Dimapur: Nagaland Police have urged citizens to stay vigilant and maintain peace and communal harmony in the state amid the prevailing law and order situation in Manipur.The police made the appeal to alert people, expressing concern that disturbances could spread to Nagaland.In a press release issued on Friday, public relations officer at the police headquarters…
Dimapur: The Nagaland govt has directed all unauthenticated state employees to mandatorily submit identity documents for verification and authentication under the Personal Information Management System (PIMS).A notification issued by the personnel & administrative reforms department through PIMS cell on Friday stated that the move has been initiated to strengthen employee authentication and ensure better governance.The…
Agartala: The Tripura govt has decided to buy 200 firearms for forest staff to strengthen their fight against timber smuggling, forest minister Animesh Debbarma said.The state is also looking to hire 167 forest guards, who will receive thorough training in forestry practices and the use of firearms, Debbarma said. He added that strict actions and…
Dimapur: The Nagaland state disaster management authority (NSDMA) has issued a warning of thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, gusty winds and heavy rainfall in several districts of the state till Monday.In its weather update, the NSDMA stated that districts, including Peren, Dimapur, Kohima, Wokha, and Mokokchung, are likely to experience heavy rain along with thunderstorms, lightning,…
Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma Shillong: Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma on Saturday received a Meghalaya youth, Genal R Marak, who was rescued from Jammu and Kashmir, from the Guwahati airport.Genal was allegedly subjected to exploitation for three years in Jammu and Kashmir.“Deeply relieved and grateful to welcome Genal R. Marak who was safely rescued after…
Yaba tablets, heroin seized in Cachar Silchar: Cachar police and Assam Rifles have seized 10,000 Yaba tablets and 21g of heroin from a mechanised boat intercepted near Lakhipur in southern Assam and arrested two suspected peddlers, officials said on Saturday.The joint operation has exposed the Barak river route as a fresh corridor for narcotics trafficking.The…
Pre-monsoon rain causes waterlogging in parts of Tinsukia town Dibrugarh: A few hours of relentless rainfall brought the Tinsukia town to its knees on Saturday, as massive waterlogging submerged more than a dozen localities and brought life to a grinding halt in one of upper Assam’s busiest commercial hubs.The sudden and intense downpour triggered severe…
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma Guwahati: Assam is implementing the ‘detect and deport’ policy to hand over infiltrators to Bangladesh, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said.Assam Police, in coordination with BSF, deported a Bangladeshi national who had illegally entered the state on May 15.Confirming the action in a post on ‘X’, Sarma wrote, “A Bangladeshi national,…
Assam governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya (right), with speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass, during the second day of the first session of the assembly Guwahati: Assam governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on Friday told the assembly that the state will set up a dedicated ‘counter-radicalisation cell’ to protect vulnerable youths from extremist influences and promote constitutional values, social…
Assam governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya addresses the first session of 16th state Legislative Assembly, in Guwahati Guwahati: Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on Friday delivered his customary address to the assembly amid a walkout by the opposition, alleging failure of the dispensation to address core issues affecting people.Within five minutes of the governor beginning his address…
