Shillong: Meghalaya has intensified preparations to host the 39th National Games next year, with CM Conrad K Sangma saying the push is part of building a long-term sporting ecosystem and positioning the state as a rising sports hub.The state on Tuesday held the Meghalaya Sports Conclave, bringing together sports personalities including Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker…
Representative image created using AI BARPETA: The Assam Police have apprehended three juvenile boys for the alleged gang-rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in the Barpeta district, a law enforcement official stated on Tuesday.According to Barpeta Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sameeran Baishya, the girl was returning home early from school because she was…
Aizawl: HC Lalthawmliana, executive member (EM) for taxation in the Lai Autonomous District Council (LADC), said on Tuesday the council’s taxation department is stepping up efforts to stop illegal trading from across the border, mainly Myanmar, in south Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district.Addressing a meeting with representatives of the Lawngtlai District Merchants Association (LDMA), Lalthawmliana said additional…
Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh govt has reduced compliance requirements across 51 reform areas in what an official report on Tuesday described as one of the most comprehensive deregulation exercises in the state’s history.Implemented in two phases under the Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) framework of the central govt’s DPIIT, the report said 16 priority areas…
GUWAHATI AIRPORT TERMINAL 2 Guwahati: Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi International Airport’s (LGBIA) Terminal 2 in Guwahati has been named one of the world’s seven most beautiful new airport terminals of 2026 by Prix Versailles, an international architecture and design award presented annually with Unesco.The terminal, inspired by bamboo orchids and Assamese motifs, joins an elite global…
Silchar: The body of a 32-year-old man, who went missing after allegedly jumping into the Chiri river while fleeing from police, was recovered on Monday, triggering protests in Cachar’s Lakhipur and leading to the suspension of two police personnel.Muhit Kanu reportedly jumped into the river near Shaheed Nandachand Chiri Bridge on Sunday when police were…
Imphal: CM Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Monday told farmers that there is no shortage of fertilisers in Manipur, stating that around 2 lakh bags of urea are currently available in stock for the ongoing Kharif cultivation season.The assurance came as the CM flagged off fertiliser distribution trucks during the Fertiliser Distribution Camp for Kharif 2026,…
A passenger at the airport Dhubri: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Facebook live about transforming and upgrading Rupsi Airport into a communication hub for strategic areas of Assam.“We are discussing and planning with the experts to develop Rupsi Airport in BTC into a communication hub which will cater the needs of multiple logistics…
Guwahati: A baby civet cat tumbles from a coconut tree in 2009. A village family takes him in. A young mother nurses him alongside her infant son. Years later, that unlikely tale pads quietly from Assam’s countryside into an NCERT Class X textbook.For Dharani Saikia and wife Anjali, the discovery arrived from an unexpected trail….
Imphal: Three Kuki youths were critically injured in a fresh bout of firing in Kangpokpi district on Monday morning, reigniting tensions in Manipur.The incident occurred at around 6 am between Leilon Vaiphei and Konsakhul villages. The injured — Genlenmang Vaiphei (18), Lunliandan Vaiphei (20), and Paogoulal (18) — were rushed to RIMS in Imphal for…
