Aizawl: The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Friday that the election for Mizoram’s lone Rajya Sabha seat will be held on June 18, along with 20 other seats from 10 states.The current term of the incumbent, K Vanlalvena of the Mizo National Front (MNF), expires on July 19.The notification for the election will…
Dimapur: Nagaland State Biodiversity Board chairman Y Kikheto Sema on Friday said the state lost about 794.88 sq km of forest cover between 2013 and 2023, citing the India State of Forest Report.He made the statement at the International Day for Biological Diversity 2026 observation at St Xavier College, Jalukie, in Peren district. Sema, who…
Agartala: CM Manik Saha said Tripura is the first state in the country to incorporate the ‘Track Me’ feature into the 112 India app, aimed at enhancing security measures in the state.The feature is expected to assist women and the elderly. Saha highlighted that the integration of technology within the policing framework has contributed to…
Agartala: Tripura has recorded its lowest-ever Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), according to the latest Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin released by the Registrar General of India.The state’s IMR for 2024 fell to 12 deaths per 1,000 live births, well below the national average of 24.The 2024 figure improves on Tripura’s previous best of 15 in…
Mukesh Singh to be new Manipur DGP as Rajiv Singh moves to Centre Guwahati: The Centre on Thursday moved top counter-terror specialist and Ladakh DGP Mukesh Singh to Manipur as the three-year-old ethnic conflict has now engulfed the state’s three major communities — Meitei, Kuki and Naga.The highly decorated officer is likely to take charge…
Dibrugarh: In a push to reduce fatal road accidents and protect lives, the Majuli district administration on Friday launched a massive road safety awareness drive across all petrol pumps in the riverine district, enforcing a strict “No Helmet, No Petrol” rule that denies fuel to two-wheeler riders arriving without helmets.Under the drive, banners bearing the…
Aasu members protest in Dibrugarh Dibrugarh: Members of the All Assam Students’ Union (Aasu) staged a protest in Dibrugarh on Friday as part of a statewide agitation against the rising prices of essential commodities, demanding govt intervention to ease the burden on common people.Aasu members marched through the city carrying cutouts of LPG cylinders and…
Guwahati: Gauhati high court has notified an SOP mandating that all matters listed on Mondays and Fridays be heard preferably through video conferencing, following PM’s austerity call over a week ago. The SOP also encourages car-pooling among judges to conserve fuel and directs that only 50% of staff in each section attend office on alternate…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Guwahati: Personifying the diverse nature of the state’s culture and heritage, the newly elected members of Assam assembly etched a new record on Thursday as they took oaths in as many as nine languages.Marking a departure from the usual practice of adhering to English and languages listed in the…
Pro-tem speaker Chandra Mohan Patowary, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, panchayat and rural development minister Atul Bora and others congratulate Ranjeet Kumar Dass (centre) after the latter was unanimously elected as the speaker of the Assam assembly Guwahati: Four-time MLA and BJP veteran Ranjeet Kumar Dass was unanimously elected as the speaker of the newly…
