Thursday, November 21, 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
NEW DELHI — The Government of Japan on Tuesday committed Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan to the tune of approximately INR 12,814 crore for nine projects across various sectors in India. The notes for the agreement were exchanged between ...
20 Feb 2024
AIZAWL —The Mizo Students’ Union (MSU) on Monday warned that if any Mizos or Kuki-Zo ethnic people residing in Manipur are deported to Mizoram, they will retaliate by expelling all Meitei people living in the state to Manipur. The student bod...
19 Feb 2024
AIZAWL — Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma reiterated on Saturday that his government is opposed to the fencing of the Indo-Myanmar border and the scrapping of the Free Movement Regime (FMR). During an interaction with leaders of the NGO Coordinatio...
17 Feb 2024
NEW DELHI – From a state that has produced Lou Majaw and the Shillong Chamber Choir, Mookhuri may not yet be as famous, but the four-member band that is seeking to revive Meghalaya’s traditional instruments definitely has the talent to join t...
16 Feb 2024
AIZAWL — The Mizoram NGO Coordination Committee (NGOCC) has urged the Centre to reconsider its decision to fence the India-Myanmar border and suspend the Free Movement Regime (FMR) with the neighbouring country. In a memorandum to Union Home Minist...
14 Feb 2024
GUWAHATI — Congress has been dealt a big blow in Assam before the Lok Sabha polls as the working president of the party and three-time MLA Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha has decided to join hands with BJP. Purkayastha started his political journey with...
14 Feb 2024
GUWAHATI — The Assam government is ready for talks with Paresh Baruah-led United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I), minister Pijush Hazarika said on Monday. “Even after signing a peace agreement with the pro-talks camp, the Barua-...
12 Feb 2024
AGARTALA — Six hardcore cadres of the banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) fled from their Bangladesh camps and surrendered to security officials in the state on Friday. They also deposited arms and ammunition including two Chinese ...
10 Feb 2024
GUWAHATI — Assam government will soon come up with a bill to introduce Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state and a Cabinet meeting in this regard was called on Saturday to discuss the matter. State irrigation minister Jayanta Malla Baruah told re...
10 Feb 2024
NEW DELHI/GUWAHATI — Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met the Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and discussed the preparedness of the party for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in the state. The meeting between the two politicians took place in...
07 Feb 2024
GUWAHATI— As many leaders form the Congress and other parties have switched to BJP in Assam recently, the state Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Pijush Hazarika claimed that opposition leaders were forced to join the saffron camp due to the imme...
07 Feb 2024
ITANAGAR, FEB 6 (PTI) — The cabinet of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu approved the creation of two new districts for ease of administration, a senior official said on Tuesday. The decision to create the new districts was taken during ...
06 Feb 2024
IMPHAL – Three senior officers from Manipur Education Department, who were suspended on January 12, have reportedly furnished written apologies for “irregularity in issuing no-objection certificates (NOCs)” to schools in Churachandpur a...
06 Feb 2024
GUWAHATI — LPG cylinder transporters of Indian Oil Corporation on Wednesday went on an indefinite strike for the second time in less than two months, alleging pending dues and low rates in recently floated tenders. An IOC official, however, termed ...
31 Jan 2024
IMPHAL — Central and state’s health schemes are facing severe challenges, including financial constraints and operational hurdles in Manipur affecting the possible beneficiaries, especially the ethnic violence affected people. Both the Pradhan Ma...
30 Jan 2024
DIMAPUR — The Angami Public Organisation (APO) has issued an ultimatum to the Mao Council over the “Kezoltsa/Kozirü/Kozin” land dispute between the Mao Council, Southern Angami Public Organisation (SAPO) and the Maram tribe. Among others, it a...
25 Jan 2024
DIMAPUR — The NSCN (IM) on Wednesday voiced a strong opposition to the move of Indian government to abolish the Free Movement Regime (FMR) along the Indo-Myanmar border, stating that it violates the Naga people’s rights and further divides them. ...
24 Jan 2024
