Agartala: A local court in Tripura’s Khowai district has summoned Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee to appear on June 22 in connection with a case related to incidents following the 2021 Tripura assembly election.According to sources, the summons originated from a complaint lodged at Khowai Police Station. In Aug 2021, 12 TMC leaders,…
Minister Lalrinpuii at the commemoration ceremony in Aizawal Aizawl: Mizoram health and family welfare minister Lalrinpuii said on Thursday that since April 1, the state govt has released Rs 22.7 crore towards Mizoram Universal Health Care Scheme (MUHCS) claims, comprising Rs 13.45 crore for treatments availed within Mizoram and Rs 9.2 crore for treatments outside…
Dibrugarh: Union minister of state for external affairs and textiles Pabitra Margherita on Wednesday reviewed the implementation of flagship schemes and programmes of various central ministries and departments in Lower Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh.The review meeting was held at the deputy commissioner’s office in Likabali, where Margherita assessed the progress of ongoing projects, reviewed…
Guwahati: In a landmark move to unlock the northeast’s untapped energy reserves, the Centre, Assam and Nagaland govts on Thursday inked a tripartite agreement to facilitate exploration and production of hydrocarbons and other mineral deposits across an area of more than 1,000 sq km of land, along the Assam–Nagaland border.The agreement, aimed at enhancing the…
Guwahati: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (Afspa) will be withdrawn from the entire northeast next year, barring one or two states.Speaking at the signing of a tripartite MoU between the Centre, Assam and Nagaland to facilitate mineral oil operations in boundary areas, Shah said the shrinking…
Aizawl: Efforts to form a new executive committee in the Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) gained momentum on Wednesday as BJP leaders met elected members at Kamalanagar-II to discuss establishing a council govt under the party’s leadership.The meeting, convened by Chakma district BJP president Durya Dhan Chakma following directions from the party’s higher leadership, was…
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Sattriya exponent Mallika Kandali Guwahati: Popular actor of Assamese film industry Chetana Das and Sattriya exponent Mallika Kandali are among five persons from Assam to be honoured with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the year 2024 and 2025.Tokari geet (one type of Assamese folk song) exponent Hirak Jyoti Sarma is among the six honoured…
Silchar: Six people were detained by villagers after they were allegedly caught transporting stolen goats in an ambulance in Hailakandi district during the early hours of Thursday.The incident took place at Dhumkar near Matijuri in Hailakandi. According to sources, residents grew suspicious of an ambulance moving through the area in the wee hours and stopped…
Dimapur: NSCN (IM) on Thursday urged the Centre to immediately declare the Kuki militant groups and their frontal village volunteers as outlaws and terrorist organisations, following the recovery of six Naga bodies in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district.In a statement, NSCN unequivocally condemned the “barbaric killing” and “grotesque mutilation” of the bodies by the Kuki groups, slamming…
