Saturday, April 27, 2024
KOHIMA — An internal conflict appears to have emerged within the ranks of the NSCN (IM) as ‘military officers’ within the group have accused its chief of not serving in the interest of Naga movement. However, this claim has been labelled as an ...
03 Apr 2024
GUWAHATI — Assam Minister Pijush Hazarika has launched a scathing attack on Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi, saying that he was a conspirator behind the exit of Himanta Biswa Sarma and other leaders from the Congress. Minister Hazarika said, “Gaurav...
02 Apr 2024
DIMAPUR — India mourned the loss of Subedar Thanseia from Mizoram, a distinguished World War-II veteran of the Indian Army’s Assam Regiment, who passed away on March 31, after a brief illness. He was 102. The funeral service saw an overwhelming t...
01 Apr 2024
THOUBAL — A total of four candidates are in fray for the Outer Manipur (ST) Parliamentary seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as the deadline for withdrawal of nominations ended at 3 pm on Saturday. The candidates are Alfred Kanngam S Arthur ...
30 Mar 2024
GUWAHATI — The Assam government on Friday brought petroleum dealers and retailers under the Essential Services Maintenance (Assam) Act or ESMA in view of a strike called by their association. The government also issued directives to all district ad...
29 Mar 2024
SHILLONG — Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not fielding BJP candidates in two parliamentary seats in the state. The Chief Minister has been campaigning for his sister and National People’s Party...
28 Mar 2024
DIMAPUR — Incidents of crime at Dimapur Railway Station are relatively low compared to other locations, but there has been a notable increase in stone-pelting cases along the Dimapur-Furkating section in 2024, according to railway officials. In Jan...
27 Mar 2024
IMPHAL/AIZAWL — A multi-tier security arrangement has been put in place along the 5437-km long international borders with eight northeastern states to foil any cross-border illegal activities before and during the Lok Sabha elections. Top Army, BSF...
27 Mar 2024
DIMAPUR — A cyclonic circulation situated over northeast Assam and nearby regions, coupled with a trough in westerlies stretching approximately along Long. 93°E to the north of Lat. 23°N in lower tropospheric levels, is expected to bring signific...
26 Mar 2024
DIMAPUR — In response to the quit notice served to the Mao community by the Southern Angami Public Organisation (SAPO) and the Angami Youth Organisation (AYO), the United Naga Council (UNC) on Thursday underscored the need for a rational approach t...
21 Mar 2024
KOHIMA — The Naga People’s Front (NPF) announced Kachui Timothy Zimik as its candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha election in the Outer Manipur parliamentary constituency, putting an end to speculations. The decision was finalised during the NPFâ...
20 Mar 2024
IMPHAL — Nagaland Minister of Higher Education and Tourism, Temjen Imna Along called on Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey at the Raj Bhavan in Imphal on Thursday and discussed a wide range of issues pertaining to the ongoing ethnic conflict and resto...
14 Mar 2024
IMPHAL — Two “important” members of the banned United National Liberation Front (P) have been arrested in a joint operation carried out by the Manipur Police, NIA and CRPF, officials said on Wednesday. They said Thokchom Thoiba, a self-...
13 Mar 2024
DIMAPUR — The Global Naga Forum (GNF) has issued a public appeal to the Southern Angami Public Organisation (SAPO) and Angami Public Organisation (APO) as well as the Mao Council regarding the ongoing dispute over the Kezoltsa area, urging for ‘e...
11 Mar 2024
NEW DELHI — As Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Assam’s Kaziranga National Park, the Congress on Saturday attacked the Centre over the “increasingly disturbed” situation in different parts of the Northeast, and asked why the P...
09 Mar 2024
ITANAGAR, MARCH 9 (IANS) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dedicated to the nation the strategically-crucial Sela Tunnel, constructed at a cost of Rs 825 crore, in Arunachal Pradesh. It is the world’s longest bi-lane tunnel at 13,000 fee...
09 Mar 2024
KOHIMA — The Mao Council met with Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday in connection with the disputed site at Kezoltsa/Kozirü/Kozin and urged for the relocation of state’s security personnel to an undisputed area. Outer Manipur Lok Sa...
09 Mar 2024
DIMAPUR — In light of the ongoing deadlock on the Kezoltsa land dispute, church leaders from the Tenyimia tribes have issued an appeal for grace and sanity to prevail. “At this juncture of the Naga crisis, we are being fragmented by unhealed diff...
08 Mar 2024
NEW DELHI — The Centre’s Network Planning Group (NPG) has fast-tracked three highway projects including a 141 km new bypass for Indore and a 64 km bypass to decongest Guwahati. The 66th meeting of the Network Planning Group (NPG) under PM Gati Sh...
01 Mar 2024
GUWAHATI — Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that no family will be left landless in the state. Attending a ceremonial distribution of land pattas to the eligible beneficiaries of Mission Basundhara 2.0 in Majuli district, Sa...
28 Feb 2024
GUWAHATI — Assam Congress working president Rana Goswami resigned from the party on Wednesday. He is set to join the BJP very soon. In a letter addressed to K C Venugopal, General Secretary of All India Congress Committee, Goswami wrote that he has...
28 Feb 2024
AIZAWL — Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said the Northeast region has been a significant partner in the country’s development. Dhankhar said that India is on the path of unprecedented progress and is currently the fifth-largest glo...
26 Feb 2024
DIMAPUR — The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has announced cancellation and diversion of several trains in view of infrastructure developmental works — pre non-interlocking and non-interlocking works at Chaygaon and non-interlocking works a...
23 Feb 2024
IMPHAL — A leading Manipur tribal body on Friday strongly protested against the transfer of more than 100 Kuki-Zo tribal police personnel to Meitei-majority areas, and sought the intervention of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the matter. The Indi...
23 Feb 2024
AGARTALA — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday virtually inaugurated the permanent campus of the Central Sanskrit University developed in Tripura’s Lembucherra, university officials said. Officials added that INR 100.83 crore were investe...
21 Feb 2024
