Serlui ‘B’ Hydro Electric Project (12 MW) Dam Aizawl: At least 13 families from Saihapui ‘K’ village in Mizoram’s Kolasib district were evacuated to safer locations after the Tuichhuahen river reportedly inundated parts of the village, according to reports received from the state disaster management and rehabilitation department.However, an official of the Kolasib district administration…
Guwahati: The Manipur legislative assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution urging Centre to implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state before conducting the census. It was the third time since 2022 that the House formally backed the citizenship database demand.The resolution, moved by CM Yumnam Khemchand Singh on the opening day of…
The Rubber Board briefed governor Nand Kishore Yadav on the progress of rubber development initiatives during a review meeting at the Lok Bhavan in Kohima Dimapur: Nagaland has a total rubber plantation area of 29,794.39 hectares and recorded production of 13,617.21 metric tonnes, with a productivity of 1,166.03 kg per hectare as of March 31,…
Dimapur: The Nagaland govt on Wednesday launched the Nagaland LabourChowk mobile application to modernise and streamline employment services for building and other construction workers (BOCW) in the state.Chief secretary Sentiyanger Imchen launched the app at the chief secretary’s conference hall in Kohima. The app was developed under the initiative of the labour department through the…
Shillong: Shillong: Meghalaya’s “small population” (2,966,889 as per 2011 census) should not determine its future, CM Conrad K Sangma said on Wednesday, stressing that the state’s productivity would be determined by quality rather than quantity.“My commitment is that govt will continue to sustain SPARK (School Programmes in Articulation, Resilience and Kindness) as a long-term handholding…
Shillong: The Meghalaya govt has launched the ‘Tracing the Roots’ programme to reconnect with the indigenous heritage and history of the state.Under the initiative, 75 scholars will travel to Vietnam, Cambodia and Tibet to study and document the origins and historical journeys of the Khasi, Jaintia and Garo communities.CM Conrad K Sangma launched the programme…
Silchar: The first election to the 42-member Silchar Municipal Corporation (SMC) will be held on Oct 3, nearly four years after the erstwhile municipal board was notified as a corporation, Assam State Election Commission said on Wednesday. Counting will take place on Oct 6.Assam govt had issued the notification constituting the 42-ward corporation on Nov…
Guwahati: About 1,200 contractual employees of Assam’s National Health Mission (NHM) face immediate exit after the authorities early this week enforced a retirement age of 60 for staff who have continued in service beyond the prescribed limit.NHM Assam has more than 18,000 contractual employees. The order affects employees aged between 60 and 70 who are…
Guwahati: Defying a call by a Kuki-Zo apex body to stay away from the Manipur assembly, two Kuki MLAs on Tuesday travelled to Imphal and attended the session in person for the first time since ethnic violence erupted in the state more than three years ago.While Saikul MLA Kimneo Haokip Hangshing of the Kuki Peoples’…
Guwahati: Driven by financial hardships, a schoolteacher allegedly hacked his wife and three children to death with an axe while they were asleep at their home in Dhemaji district early Wednesday, police said.The accused, Phirooj Ali, in his 50s, was arrested after the killings at Telam Railway Colony’s Muslim Basti, around 35km from Jonai town….
