Thursday, November 21, 2024
DHOLAI (ASSAM) — Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday alleged that the Congress is not bothered about electoral victory or defeat, and its only intention is to put hurdles in the state’s development. Likening the opposition party t...
05 Nov 2024
IMPHAL/GUWAHATI — Amidst the ethnic hostilities between Meitei and Kuki-Zo, the tribal Thadou community in Manipur asserted that it is a distinct ethnic tribe with its own separate language, culture, traditions and great history. “We are not part...
03 Nov 2024
IMPHAL — A Manipur Police constable in Jiribam district fatally shot his senior colleague, a Sub-Inspector rank police officer, on Saturday after a verbal spat over some issue, officials said. Police have yet to find out the reason for the spat beh...
02 Nov 2024
IMPHAL — Days after the Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh announced that the state government undertook equal efforts for the development of both valley and hill areas, top government officials said on Friday that a higher amount of funds was s...
01 Nov 2024
GUWAHATI — Train services continue to remain disrupted in Assam’s Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section after the derailment of a loaded goods wagon though efforts are on in full swing to restore the rail traffic. According to Railway officials, at lea...
01 Nov 2024
IMPHAL/ITANAGAR — Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Thursday said that his government had already earmarked an amount of Rs 3 crore for the construction of a memorial for Major Ralengnao Bob Khathing, who led his soldiers and hoisted the Tri...
31 Oct 2024
NEW DELHI — Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs Minister Pradesh Kiren Rijiju on Thursday celebrated Diwali with the jawans in the border area of Bumla in Arunachal Pradesh where he also had a brief encounter with Chinese troops on the LAC. ...
31 Oct 2024
NEW DELHI — Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on Wednesday, left for Tawang on a two-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh where he will interact with soldiers stationed along the India-China border. He is accompanied by Union Minister Kiren Rijiju. Manipur...
30 Oct 2024
GUWAHATI — Assam Police have seized cash and gold from the possession of Dipankar Burman, the main accused in the multi-crore online trading scam who was arrested from Goa on Sunday, officials said. According to police, following Burman’s arr...
28 Oct 2024
GUWAHATI — Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the states bordering Bangladesh must coordinate among themselves and with the BSF to foil infiltration bids in the wake of the political turmoil in the neighbouring country. Address...
27 Oct 2024
GUWAHATI — Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday condoled the death of a BJP worker who reportedly died following a pre-poll violence in the state’s Samaguri assembly constituency. The Chief Minister has held Congress “go...
26 Oct 2024
ITANAGAR — A hardcore cadre of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim-Khaplang’s Yung Aung faction (NSCN-K-YA) was shot dead by security forces in Arunachal Pradesh’s Longding district on Saturday, officials said. A defence spokesman sai...
26 Oct 2024
GUWAHATI — Assamese actress Sumi Borah and other key accused in the multi-crore online trading scam were set to be produced in the Court by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Guwahati on Saturday. Borah, her husband Tarkik Borah and the k...
26 Oct 2024
GUWAHATI — The Congress has named former BJP leader Jayanta Bora as its candidate for the by-election to the Behali seat in Assam, even as his nomination led to a split in the united opposition forum in the state. Bora had recently resigned from th...
24 Oct 2024
IMPHAL — The district administration in Manipur’s tribal-inhabited Churachandpur on Wednesday clamped a total curfew in the entire Tuibong sub-division and the police have deployed a huge contingent following protests organised by various loc...
23 Oct 2024
Medininagar (Jharkhand) — Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that Hussainabad sub-division in Jharkhand’s Palamu district will be made a district if the BJP comes to power after the assembly elections, and it will be named...
23 Oct 2024
IMPHAL — Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Wednesday said the Centre has sanctioned the construction of 7,000 houses for internally displaced and violence-hit people in the state. Talking to reporters at the CM Secretariat, he expressed grati...
23 Oct 2024
NEW DELHI/KOHIMA — To boost surface connectivities and economic growth, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has stressed the need to speed up the 98 National Highway projects in four northeastern states – Arunachal Pradesh, ...
22 Oct 2024
IMPHAL — In a significant development, the World Meetei Council (WMC) on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to replace the present Manipur government to restore normalcy and peace in Manipur. The WMC, a leading body of the majority Meetei (...
22 Oct 2024
GUWAHATI — Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the collective priority of both the Centre and the state government is the timely completion of 57 critical National Highway projects. Sarma said he attended a review meeting ...
22 Oct 2024
GUWAHATI — A special NIA court on Tuesday framed charges against Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi and his three associates under the stringent UAPA and IPC for their alleged role in the violent anti-CAA agitation of 2019. The court had earlier given a clean c...
22 Oct 2024
SHILLONG — The annual event in Meghalaya – Shillong Cherry Blossom Festival – is set to take place in November this year with Japan as a partner country, an official said on Monday. The official said that beyond music, the Shillong Cher...
21 Oct 2024
GUWAHATI — Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the ruling NDA will retain all four seats and work hard to snatch the fifth seat from the opposition in the bypolls to be held next month. By-elections will be held in Dholai, Sidli...
20 Oct 2024
ITANAGAR — Inviting to experience the first ray of the sun in the eastern-most corner of India to kiwi-picking, the Arunachal Pradesh government is rolling out red carpet for both domestic and international tourists visiting the picturesque northea...
20 Oct 2024
AIZAWL — Mizoram’s Aizawl will be the fourth capital city in the Northeast to come under railway link within the next nine months as the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is laying the new 51.38 km Broad Gauge track up to Sairang, top officials sa...
20 Oct 2024
