Two held with heroin in Assam; 1,500 kg of drugs destroyed

Diphu/Kokrajhar (Assam), Feb 8 (PTI) A huge consignment of heroin, concealed in 15 soap boxes, was seized in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Tuesday...

How U-19 girls went on to conquer the world

NEW DELHI, 3 Feb: Seven months of meticulous planning by the National Cricket Academy (NCA) top brass ahead of the inaugural U-19 World Cup...

Five Myanmar nationals detained in Assam for illegally entering Assam

Silchar, Oct 23 (PTI) Five Myanmar nationals have been detained by the police in south Assam's Cachar district for entering India without proper travel...

Mizoram reports 487 new COVID-19 cases, 2 more fatalities

Aizawl, Aug 19 (PTI) Mizoram's COVID-19 tally crossed the 50,000 mark on Thursday as 487 more people tested positive for the infection, a health...

NGO to transform Nagaland into fruit hub of India

KOHIMA, 4 Jul: An NGO under its ambitious mission, 'Trees for Wealth', has set a target to transform Nagaland into a fruit hub of...

Himanta’s ‘Miya’ remarks: MP, CPI(M) file police complaints, TMC writes to CJI

Guwahati, 17 Jul: The CPI(M) and an Independent Rajya Sabha MP on Monday lodged police complaints against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, alleging...

High-quality ganja worth Rs 3.5 crore seized in Meghalaya

Shillong, July 12 (PTI) Meghalaya Police Tuesday seized over 1,100 kg of high quality ganja worth Rs 3.5 crore from a Guwahati-bound truck in...

NE bishops pledge to fight climate change

GUWAHATI, 15 Sep: The Catholic bishops of Northeast India, during a regional pastoral conference held here in Assam from 12-15 September, pledged to fight...

‘Love jihad’ behind Assam triple murder: Himanta

Guwahati, Jul 26 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday claimed the recent triple murder in Golaghat was an outcome of 'love-jihad',...

Apex bodies, churches urge Naga groups to come together for Naga solution

KOHIMA, 16 Jan: Naga apex bodies and churches have urged the NSCN (IM) and the Naga National Political Groups (NNPG) to come together and...

Tripura Congress’ charge sheet’ against BJP govt ahead of by-polls

Agartala, Jun 8 (PTI) Days before bye-elections in four Assembly constituencies in Tripura, The Congress on Wednesday unveiled a charge sheet against the BJP-led...

Manipur video: Guilty won’t be spared: PM; too little, too late: Cong

NEW DELHI, 20 Jul: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks on the incident of two women being paraded naked in Manipur, the Congress on...

Bhaichung Bhutia becomes new president of Hamro Sikkim Party

Gangtok, Sep 20 (PTI) Legendary footballer Bhaichung Bhutia was on Tuesday elected as the new president of the Hamro Sikkim Party (HSP). The 45-year-old former...

Manipur: 6 arrested for looting arms from IRBn camp

IMPHAL, 15 Feb: The Manipur Police have arrested six people for looting arms from the India Reserve Battalion (IRBn) camp in Chingarel in Manipur's...

Climate change pushes dengue into new frontiers across India

DIMAPUR, 25 Nov: The lights above washing the hospital corridor with a dim glow, a frantic Jenpu Rongmei rushed to see his 12-year-old nephew...

School teacher suspended for sexually abusing student in Assam

Rangia (Assam), Oct 17 (PTI) A school teacher in Assam's Kamrup district was suspended for allegedly sexually abusing a student on the premises of...

Paraglider dies after falling from parachute in Assam

Tinsukia, Jan 27 (PTI) A 35-year-old tourist was killed when he fell down during paragliding at a temporary resort set up in Dibru river...

Assam:11 km solar-powered fence along Raimona park installed

Guwahati, Feb 26 (PTI)) In a bid to mitigate human-elephant conflict, an 11-kilometre-long solar-powered fence has been installed along the boundary of Raimona National...

1 killed, 2 injured in Tripura landslides

Agartala, Aug 25 (PTI) A 21-year-old man was killed and two children were injured on Wednesday in two separate landslides caused by incessant rain...

Aizawl, TRAU share spoils; 10-man Rajasthan prevail over Churchill Brothers

Aizawl, Nov 15 (PTI) Aizawl FC and TRAU FC shared the spoils after a 1-1 draw in their I-League match at the picturesque Rajiv...