Guwahati: With an estimated 4.52 lakh out-of-school children aged 14-18 in Assam, Samagra Shiksha has launched the statewide “Shiksha Yatra – From Challenges to Aspirations” survey to identify, track and mainstream out-of-school children (OoSC), dropouts and students who have been absent for long periods. The exercise will also help plan open-schooling support for more than…
Agartala: The Tripura high court on Saturday directed the state govt to genuinely assess the necessity of each request before granting child care leaves (CCL) to employers, stating that such leaves were not unconditional legal right.The court made the observation while granting 365 days of child care leaves to a female teacher.Justice Biswajit Palit directed…
Dimapur: Inspector General, Assam Rifles (North), Major General Harinder Singh Mavi, on Saturday directed the force to provide timely and need-based assistance to flood-affected residents of Tizit in Mon district.Mavi issued the directive during a visit to flood-hit areas to assess the impact of the recent floods on residents and essential infrastructure. He visited Holy…
Guwahati: A memorandum was submitted to chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday by the Bhumi Adhikar Joutha Sangram Samiti (BAJSS) demanding the unconditional release of land rights activist Pranab Doley, withdrawal of all cases against him and his associates in connection with the Ingle Pathar incident, and cancellation of the proposed hotel project on…
Aizawl: Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), the Mizo students’ apex body has expressed concern over the highhanded activities of the central agencies in Mizoram without the sanctions of the state govt and the state police, a press statement issued by the student body said on Saturday.A team of MZP leaders stated this while meeting the state…
Silchar: The decomposed body of an unidentified woman was recovered from a paddy field near Mokshergool Lower Primary school in Assam’s Sribhumi district on Saturday morning, prompting police to launch an investigation.The landowner reportedly spotted the body when he went to tend his paddy field early in the morning and alerted local residents, who informed…
Guwahati: Four friends, who decided to take a bath at a nearby pond, were drowned at Bhagnamari, under Panbari police station, in Chirang district on Friday, officials said.The incident occurred around 4:15pm, when the four minor girls went to take a bath, but instead got drowned. Following the incident, Panbari police alerted Bijni fire and…
Shillong: Fresh incidents of arson and petrol bomb attacks on govt and political properties were reported from several parts of Meghalaya in the past 24 hours as tensions remained high following Wednesday’s violence during the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) black-flag bike rally in Shillong.Two petrol bombs were hurled at the National People’s Party office in…
The meeting focused on trade facilitation in the northeast Aizawl: The second meeting of Inland Container Depot and Land Customs Station (ICD/LCS) Feedback Sharing Committee, organised under the aegis of the office of principal chief commissioner of customs, Kolkata customs zone, was held at the state guest house in Aizawl on Friday to review the…
Mizoram CM Lalduhoma inaugurates the new deputy commissioner’s office building in Siaha Aizawl: Mizoram CM Lalduhoma on Friday inaugurated the new deputy commissioner’s office building in Siaha of southern Mizoram.Expressing his happiness at inaugurating the new office, one of the district’s key govt establishments, Lalduhoma said, “This is a landmark development not only for Siaha…
