Imphal: The Kuki and Naga communities have demanded the safe release of hostages abducted on May 13 following the killing of three members of Thadou Baptist Association India in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district.The All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM) served a four-day ultimatum to the state government to ensure the safe release and handover of six…
Mizoram CM Lalduhoma chairs the meeting on Friday Aizawl: Mizoram CM Lalduhoma chaired a meeting of the governing body of the lone Zoram Medical College & Hospital (ZMC & H) on Friday at the CM Conference Hall.The meeting was attended by Vanlalthlana, minister for higher & technical education, Lalrinpuii, minister for health & family welfare,…
Dibrugarh: Lekhapani police in Tinsukia district on Friday arrested three persons who were allegedly in the process of joining the banned insurgent outfit United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (Ulfa-I), dismantling a fresh recruitment module of the organisation.Ulfa-I chief Paresh Baruah told TOI over the phone, “As long as Ulfa-I is there, people will come to…
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh is gearing up for the biennial Rajya Sabha polls.On Friday, the state’s chief electoral officer Pawan Kumar Sain briefed on the schedule and procedures for the polls to senior govt officials here, an official statement said.The election has been necessitated by the expiry of the term of one member representing Arunachal on…
Dibrugarh: With the monsoon season approaching, the Jorhat district administration convened a flood preparedness meeting on Wednesday at the district commissioner’s office to outline strategies for managing floods.The meeting was presided over by district commissioner Jay Shivani and brought together senior district officials, disaster management authorities, food and civil supplies department representatives, local vendors and…
Union MoS Raksha Khadse speaks at an event in Shillong Shillong: Union minister of state for youth affairs & sports, Raksha Khadse, has called for “collective, mission-mode approach” to combat the growing challenge of substance abuse among youth in the northeast at an event on Thursday.She was speaking at a ‘Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit…
Demonstrators burn effigies of CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and the food and civil supplies department Demonstrators burn effigies of CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and the food and civil supplies department Demonstrators burn effigies of CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and the food and civil supplies department Demonstrators burn effigies of CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and the…
Dimapur: The Govt of India has recognised 19 notified tribal local dialects of Nagaland in the recruitment process of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) in the postal department.Nagaland’s lone Lok Sabha MP S Supongmeren Jamir, who initiated and pursued the recruitment policy reform on recruitment of GDS in Nagaland, called the Centre’s decision ‘historic’.In a statement…
Silchar: One person died while a youth sustained critical injuries in two separate accidents reported from Cachar district on Eid ul-Zuha on Thursday. An unidentified man was found lying in a bloodied condition beside a railway track at Chandranathpur on Thursday morning. Local residents who spotted him said the injured man was crying for help.He…
Silchar: The Barak Valley Hotel and Restaurant Association has demanded action against illegal restaurants, pubs and highway dhabas allegedly operating across Cachar district without mandatory licences and safety clearances.Addressing a press conference at a hotel in Silchar, members of the association alleged that several establishments were operating without valid trade licences, bar licences, food safety…
