Guwahati: The NSCN(IM) suffered its biggest organisational rupture since its 1988 split with the Khaplang faction after it expelled two top commanders of its Myanmar-based Eastern Flank, accusing them of forming a “breakaway parallel organization.”This expulsion order by NSCN (IM) Yaruiwo (president) Q Tuccu on Tuesday comes weeks after the Eastern Flank publicly accused the…
Dimapur: Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio on Friday virtually inaugurated 16 sports infrastructure projects of the state youth resources and sports department at the chief minister’s residential complex in Kohima.Union youth affairs and sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya was present at the programme.Addressing the gathering, Rio said the state govtadopted a long-term strategy to transform sports in…
Aizawl: Mizoram home minister K Sapdanga on Friday said the three new criminal laws were introduced in response to growing challenges from organised crime and technology-driven offences, with the aim of making India’s criminal justice system “more citizen-centric, efficient, responsive and accountable,” while strengthening infrastructure and capacity building, promoting the use of science and technology,…
Agartala: The ministry of education has appointed Debabrata Das, adviser to higher education in Assam and a former Tezpur University professor, as vice-chancellor of Tripura University.The appointment follows the exit of Prof Ganga Prasad Prasain last August amid protests and controversy over allegations of corruption and illegal appointments, including that of his son as an…
Aizawl: Residents of Mizoram’s capital Aizawl reeled under extreme heat on Friday after expected rain failed to arrive, pushing temperatures up under scorching sunlight. The conditions point to a monsoon shortfall compared to previous years.Despite the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting a normal monsoon for Mizoram this year, large parts of the state have recorded…
Guwahati: Assam’s flood situation improved over the past 24 hours, with the number of people affected by the first wave of floods dropping sharply.The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said the flood-affected population declined to around 25,000 by Thursday evening from 48,452 on Wednesday.According to the latest ASDMA report, only Dhemaji and Dibrugarh districts…
Guwahati: Floodwaters have begun receding across Assam after the first wave of monsoon floods, but hundreds of affected families in some of the worst-hit villages in Dhemaji district continue to face a shortage of safe drinking water and crop loss..In Dhemaji district, particularly the border villages of Jonai adjoining Arunachal Pradesh, residents said wells have…
Dibrugarh: Continuous heavy rainfall over the past several days has caused damage to the Joypur-Deomali National Highway (NH-315A), the vital lifeline connecting Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, with landslides triggering the collapse of multiple stretches of the hilly road and snapping vehicular connectivity between the two states.The situation, which had been building since late June with…
Imphal: Tension along the Imphal West–Kangpokpi border escalated on Thursday after personnel of the Indian Army stopped hundreds of Kuki protesters at Kanto Sabal in Imphal West before they could reach a checkpoint set up by Naga blockade enforcers.The protesters, gathering from the Leimakhong side, attempted to march to a gate erected by Naga volunteers…
Shillong: Meghalaya has 9.99 lakh Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) accounts, equivalent to 42,152 accounts per lakh adult population, with the State Bank of India (SBI) alone accounting for 3.55 lakh accounts, representing 36% of the total PMJDY accounts in the state, a senior official said.Ejaz Ahmad, deputy general manager, SBI, Shillong, said, “…
