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...
Assam registers 44 pc jump in fresh COVID-19 cases in single day
Guwahati, Jan 15 (PTI) Assam on Saturday registered a 44 per cent jump in fresh COVID-19 cases in a single day as 3,390 more...
Forest cover in NE states reduced by 1,020 sq kms in last 2 years,...
NEW DELHI, 13 Jan: The total forest cover in the northeastern states reduced by 1,020 square kilometres in the last two years, according to...
Arrest Punjab Chief Minister: Himanta Biswa Sarma On PM Security Breach
Guwahati, Jan 12 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday alleged that the Congress high command and his Punjab counterpart had conspired...
Portal to facilitate business between Bangladesh, NE India launched
Guwahati, Jan 12 (PTI) A trade portal to facilitate business between Bangladeshi and Indian traders, especially of the North East region, was launched on...
Tripura equipped to face third wave of pandemic, people should abide by COVID protocol:...
Agartala, Jan 12 (PTI) Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has appealed to people to strictly maintain Covid-appropriate behaviour, while also giving assurance that...
Ex-Naga militant shot dead by former colleagues in Assam
Guwahati, Jan 11 (PTI) A former Naga militant was shot dead by his erstwhile colleagues over "personal enmity" in Cachar district of Assam along...