Guwahati: Guwahati: The Centre on Saturday formally deferred the house-listing operations for Census 2027 in Manipur, with the Registrar General of India’s (RGI) office under the Union ministry of home affairs issuing a gazette notification to this effect.The notification now gives formal effect to the Centre’s decision taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Union…
Agartala: The road blockade imposed by former extremists seeking a rehabilitation package was called off on Saturday night following an assurance from the state govt that it will look into their demands.Earlier in the day, tension prevailed at Baramura Hills in Tripura on Saturday, the second day of a road blockade.The blockade left a large…
Aizawl: Train services are likely to remain disrupted for another eight to 10 days after heavy rainfall caused soil erosion and damaged a railway track between Assam’s Jamira and Mizoram’s Bairabi, officials said on Saturday.Services, including the Sairang–Silchar Express, Sairang–Guwahati Express, Sairang–Kolkata Express and Sairang–Delhi Rajdhani Express, have remained cancelled since Friday.Officials of Northeast Frontier…
The therapy was administered by the department of paediatrics under the supervision of its head, professor Arpita Gogoi, along with Dr Dorothy Gargo and a multidisciplinary team Dibrugarh: Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH), Dibrugarh has achieved a landmark milestone in rare disease care by becoming the first centre in Northeast India to successfully administer…
Guwahati: Vice-President of India CP Radhakrishnan is scheduled to undertake a four-day visit to Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh from Sept 6 to 9, with academic, cultural and public engagements across the four northeastern states.The visit will begin in Guwahati on Sunday, where VP will attend the golden jubilee celebrations of Geetanagar College, formerly…
The Mizoram-Tripura talks are expected to be held at the secretary level Aizawl: Official-level talks between Mizoram and Assam to resolve their long-standing border dispute are likely to be held in Aizawl in October, state home minister K Sapdanga said on Saturday.The talks, delayed for more than a year, will follow a proposed meeting between…
A geography teacher’s innovative program empowers tribal mothers through their children JORHAT: Geography teacher Rajesh Bordoloi gives his Class 10 batch, comprising mostly first-generation tribal learners, a daily assignment that goes beyond textbook teaching methods.At home, these children from the villages around Adarsha Tribal Higher Secondary School at Kalbari in Assam’s Jorhat district graduate into…
Itanagar: The North Eastern Council has completed infrastructure and development projects worth Rs 82.41 crore in Arunachal Pradesh and released nearly Rs 15 crore more for rural connectivity, healthcare and education projects between July and Aug.The projects, taken up under the NEC scheme and NESIDS-Roads, focus on development in the state’s eastern Himalayan terrain, according…
Aizawl: Poor road conditions on Aizawl-Silchar route have caused hardship for commuters, transport operators, drivers and traders, particularly in towns and villages along national highways 306 and 6 in Kolasib district in northern Mizoram, near the Assam border.A resident of Bilkhawthlir said several stretches of the highways had deteriorated badly, making travel difficult and dangerous…
The arrest followed the registration of a case under Section 305(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) after a reported increase in cylinder thefts in the locality Itanagar: Police in Naharlagun have arrested a suspected habitual offender and recovered 23 stolen LPG cylinders, officials said on Friday.The arrest followed the registration of a case under…
