Aizawl: Teachers from ad hoc-aided high schools excluded from the Mizoram govt’s revised provincialisation plan held a peaceful sit-in outside Vanapa Hall in Aizawl city on Wednesday.The protest was organised by the Mizoram Govt Adhoc-Aided High School Teachers’ Association (MIGAHTA), which represents teachers from more than 90 such schools across the state.The teachers demanded withdrawal…
Guwahati: The long-delayed south-east Guwahati water supply project (SEGWSP) will provide piped drinking water to 66,000 households, covering around 3.5 lakh people, by 2029, public health engineering minister Krishnendu Paul said on Tuesday while responding to a query from Dispur MLA Pradyut Bordoloi during the Question Hour in the assembly.The Citizens United Forum for Water…
Imphal: A volunteer of the Naga Village Guards (NVG) was killed and two CoBRA personnel were injured in a gunfight in Manipur’s Noney district on Wednesday.Official sources said a CoBRA team conducted an operation in Bitiang village in Noney district early in the morning, after which a gunfight erupted near Lamdangmei village around 6.30am.The injured…
Aizawl: Former Gauhati high court judge Justice Marli Vankung was sworn in on Wednesday as chairperson of the newly constituted Mizoram State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC), along with two members, Vanlalenmawia and K Lal Nghinglova.Mizoram governor Gen Vijay Kumar Singh administered the oath of office at the Durbar Hall, Lok Bhavan, Aizawl.At the start of…
Itanagar: Police in Naharlagun apprehended a drug peddler and recovered heroin during a raid at Harekmaal Basti, Model Village, on Tuesday evening, police said.Acting on credible intelligence, a team led by Naharlagun PS officer-in charge Krishnendu Dev and others conducted a search operation at the suspect’s home, Itanagar Capital Region Naharlagun SP Nyelam Nega said.Police…
Shillong: Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the Meghalaya honeymoon murder case, surrendered before the state authorities on Tuesday following a Supreme Court order cancelling her bail and directing her to return to custody.A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Prasanna B Varale had given Sonam three weeks to surrender, observing that she did not…
Guwahati: The recovery of Tutumoni Duwara’s body on Tuesday brought a tragic end to a 10-day search for four members of a family swept away by flash floods in Assam’s Charaideo district.With the recovery, all four members of the Duwara family, who went missing at Lakwa Abhayapuri village on July 19, have been found dead.The…
Guwahati: YouTuber CarryMinati has raised Rs 13.10 lakh to aid flood-hit families across three states, including Assam.Ajey Nagar, popularly known as CarryMinati, raised the money through an eight-hour charity livestream for relief efforts in Assam, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. The stream drew more than 16 lakh viewers on Tuesday.Viewers donated Rs 8.24 lakh, while British…
Guwahati: Marooned by floods for over a week, Tipomia’s residents have revived an ancestral practice to survive without abandoning their homes.Families in the Sivasagar district village have built “chang ghars” — elevated bamboo structures traditionally associated with Assam’s Mising community — inside their flooded houses. The platforms keep them above the water and allow them…
Dhubri: A five-year-old boy missing since Tuesday was found dead in the Brahmaputra at Fakirganj on Wednesday morning.Faridul Ali accidentally fell into the river while watching erosion at Nishinpur village under the Birshing Jarua constituency in Dhubri district.Police and State Disaster Response Force personnel launched a search but could not trace him on Tuesday.Residents spotted…
