Aizawl: A health centre was inaugurated on Friday at Zochachhuah in Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district.The facility, located along the highway being built under the Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP), was constructed by IRCON International Ltd. under its corporate social responsibility initiative at a cost of Rs 25 lakh.Lawngtlai deputy commissioner Donny Lalruatsanga inaugurated the…
Caught in a crushing ring, a wild jumbo awaits rescue Attachment Attachment Dibrugarh: A wild elephant lumbered through a Golaghat tea estate on Thursday with a heavy tractor tyre lodged around its neck.The elephant was among a herd of four spotted at the tea garden in Numaligarh’s Bokolial area.A video showing the tyre trapped around…
Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma on Thursday led the CM CONNECT Block-Level community interaction programme at Rongara in South Garo Hills, bringing residents, elected representatives and officials together to address concerns related to essential services, infrastructure and livelihoods.Sangma also inaugurated the new annex building of the Rongara Community and Rural Development Block Office before attending…
Guwahati: Students protested at Gauhati University (GU) on Thursday against the restriction of the fourth year of undergraduate courses to a few selected departments in some of the affiliated colleges.The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) demonstration outside the university’s administrative building demanded the withdrawal of an Aug 27 notice allowing only selected departments in 142…
Guwahati: Four northeastern states have formed panels to oversee open prisons following Supreme Court directions, Gauhati high court said on Thursday.Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland have also submitted their first quarterly compliance reports to the high court.Open Correctional Institutions (OCIs), or open prisons, allow selected inmates to work outside, learn skills and, in some…
Guwahati: The city will host the inaugural Guwahati International Marathon on Feb 7, 2027, with about 12,000 people expected to participate.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the event on Thursday in the presence of cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar. PMG Sports LLP will promote the marathon, while the Assam Tourism Development Corporation will be its state sponsor.The…
Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma joined the retro trend bandwagon, stepping into the ’80s through an AI-recreated photograph with his wife.Speaking to reporters in Nalbari on Thursday, Sarma urged people embracing the social media trend to also use AI to imagine themselves 20 years into the future.“Going back to the 80s using AI has…
Clothes, 2 Phones Sent For Forensic ExamGuwahati: Police have sent the clothes allegedly worn by Ramanuj Goswami during his wife’s murder and two mobile phones for forensic examination.Police said Goswami allegedly killed and beheaded his wife, Riya Talukdar Goswami, with a machete at their flat in Basisthapur, Beltola, on Sept 3. The killing allegedly followed…
Kolkata: Manipur CM Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Thursday assured the family of Chongtham Vikram Singh, the 55-year-old gifted musician who was killed by rowdies in Delhi, that justice would be delivered in the case soon.Visiting Vikram’s family with local MLA Khumukcham Joykishan, Khemchand inquired about the health and well-being of Vikram’s family, particularly his wife,…
Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (APSCPCR) has taken suo motu cognisance of additional videos circulating on social media that purportedly show the assault and abuse of a minor girl and a boy by an individual identified as Biri Tara.The commission had previously taken cognisance of an initial video involving…
