Nadda visits cloudburst-hit Possa village and NEEPCO Colony in Keyi Panyor district Nadda visits cloudburst-hit Possa village and NEEPCO Colony in Keyi Panyor district Nadda visits cloudburst-hit Possa village and NEEPCO Colony in Keyi Panyor district Nadda visits cloudburst-hit Possa village and NEEPCO Colony in Keyi Panyor district Nadda visits cloudburst-hit Possa village and NEEPCO…
Itanagar: Police arrested a drug peddler at Solungtoo village in Arunachal Pradesh’s Namsai district and seized 82 grams of suspected heroin worth around Rs 16.40 lakh in the illicit market.The accused has been identified as Osina Chautang.Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Namsai deputy superintendent of police Kengo Dirchi raided Chautang’s house on…
Dimapur: Nagaland chief electoral officer Bhagyashree Banayat on Thursday asked political parties to appoint booth-level agents (BLAs), if they have not already done so, to ensure the smooth conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state.At a meeting with political parties in Kohima, Banayat stressed the importance of BLAs and briefed participants on…
Manipur People Do Not Deserve Ambiguity, Says MeghachandraImphal: Manipur Congress MLA Keisham Meghachandra Singh has asked the Centre to clarify whether there is any proposal for border adjustments or territory exchanges with Myanmar, and whether any such initiative will affect the state.In a post on X, the Congress MLA of Wangkhem assembly constituency criticised recent…
Dikhow river’s sharp U-turn at Hiloni Nepali Khuti, Bihubor in Assam’s Sivasagar disrtict Hiloni Nepali Khuti (Sivasagar): Residents who lost their homes to devastating floods are struggling to determine what caused their ruin — a natural calamity or human negligence.They suspect mechanised extraction of sand and stones from the Dikhow River over the past 15…
Aizawl: Mizoram’s main opposition party, Mizo National Front (MNF), on Thursday reiterated its condemnation of chief minister Lalduhoma’s recent statement on the 1986 memorandum of settlement between the Centre and MNF, accusing him of downplaying the significance of the Mizo Peace Accord.Addressing a news conference in Aizawl, former chief minister and MNF president Zoramthanga demanded…
Guwahati: A low-cost device developed by IIT-Guwahati could help people rapidly detect cancer-causing metals and other toxic contaminants in water.The portable point-of-care device, E-Eye, can detect arsenic, lead, iron, chromium, fluoride and Escherichia coli in water samples. It identifies multiple contaminants on-site and wirelessly transmits results to water-treatment facilities.According to an IIT-G release issued on…
Dhubri: An unidentified man’s body was recovered from the Brahmaputra at Chandipara under Fakirganj police station on Thursday morning.Villagers spotted the body floating in the river and alerted police, who reached the site in a motorboat and recovered it.Fakirganj police station officer-in charge Bipul Das said an identity card found on the body suggested that…
A farmer leads his cattle through floodwaters Guwahati: The Vantara Foundation has deployed specialised wildlife rescue teams and ambulances to assist flood-affected wildlife and livestock in Assam, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday.The personnel and vehicles will operate under the command of the state forest department and support its ongoing rescue and rehabilitation efforts.Vantara,…
Four victims with deep bite wounds were rushed to Silchar Medical College and Hospital for specialised treatment Silchar: A fox attacked at least eight people, including women and children, leaving four seriously injured in Cachar district in the early hours of Thursday.The attacks began before dawn when Rajia Begum Laskar stepped out of her house…
