Dimapur: A joint study by researchers from Nagaland University and Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Adarsha Mahavidyalaya, Tulungia, has found that announcements of banking frauds triggered sharp negative reactions in the stock market.The trend was more pronounced in public sector banks, which suffered steeper losses than their private sector counterparts, a Nagaland University release said on Thursday.The…
Aizawl: Mizoram excise and narcotics department officials, in a joint operation with personnel from the Assam Rifles’ Field Intelligence Unit (FIU), seized 1.189 kg of heroin in Ngur village in Champhai district early Thursday, department spokesperson Peter Zohmingthanga said.Zohmingthanga told TOI that the contraband, allegedly smuggled from Myanmar, was seized from Nanglamlian (30), a resident…
Officials and representatives of political parties at the review meeting Dimapur: As many as 36,629 electors were deleted from the draft rolls of three assembly constituencies in Dimapur district during the 2026 Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, reducing the number of electors in the draft roll to 89,074 from 1,25,703 in 2025, deputy commissioner and…
CM Lalduhoma hosts a breakfast for general Lyndon Buckingham and wife commissioner Bronwyn Buckingham at his official residence on Thursday Aizawl: CM Lalduhoma on Thursday hosted a breakfast at his official residence in honour of general Lyndon Buckingham, the 22nd general of The Salvation Army, and his wife, commissioner Bronwyn Buckingham, world president of Women’s…
Agartala: Delhi Police on Thursday arrested social media influencer Amir Shokeen following widespread outrage over his alleged racial harassment of a tribal youth from Tripura in Delhi.The incident, which allegedly involved racial slurs, abusive language and inappropriate physical contact, occurred on Tuesday. A Tripura Police team led by DSP (Headquarters) Samudra Debbarma reached Delhi on…
Itanagar: Indian Youth Congress (IYC) general secretary Tarh Johny condemned the alleged racial abuse of a Tripura youth in a viral video and sought a thorough probe.The video allegedly involves social media content creator Aamir Shokeen. Johny called for strict legal action if the allegations are established.“The northeast is not a joke. Our identity is…
Silchar: A 60-year-old man was killed after an allegedly speeding motorcycle hit him on National Highway 306 at Uttar Krishnapur near Silchar in Assam’s Cachar district on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Zakir Hussain Mazumdar of Barohali in Sonai. Police said the motorcyclist fled after abandoning the vehicle, leaving Mazumdar critically injured.Mazumdar, who worked as…
Guwahati: An Assam Police DSP was found dead in a hotel room locked from inside in Bongaigaon district on Thursday morning, police said.Bongaigaon SP Numal Mahatta identified the deceased as Khargeswar Rabha, a DSP attached to the CM’s Special Vigilance Cell. Rabha hailed from Boko in Kamrup district and lived in the Assam Police Special…
Guwahati: Police arrested the boyfriend of a 30-year-old woman whose partially decomposed body was found in an apartment in Guwahati’s Hengerabari area on Oct 20.A local court remanded the accused, Biswanath Das, to five days’ police custody, police said on Thursday.A Dispur police officer said the woman, identified as Dolly Kashyap, was found dead inside…
Guwahati: When Samay Gogoi began rescuing stray dogs, monkeys and owls during his college days, he had no plan to become a humanitarian. Yet, years later, the 29-year-old political science graduate from Assam has built homes for 89 vulnerable people across the state, supported children’s education, arranged medical treatment and fed people in need.His journey…
