Guwahati: Flood-hit students in Sivasagar district are walking on an arduous road to recovery. To make their transition a little easier, social organisations stepped in to provide them with school essentials.Around 7,000 students affected by floods in the district are set to receive free school uniforms, notebooks, bags, pens and other educational essentials under an…
Shillong: Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma met governor Chandrashekhar H Vijayashankar at the Lok Bhavan in Shillong on Saturday amid reports that eight of the 12 United Democratic Party (UDP) MLAs are planning to join BJP.Sangma, who heads the ruling National People’s Party (NPP)-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) 2.0 govt, held a meeting with…
Guwahati: The Joint Tribes’ Council Manipur (JTCM) on Saturday withdrew its shutdown of National Highway 37 and all central govt-sponsored projects in areas under its jurisdiction following the release of five Naga women allegedly arrested by a CRPF CoBRA team.The council, however, said it would continue to support the economic blockade called by the United…
A meeting chaired by chief secretary Khilli Ram Meena at the chief secretary’s conference hall in Aizawl on Friday Aizawl: The state coordination committee on traffic management convened a meeting at which it reviewed the registration and use of two-wheeler and four-wheeler taxis following the launch of the Mizotaxi app. The committee also considered extending…
Dimapur: Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio has urged Centre to withdraw the Protected Area Permit (PAP) regime in the state, citing a unanimous resolution adopted by the state legislative assembly.In a letter dated Sept 11 to Union home minister Amit Shah, Rio conveyed the collective sentiments and aspirations of the people of Nagaland for withdrawal of…
JV agreement signing on sidelines of BRICS Summit Guwahati: Cochin Shipyard Ltd has joined hands with UAE-based DP World’s Drydocks World to form a 50:50 joint venture to operate and expand the International Ship Repair Facility (ISRF) at Kochi, in a move aimed at turning the port city into a major global ship repair and…
Aizawl: Compensation totalling Rs 1.28 crore was distributed to 29 victims of crime in Mizoram’s Kolasib district on Friday under the Mizoram Victims of Crime Compensation Scheme, 2011.Gauhati High Court judge and Mizoram State Legal Services Authority (MSLSA) executive chairperson Justice Nelson Sailo handed over the compensation at a sensitisation programme held at the UD&PA…
Silchar: A special NDPS court in Cachar has sentenced two Manipur residents to 10 years in prison for trafficking 50,000 Yaba tablets concealed inside a vehicle’s spare tyre and seized in Silchar in Dec 2024.Special judge Biprajit Roy convicted Liena alias Vanlien Mar (34) and Sonpao alias Jongpao Haokip (47) under Section 22(C) of the…
Aizawl: A 14-year-old budding footballer was killed and five people injured after a massive landslide swept away two buildings in Vairengte, while a six-year-old girl drowned in a rain-swollen drain in Lawngtlai as heavy monsoon rain battered Mizoram.The landslide struck the Zalen neighbourhood of Vairengte town in Kolasib district, bordering Assam, early Saturday after extremely…
Seven people died in two separate road accidents across Assam on Saturday (Representative image) GUWAHATI: Seven people were killed in two separate road accidents in Assam’s Sonitpur and Biswanath districts on Saturday, police said.Five people were killed after the car they were travelling in collided with a truck near a petrol pump in Balipara area…
