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Shillong: Union finance and corporate affairs minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday laid foundation stones for projects worth over Rs 1,200 crore across sectors in Meghalaya and inaugurated NE’s largest organic spice processing unit in Ri-Bhoi district.The initiatives include the Meghalaya Ecotourism Infrastructure Development Project with five sub-projects worth Rs 91.60 crore; the Meghalaya Logistics and…

Guwahati: Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has found that underprivileged and illiterate youths from rural, remote areas of Assam are targeted to be trafficked to Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh using profitable jobs to lure them.This came to light after the rescue of 115 persons from the age group 15- 35, which includes 39 minors and 48…

Shillong: The Meghalaya State Zoo has achieved a conservation milestone with the birth of a stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides), marking the first successful breeding of the species at the zoo.The breeding pair was brought from Aizawl Zoological Park in Mizoram through an animal exchange programme.“The successful birth highlights the species’ adaptation to its new environment…

Dimapur: University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM) has announced to provide a comprehensive package of exclusive fellowships and scholarships for 50 deserving students of Nagaland as part of its student-centric outreach and educational empowerment in the state.Making the announcement at a press conference here on Friday, USTM chancellor Mahbubul Hoque said 50 students from…

Dimapur: Dimapur: Nagaland’s teacher-student ratio stands at 1:12, said adviser to school education Kekhrielhoulie Yhome on Friday, calling it “very healthy”.Yhome said Nagaland has around 1,900 govt schools, 880 private schools and a dozen central schools with a total of about 34,000 teachers.He made this statement at an orientation on Nagaland School Quality Assessment and…

Guwahati: A lower court here has summoned a graffiti artist and a youth leader in connection with a case of purportedly inscribing an objectionable slogan against CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on a large canvas during a protest against tree felling at Guwahati’s Bharalumukh for a flyover project in 2024.The graffiti artist Marshall Baruah and the…

Aizawl: In a minor reshuffle of the Mizoram council of ministers’ portfolios, CM Lalduhoma has taken over the department of personnel and administrative reforms from home minister K Sapdanga.The change was announced through a notification issued by the state political and cabinet department on Thursday night.Sapdanga, the senior-most cabinet minister, was previously stripped off his…

Dibrugarh: A cadre of the NSCN-K (Ang Mai) faction was arrested during a joint operation by the Assam Rifles and Tirap police in the Hydel area of Khonsa in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tirap district on Thursday.The operation was launched by the Khonsa Battalion of Assam Rifles in coordination with Tirap police on the basis of specific…

Guwahati: Assam has deployed a multi-layer security framework and imposed restrictions around NEET-UG examination centres ahead of the re-exam scheduled for June 21, in an effort to ensure a fair, transparent and incident-free conduct of the medical entrance test across the state.The Guwahati police commissionerate has imposed prohibitory restrictions around all 15 examination venues in…

Imphal: Hundreds of people from the Kuki-Zo community on Friday took out a rally under the banner of Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) in Kuki-Zo dominated districts and submitted a memorandum to PM Narendra Modi outlining a seven-point charter of demands.In Churachandpur district, the rally began in Koite village playground and concluded at the Peace Ground…