Silchar: Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has completed restoration work on Lines 2 and 3 at New Harangajao station in Assam’s Dima Hasao district after track settlement disrupted train movement along the hill section connecting the Barak Valley and adjoining states with the rest of the countryWith the restoration of the two lines, train operations through…
Guwahati: Assam artisan Sujit Baruah has been selected as a “Shilpkar” to contribute to the upcoming Yuge Yugeen Bharat National Museum in New Delhi, taking the state’s 15th-century mask-making tradition to the historic corridors of New Delhi’s North and South Blocks.The two-day Shilpkar Samagam, held at the National Gallery of Modern Art, brought together master…
Dimapur: Nagaland assembly passed the historic Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA) Bill 2026 on the second day of the ninth session of the 14th Nagaland assembly on Thursday, fulfilling a long-standing aspiration for greater development and empowerment in eastern Nagaland.The bill provides for a new administrative arrangement with special provisions aimed at promoting the development…
Guwahati: The Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT), under the Union ministry of education, in collaboration with the department of modern Indian languages and literary studies at Gauhati University, on Thursday launched a translation initiative to bring Assam’s classical Vaishnava literature to Tamil readers in Classical Tamil.The 15-day workshop aims to build a literary and…
Guwahati: An explosion occurred near the gate of Manipur Congress Legislature Party leader K Meghachandra Singh’s residence in Yairipok on Thursday.Meghachandra’s PRO, Ibochouba Thounaojam, said the blast was suspected to have been caused by an explosive thrown by an unidentified person.There was no report of injuries. It was not immediately known whether the MLA was…
Guwahati: Union home secretary Govind Mohan on Thursday reviewed glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) and avalanche preparedness with Arunachal Pradesh and other Himalayan states and UTs.With Arunachal among states at risk from GLOFs and snow avalanches, Mohan stressed continuous monitoring of vulnerable lakes and avalanche-prone areas, faster alerts and evacuation planning.The meeting was attended by…
Silchar: The Indigenous People’s Forum (IPF) and other apex bodies in Dima Hasao opposed a directive requiring departments to use “Dima Hasao Autonomous Council” instead of “North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council”.Addressing the media in Haflong on Thursday, IPF functionaries gave the council 14 days to withdraw the Aug 31 directive and restore what they described…
Guwahati: Forty-nine people remain missing while over 28,000 internally displaced persons continue to live in relief camps and temporary locations since the outbreak of the Meitei-Kuki ethnic conflict on May 3, 2023, the Manipur govt told the assembly on Thursday.Replying to a question, state home minister Govindas Konthoujam stated that 34 other missing persons were…
Guwahati: Congress on Thursday severed its alliance with Akhil Gogoi-led Raijor Dal ahead of the Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll.Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) accused Raijor Dal leaders of engaging in “malicious propaganda and character assassination” against Congress, violating the alliance’s norms and decorum.An APCC circular said that, on the direction of party president Gaurav Gogoi,…
The NSF demanded that the assembly adopt a strong resolution against mandatory singing of the national song Dimapur: The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) asked educational institutions across the Naga homeland to exclude govt functionaries from programmes involving the playing of the revised Vande Mataram.In a statement on Thursday, NSF said institutions and affiliated bodies must…
