Jeep safari at Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve Guwahati: Kaziranga National Park plans to revise jeep and elephant safari fees and introduce online bookings ahead of the new tourism season.Forest minister Jayanta Mallabaruah said safari charges remained unchanged for over a decade. “It’s been over 10 to 11 years that there have been no…
The arrested individual has been identified as Yumsen Kangkan Dibrugarh: Security forces have intensified vigil in the sensitive Arunachal-bordering Tinsukia district ahead of Independence Day, with the 20 Assam Rifles on Sunday apprehending a self-styled “captain” of the NSCN (K-YA) from Jagun.The arrested individual has been identified as Yumsen Kangkan, a resident of Fangchon village…
Villagers use an inflatable tube to move through floodwaters in Nagaon district Guwahati: A digital door-to-door assessment has begun to document damage from floods that ripped through parts of upper Assam three weeks ago.Heavy runoff from the Nagaland hills caused flooding across Sivasagar, Charaideo, Jorhat and Golaghat districts.Trained govt teams, led by teachers, began surveying…
Dimapur: Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio on Sunday called for the preservation of indigenous knowledge, traditions and cultural heritage.In a social media post on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Sunday, Rio acknowledged the traditions and wisdom of indigenous elders and knowledge keepers. He urged all to strengthen their communities and celebrate the cultures…
Imphal: Security forces intensified counter-insurgency and anti-extortion operations across Manipur over the weekend, arresting at least six active cadres of various proscribed outfits, while recovering large cache of arms, ammunition, explosives and combat equipments, police said on Sunday.In one of the biggest seizures in recent times, security forces recovered four 9mm pistols with magazines, two…
Imphal: Manipur chief minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Sunday called for unity among all communities in Manipur, while cautioning against divisive elements amid ongoing efforts to restore peace in the state.Addressing a Tiranga Yatra organised in Imphal ahead of Independence Day as part of the nationwide ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign, Khemchand said Manipur could progress…
Aizawl: The biometric enrolment of 29,575 refugees from Myanmar taking shelter in Mizoram is nearing completion, with eight of the state’s total 11 districts completing the exercise, officials said.The exercise began in late July last year.State home department officials said biometric data of 29,251 of the 29,575 Myanmar refugees, or 98.90%, had been collected so…
Guwahati: A predawn shower triggered a landslide in Geetanagar on Sunday, but no injuries were reported.The city received 25.9 mm of rain. At Anupam Path, rain loosened a concrete road slab, which broke away and stopped metres from a house.It was the fifth rain-triggered incident in the city in a month, after landslides in Maligaon,…
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Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh governor KT Parnaik and CM Pema Khandu on Sunday launched the statewide fifth edition of the “Har Ghar Tiranga” campaign in Itanagar.The day coincided with the historic August Kranti Diwas.Organised by the art and culture department under the aegis of the Union ministry of culture, the campaign will run until Aug 17….
