Foreign cigarettes worth Rs 2.47 seized in Mizoram
Aizawl, Nov 2 (PTI) Assam Rifles (AR) and Customs officials seized foreign cigarettes worth Rs 2.47 crore in Mizoram's Champhai district near the Indo-Myanmar...
New APSC chairman sworn-in
Guwahati, Sep 3 (PTI) Bharat Bhushan Dev Choudhury was on Saturday sworn-in as the Chairman of the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC).
Governor Jagdish Mukhi...
Meghalaya CM reviews preparedness amid forecast for heavy rains
Shillong, 21 Jun: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting to assess the damage and loss of lives caused...
ATM Installed In Meghalaya Hospital Where Inventor Was Born In 1925
Shillong, Aug 10 (PTI): A hospital in Meghalaya, where ATM inventor John Adrian Shepherd-Barron was born in 1925, has got an automated teller machine...
Drug mafia, illegal immigrants behind Manipur violence: CM
IMPHAL, 18 Dec: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday blamed drug mafia and illegal immigrants for the ethnic strife that has rocked...
Over 15 kg heroin seized by Mizoram Excise Dept in 2021
Aizawl, Nov 21 (PTI) The Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department has seized over 15 kg of heroin and arrested 493 people in drug related...
Heroin worth over Rs 4.5 crore seized, two arrested by Assam Police
Guwahati, Aug 19 (PTI) Assam Police arrested two persons and seized heroin worth over Rs 4.5 crore from their possession at Jorabat in the...
2 involved in planting IED arrested in Manipur
Imphal, 12 Sep: Two persons involved in the planting of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the office of Ward Development Committee in Manipur's...
Balancing environment protection with development vital to fight climate change: Choudhury
Guwahati, Dec 6 (PTI) Balancing environment protection and development along with awareness generation are the keys to combat climate change, noted environmentalist Anwaruddin Choudhury...
Cong writes to Assam Speaker for disqualification of suspended MLA
Guwahati, Apr 26 (PTI) The Congress on Tuesday wrote to the Assam Legislative Assembly Speaker to disqualify its suspended MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed from...
Liquor to be costlier in Meghalaya as cabinet approves tax hike
Shillong, May 25 (PTI) Tipplers will have to dig deeper into their pockets to take a swig of their favourite alcoholic drink as the...
FlyBig commences Guwahati-Pasighat air service
GUWAHATI, 24 May: Direct flight service between Guwahati (Assam) and East Siang HQ Pasighat by FlyBig airlines began on Monday as part of the...
Rio to be Nagaland’s CM for 5th term
KOHIMA, 2 Mar: Nagaland political stalwart and its longest serving chief minister Neiphiu Rio is set to assume office as chief minister for a...
Congress Nominates Mizo Woman Who Married Outside Community, Faces Protests
Aizawl, Oct 20 (PTI): Supporters of students' organisation Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) on Friday held a demonstration in Aizawl, protesting against the Congress for...
Man arrested for hiding religious identity to marry woman
Nagaon, Oct 23 (PTI) A Muslim man who took a Hindu identity and married a woman from that faith has been arrested in central...
AJYCP holds pan-Assam protests demanding repeal of CAA
Guwahati, Dec 15 (PTI) The Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chhatra Parishad (AJYCP) on Wednesday held protests across the state against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and...
HC directs Arunachal, Assam to report on jails’ conditions
GUWAHATI, 29 Dec: The Gauhati High Court recently issued a directive to the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland and Mizoram to file detailed...
Indian govt giving substantial attention to NE region: NITI Aayog VC
NEW YORK, 14 Jul: NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson Suman Bery has said that the attention of the government towards India's Northeast is substantial and...
Six policemen among nine injured during eviction drive in Manipur
Imphal, Dec 6 (PTI) Three forest guards and six police personnel suffered serious injuries on Tuesday after residents of a village in Manipur's Kangpokpi...
Fresh tension grips Imphal following disappearance of two teenagers
IMPHAL, 6 Nov: Fresh tension gripped the state capital and its adjoining areas on Monday after two teenaged boys went missing from Imphal West...