Aizawl: Mizoram reshuffled senior IAS postings on Thursday, a week after CM Lalduhoma took charge of the department of personnel and administrative reforms (DP&AR) from home minister K Sapdanga.An order issued on Thursday said DP&AR and urban development and poverty alleviation secretary K Lalthawmmawia has been shifted to the school education and sports and youth…
Singer Dev Pagli (sitting on the floor in saffron clothes) Guwahati: Ambubachi Mela at the Kamakhya temple does not just attract sadhus and aghoris; it also attracts many seeking a spiritual recharge that can guide them on the right path. Gujarati folk star Dev Pagli, known for blending traditional melodies with modern beats, is of…
Guwahati: The traffic through the Assam Trunk Road will remain diverted from June 27 night to June 29 for repairing and restoration of the approaches to the Railway Over Bridge (ROB) at Athgaon area, one of the busiest commercial locality in the city.DCP (traffic) Jayanta sarathi Bora on Thursday, while issuing an advisory, stated that…
Dibrugarh: A CRPF officer currently posted in Dibrugarh achieved a rare endurance milestone by cycling a cumulative one lakh miles (over 1.6 lakh km), over the past seven years, a distance equivalent to circling the Earth four times.A native of Dehradun in Uttarakhand, Sohan Singh Rawat (58) has over 35 years of uniformed service to…
Dimapur: GST field officials conducted inspection, search and seizure operations across commercial establishments in Kohima from June 23 to strengthen tax compliance and ensure transparency in business transactions.The inspections were carried out under Section 67 of the Nagaland Goods and Services Tax (NGST) Act, 2017.During the inspections, officials examined whether registered businesses were issuing proper…
Kuki-Zo Council leaders addressing media at Churachandpur on Thursday Guwahati: In a first public expression of remorse in violence-scarred Manipur, where relations among the Meitei, Naga and Kuki-Zo communities remain deeply strained, the Kuki Zo Council (KZC) Thursday apologised for killing six abducted Naga civilians, describing the incident a “grave mistake” driven by emotion.The apology…
Rescue personnel evacuate people following incessant heavy rainfall that triggered a flash flood in the Yachuli area of Keyi Panyor district of Arunachal Pradesh Guwahati: What began as an easy holiday in Arunachal Pradesh’s postcard-pretty Ziro Valley ended with a frantic walk through a broken highway, darkness closing in, and the constant dread that the…
Guwahati: Launching a sharp attack on the Centre’s education policies under the Congress’ nationwide ‘Chatroon Ki Goonj’ campaign, Jharkhand agriculture minister and senior party leader Shilpi Neha Tirkey on Thursday held the Union government “morally responsible” for repeated examination paper leaks and what she called “systemic failures” in the conduct of major tests.She demanded the…
Guwahati Police have arrested another couple for celebrating a birthday on the Kumar Bhaskar Varma Setu, following similar action against 14 individuals. Guwahati: A day after 14 people were arrested for celebrating a birthday on a bridge over the Brahmaputra, police on Thursday apprehended another couple for a similar act.In a Facebook post, Guwahati Police…
Guwahati: A two-member bench of Gauhati high court on Thursday upheld a single-judge order directing the eviction of hundreds of families from four reserve forests in Assam, while granting them additional time to vacate the forest land in view of the ongoing monsoon season.The division bench comprising chief justice Ashutosh Kumar and justice Arun Dev…
