Guwahati: Assam tabled a bill on Thursday to create an authority for developing satellite cities around Guwahati.The Guwahati Satellite City Development Authority Bill, 2026, was introduced amid opposition from several groups on Guwahati’s outskirts to the proposed satellite townships and cities in rural belts beyond the present city limits.The bill proposes the Guwahati Satellite Cities…
Guwahati: State govt on Thursday tabled three bills to ease business approvals and reduce compliance burden.Industries and commerce minister Bimal Borah introduced the Assam Ease of Doing Business (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which proposes a Single Window Task Force for coordination and disposal of proposals related to notified industrial areas.The Assam Ease of Doing Business Act,…
Guwahati: Assam will develop an integrated online system to collect forest royalty, GST and other charges.Forest and environment minister Jayanta Mallabaruah said the proposed system would allow traders to complete all formalities online, including payment of royalty, GST and other statutory charges, and generation of transit passes (TPs). Payments will be made directly to the…
Guwahati: A rare purple-blue alpine flower, last collected in India by legendary British botanist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1867 in Sikkim, has been rediscovered after 158 years by the scientists of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) in Arunachal Pradesh.BSI stated, Dr Sudhansu Sekhar Dash, Dr Subhajit Lahiri, and Monalisa Das “have rediscovered the…
Kolkata: Manipur CM Yumnam Khemchand has assured Kuki community leaders, village chiefs and church authorities in Kangpokpi district that anyone found guilty of wrongdoing would be punished, irrespective of community.“Justice will be delivered irrespective of communities. If anyone does wrong, be it Meitei, Naga or Kuki, they will be punished,” he said.The CM also invoked…
Dimapur: Girls dominated this year’s Chief Minister ’s Meritorious Students Fellowship (CMMSF) Award in Nagaland, with 43 of the 56 recipients being female students from indigenous Scheduled Tribes who excelled in the HSLC Examination 2026.The state education department felicitated the students at the Capital Convention Centre in Kohima on Thursday.The initiative recognises meritorious students with…
Aizawl: Nirupam Chakma, appointed by Mizoram Governor Gen. Vijay Kumar Singh as chief executive member (CEM) of the Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC), won a vote of confidence on Thursday, with 18 members of district council (MDCs) in the 20-member council voting in his favour and none voting against him.The floor test was presided over…
Aizawl: Mizoram Police have seized heroin, methamphetamine, suspected wildlife contraband and illegally smuggled areca nuts worth over Rs 6 crore in a series of operations across the state over the past few days, an official statement said on Thursday.The largest seizure was made by the Champhai Police Special Task Force on the night of July…
Agartala: Tripura has emerged as one of the fastest-growing states in the nation, with its Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) doubling in just six years, CM Manik Saha said at the Tripura Destination – Business Conclave on Thursday.Highlighting the state’s abundant natural resources, Saha mentioned the presence of natural gas, rubber plantations, GI-tagged Queen Pineapple,…
Aizawl: BJP Mizoram unit president Dr K Beichhua on Thursday condemned the alleged vandalism of an under-construction Mizo Synod church at Subhasgram in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, calling it an attack on religious freedom and demanding immediate action against those responsibleIn a statement, Beichhua said he was deeply anguished and saddened by the…
