College teacher in Meghalaya completes 40,000 kms on bicycle trips in 6 years
Shillong, Jan 23 (PTI) This 40 year-old man from a remote Mawnai village in Meghalaya's Eastern West Khasi Hills district has scripted a history...
Huge cache of arms, ammunition found in Karbi Anglong
Diphu, Jan 23 (PTI) A huge cache of arms and ammunition, suspected to be of militant outfit KDLF, was recovered from a forest area...
Cong demands discussion in Assembly on Assam govt’s formula to resolve border row with...
Guwahati, Jan 22 (PTI) The Congress on Saturday kept up its opposition to Assam government's recommendation for a give and take' formula to settle...
New airport planned in Silchar, Assam govt to send proposal to Centre in 2-3...
Silchar (Assam), Jan 21 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said a new airport will be constructed in Dolu tea garden...
Myanmarese national among three held in Mizoram for carrying explosives
Aizawl, Jan 21 (PTI) Three persons including a Myanmarese national who is a member of a political organisation of the neighbourig country were arrested...
Youths disqualified in Assam Police job tests protest
Guwahati, Jan 21 (PTI) A group of youths, who were disqualified in physical tests for the post of constables in the Assam Police, on...
Development and tourism will make Meghalaya a developed state : Om Birla
Shillong, Jan 21 (PTI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday said that with the Centre formulating a comprehensive action plan for development and...
Assam, Meghalaya CMs meet Shah, apprise him of boundary agreement
NEW DELHI, 20 Jan: A day after agreeing to resolve the decades-old boundary disputes, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart...
Assam Cabinet approves time-bound promotion for medical faculties
Haflong (Assam), Jan 19 (PTI) The Assam Cabinet on Wednesday approved introduction of commerce and science streams in a number of colleges, and also...
Nagaland govt grants district status to Shamator
Kohima, Jan 19 (PTI) The Nagaland government on Wednesday declared Shamator sub-division as a full-fledged district.
Till now, Shamator was a sub-division of Tuensang district.
The...
Age limit increased for govt job aspirants in Meghalaya
Shillong, Jan 19 (PTI) The Meghalaya Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to increase the upper age limit for government job aspirants by five...
Fall in eastern swamp deer population in Assam’s Kaziranga
Golaghat (Assam), Jan 19 (PTI) The number of vulnerable eastern swamp deer in Assam's Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve has declined to 868...
Sikkim bans milk from outside on quality issues
Gangtok, Jan 18 (PTI) The Sikkim government on Tuesday temporarily banned the entry of all packaged and canned milk from outside the state saying...
Conrad Sagma elected NPP president
Shillong, Jan 18 (PTI) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma was on Tuesday elected unopposed as national president of National Peoples' Party, which also...
Eighty-nine new cases push Nagaland’s COVID-19 tally to 33,053
Kohima, Jan 18 (PTI) Nagaland's COVID-19 tally rose to 33,053 on Tuesday as 89 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department...
Assam CM sets May 10 deadline for settling old files in state secretariat
Guwahati, Jan 17 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday asked the secretariat staff to ensure that all pending files are disposed...
Suspected drug peddler injured in police firing in Assam
Diphu (Assam), Jan 17 (PTI) A suspected drug peddler was shot at by the Assam Police when he allegedly tried to flee custody in...
Accident free Uruka night, New Year’s eve in Guwahati
Guwahati, Jan 15 (PTI) For the first time in the city there was no road accident on the night of 'Uruka' (the first day...
Driver of Meghalaya home minister’s escort car suspended following accident
Shillong, Jan 15 (PTI) A driver of an escort car of Meghalaya Home Minister Lahkmen Rymbui which hit a two wheeler and killed the...
Suspected ATM thief injured in police firing in Assam
Goalpara (Assam), Jan 15 (PTI) A suspected ATM thief was injured in police firing when he tried to attack the law enforcers with a...