Imphal: Two villagers, including an eight-year-old girl, were injured after unknown armed miscreants, suspected to be from the Naga community, opened fire on Thingkhongjang village in Kangpokpi district on Sunday afternoon, police said.Police said two to three houses were also set ablaze in the incident.The injured were identified as Lamneingah Kipgen (8) and Nengneichong Kipgen…
Aizawl: Mizoram governor Gen Vijay Kumar Singh on Sunday extended his warm and sincere greetings on the eve of the 52nd Foundation Day of the Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl (MHIP), Mizo women’s apex organisation.He said since its inception on July 6, 1974, with the motto ‘Service to Others’, MHIP has emerged as one of the…
Guwahati: The prompt action and minute investigation using human intelligence and technical intelligence of the SSB’s Sector Headquarters at Assam’s Mangaldai has resulted in the rescue of a 16-year-old from Nepal from a human trafficking racket in Gujarat. She was trafficked to Gujarat in April.Three accused associated with human trafficking were arrested. SSB Inspector Manoj…
Guwahati: Assam cabinet on Sunday cleared seven bills for introduction during the state assembly’s budget session, which begins on Monday. Among the key proposals are legislations to modernise the state’s emergency police response system with a Rs 100 crore boost and establish the Guwahati Satellite City Development Authority under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister…
Imphal: Manipur on Sunday published its draft electoral roll following the completion of the first (enumeration) phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), an exercise carried out amid the state’s continuing ethnic conflict, large-scale displacement and connectivity problems in hill areas.The state’s chief electoral officer (CEO) Arun Kumar Sinha said enumeration forms were collected and…
Guwahati: Starting Sunday, all recreational spaces in the city managed by the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) have begun charging entry fees for visitors, ending several months of free public access, now limited to morning hours between 6 am and 10 am.Under the revised fee structure, visitors entering after 10 am must pay an entry…
Guwahati: Hindi will be introduced in the Assam legislative assembly for the first time, speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass said on Sunday. It will be added to the existing languages — Assamese, English and Bodo — and will come into effect from July 6, the first day of the budget session of the 16th assembly.“In the…
Aizawl: Former Mizoram cabinet minister F Malsawma (78), who died of liver cancer and cirrhosis on Saturday evening, was accorded a grand funeral at the Chaltlang Presbyterian Church’s Centenary Hall in Aizawl on Sunday.A three-time minister, Malsawma is survived by his wife, Zoramthangi, and his two sons, including Vanlaldina Fanai, the present secretary to the…
‘Joymala’ passed away on Saturday night after serving for 34 years in the Kaziranga National Park Guwahati: The forests of Kaziranga National Park have fallen quieter with the passing of Joymala, 66 , one of the park’s most iconic and dedicated patrol elephants. She earned international recognition in 2004 when a stray tigress leapt over…
Guwahati: After two recent incidents in which people stopped their vehicles on the carriageway of the Kumar Bhaskar Verma Bridge on the river Brahmaputra to celebrate birthdays, the Kamrup (Metro) district administration has installed warning signages on bridges to discourage vehicles from halting.The warning follows videos of birthday celebrations on the bridge that surfaced on…
