Aizawl: Forty-three cadres of the underground Hmar People’s Convention – Democratic (HPC-D), the Lalhmingthanga Sanate faction, have surrendered their arms at a ‘home coming and laying down of arms’ ceremony held at the Central Training Institute ground in Sesawng village on Thursday.With this development, Mizoram no longer has any active underground ethnic insurgent groups.Addressing the…
Aizawl: The Mizoram govt’s disaster management & rehabilitation (DM&R) department along with a private firm launched an app called ‘Khuarel’, the disaster incident & reporting management system, on Wednesday.The app was officially launched by minister of DM&R department Prof. Lalnilawma.While delivering his speech at the launch, Prof. Lalnilawma said the Khuarel App is designed to…
Dimapur: The Dimapur Municipal Council employees have declared an indefinite ‘no pay, no work’ protest from May 5, citing their long-overdue salaries and pending dues.The decision was taken at the executive meeting of the Dimapur Municipal Council Employees’ Welfare Union after the authorities failed to address their long-pending demands despite repeated representations. Source link
Agartala: A five-year-old boy was killed when a mud wall of their kitchen unexpectedly collapsed in Fatikroy of Tripura’s Unakoti district on Wednesday evening.The boy, Ankush Malakar, along with his brother Ayush Malakar, was inside the house when the incident took place.The house was owned by their father, Nibas Malakar.Relatives took them to Fatikroy Hospital,…
Guwahati: The Election Commission will debut a QR code-based photo identity card module on its ECINET platform during the counting of votes on May 4 for the Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry assembly elections, along with bypolls in seven constituencies across five states.The move aims to prevent the possibility of any unauthorised…
Dibrugarh: With monsoon season barely weeks away, Sivasagar district administration has swung into action, launching a drain cleaning initiative across town to prevent waterlogging.On Thursday, large-scale cleaning operations were carried out along two of the town’s busiest thoroughfares — AT Road and Darbar Road — covering Wards 1, 2, 9, 10 and 11. Workers cleared…
In Meghalaya’s Sohra region, the body of a 15-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh was found a day after she fell into a waterfall while taking photos, according to a PTI news agency report.The girl had been visiting the picturesque Wei Sawdong Falls, a popular tourist destination known for its tiered cascades and deep natural pools-when…
Churachandpur: The Kuki Women Organisation for Human Rights (KWOHR) and the Kuki Women Union (KWU) on Wednesday organised a “Mass Rally for Justice, Truth, and Accountability” across four districts — Churachandpur, Kangpokpi, Chandel, and Tengnoupal — protesting the April 24 attacks on Mulam and Songphel villages. The rally began around noon from Koite playground and…
Guwahati: BJP-led four-party NDA is poised to retain power in Assam for a historic third consecutive term, according to a flurry of exit polls released on Wednesday evening that point to a strong pro-incumbency wave led by chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.The single-phase elections on April 9 recorded the highest-ever poll participation in the state…
Silchar: A temporary footbridge over the Singla river at Anipur was washed away on Wednesday morning following a sharp rise in water levels triggered by incessant rainfall over the past two days, officials said.The footbridge had been constructed as an interim arrangement for pedestrian movement after an RCC bridge at the site collapsed nearly two…
