Dimapur: Election Commission of India secretary Binod Kumar on Friday held review meetings on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Dimapur and Chumoukedima districts, asking officials to step up efforts to improve mapping coverage and ensure that electoral-roll data was updated accurately.Kumar asked BLOs to conduct thorough verification and mapping at…
The agreement was signed at Nagaland Civil Secretariat conference hall on Thursday Dimapur: Nagaland’s power department has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Tvaksas Renewable Pvt Ltd to set up a 20-MW solar power plant at Tizit in Mon district.The agreement was signed at Nagaland Civil Secretariat conference hall on Thursday, according to a…
Aizawl: Aizawl-based Zo Reunification Organisation (ZORO) has rejected recent claims by Indian Chakma community members that Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in Bangladesh should be incorporated into India, as well as their reported plan to pursue the issue before International Court of Justice (ICJ).ZORO, which advocates the reunification of Zo ethnic communities in India, Myanmar and…
Transporters block Assam-Meghalaya border at Jorabat amid tensions Guwahati: Passengers were stranded as Assam-based drivers blocked Jorabat amid tensions over alleged attacks on Assam-registered vehicles in Meghalaya.The blockade left passengers waiting after they were forced to get off vehicles, uncertain about continuing their journeys.David Pharangkuper, a Byrnihat student, condemned the alleged attacks by Khasi Students’…
Guwahati: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday approved the establishment of Bongaigaon Medical College, granting permission to admit 100 MBBS students from the next academic session.With the approval, Bongaigaon becomes Assam’s 15th state-run medical college, taking the state’s total MBBS seat capacity to 1,925, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in…
Participants received hands-on training in the basic operation, maintenance and safe handling of Aircraft Crash Fire Tenders Participants received hands-on training in the basic operation, maintenance and safe handling of Aircraft Crash Fire Tenders Participants received hands-on training in the basic operation, maintenance and safe handling of Aircraft Crash Fire Tenders Participants received hands-on training…
Patients came from across the region, including Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Tezpur, Sipajhar, Guwahati and Nagaon, while one patient travelled from Tripura Dibrugarh: Assam Medical College & Hospital (AMCH), Dibrugarh, on Friday began providing medicines to rare disease patients after being designated a Centre of Excellence (CoE).The hospital was designated a CoE for rare diseases under the…
Silchar: Cachar police seized 15,900 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup and 2,600 painkiller tablets worth around Rs 2 crore in the illicit market, officials said Friday.Acting on intelligence, a police team raided a godown near the accused’s shop at Gossaipur under Udharband police station on Thursday evening and recovered the contraband. Police arrested Sohud Ahmed…
Imphal: Sixteen youths from Manipur left for Japan on Friday for skill training and employment under the state govt’s Livelihood Empowerment and Entrepreneurship (SLEE) initiative.CM Yumnam Khemchand Singh flagged off the group at his bungalow in Imphal. The candidates completed Japanese-language training at the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) International Academy and secured jobs in…
Security personnel verify passengers before their departure as the Imphal–Dimapur–Guwahati bus service resumes after more than three years Imphal: Interstate passenger services between Imphal and Guwahati via Dimapur resumed on Friday after a gap of more than three years, marking a tentative restoration of road connectivity along a route disrupted by the ethnic conflict in…
