling the date of counting of votes in Mizoram, the Election Commission (EC) on Friday announced that it has revised the date from December 3 to December 4. In a press release, the poll panel said that it receive...
01 Dec 2023
AIZAWL — Mizoram’s NGO Coordination Committee (NGOCC), an umbrella body of major civil societies and student bodies, staged protests across the state on Friday seeking a change in the date of counting of votes for state assembly polls. Hundre...
01 Dec 2023
SHILLONG — The Meghalaya government has set a target to build nearly 1.4 lakh affordable houses in the current fiscal year for the homeless people in the state under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana scheme, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has said. Acco...
30 Nov 2023
NEW DELHI/IMPHAL — Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Thursday discussed the issues facing the state with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, a day after a tripartite agreement was signed with the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), the oldes...
30 Nov 2023
IMPHAL — Dr. Sapam Ranjan Singh, Minister of Health, Information and Public Relations in Manipur, inaugurated the fourth eye bank in Northeast India in Imphal on Wednesday. Assam, Tripura, and Mizoram have the first three eye banks in the region. T...
29 Nov 2023
DIPHU — To provide a unique dining experience, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has introduced rail coach restaurants at major stations. For this, the NFR has repurposed old train coaches no longer suitable for transport, focusing on recycling and ...
29 Nov 2023
DIPHU — The department of Education, Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC), on Wednesday distributed cash awards of INR 15,000 each under the Anundoram Borooah Cash Awards for meritorious students securing 75 percent and above marks in the HSLC e...
29 Nov 2023
NEW DELHI — Manipur’s oldest armed group United National Liberation Front (UNLF) has signed a peace agreement with the Central and the state (Manipur) government in the national capital, with Home Minister Amit Shah terming the development a ...
29 Nov 2023
IMPHAL — Thousands of Kuki-Zo tribals on Wednesday organised mega rallies in Mizoram, Tripura, Delhi, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu, besides different districts in Manipur to highlight their main demand for “separate administrations” (equiv...
29 Nov 2023
GUWAHATI — The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) here arrested two drug peddlers from Manipur in a bid to foil an interstate drug smuggling attempt, officials said on Wednesday. According to a senior official, the duo were arrested from a Delhi-bound ...
29 Nov 2023
DIPHU — The All Tiwa Students’ Union of Karbi Anglong District Committee (ATSU-KADC) observed the 69th death anniversary of Khorsing Terang, the first Chief Executive Member (CEM) of the former Mikir Hills District Council (now Karbi Anglong Auto...
29 Nov 2023
DIPHU — The All India Karbi Students’ Union (AIKSU) and Nirmal Kumar Tea Estate Union staged a protest on Tuesday against Abdul Kayum Talukdar, an alleged land mafia, on the Assam-Nagaland inter-state border at Lahorijan in the Karbi Anglong dist...
29 Nov 2023
IMPHAL — Chief Minister of Manipur N Biren Singh on Monday appealed to all sections of the society to stand united to find a solution to the ongoing crisis in the state. Manipur has been in turmoil since the ethnic conflict broke out between the Me...
27 Nov 2023
SHILLONG — The Meghalaya Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has taken suo-motu cognisance of reports of non-payment of salaries of transport department contractual employees for two to three years and also of the death of one of the workers, MHRC sourc...
27 Nov 2023
AIZAWL — A six-member delegation of NGO Coordination Committee (NGOCC), an umbrella body of influential civil society and students’ organisations, would meet the Election Commission on Tuesday, even as the poll panel has already started its p...
27 Nov 2023
IMPHAL — Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Sunday said his government was holding talks with an Imphal Valley-based insurgent group, and a peace accord will be signed soon. Speaking to PTI-Video, Singh said the talks were at an advanced stage...
26 Nov 2023
