Guwahati: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday accused the previous Congress-led govt of deliberately leaving India’s frontier areas underdeveloped, saying the Narendra Modi-led govt had reversed the policy by accelerating road construction and other strategic infrastructure projects along the border.The Arunachal Pradesh MP made the remarks during a visit to Maza, Galemo and Taksing in…
Majuli DC Ratul Chandra Pathak inspected the clearing and development works at Bhakati Beel and the Tuni river Majuli DC Ratul Chandra Pathak inspected the clearing and development works at Bhakati Beel and the Tuni river Majuli DC Ratul Chandra Pathak inspected the clearing and development works at Bhakati Beel and the Tuni river Majuli…
For those who lost almost everything, recovery cannot be measured only by falling water levels or the number of relief camps being closed. GUWAHATI: The water had receded. The families could return home. But there was no home to return to.In Assam’s Sivasagar, a family that had spent years saving money and storing grain was…
Former Mizo Chief Minister Zoramthanga will receive his degree certificate after sixty years (File Photo) GUWAHATI: Some degrees arrive with a little delay. Zoramthanga is taking the long route – six decades, to be precise.Six decades after clearing his graduation examination, former guerrilla leader and three-time Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga is set to finally receive…
Aizawl: The impact study committee on the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP) and the Bairabi-Sairang railway link submitted its final draft report to CM Lalduhoma on Wednesday.The KMMTTP, being implemented by the Centre under the Act East Policy, aims to connect Mizoram with southeast Asia through Sittwe port in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, while also…
Silchar: The Active Senior Citizens’ Forum has urged the CMs of Assam, Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur, along with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), to intervene urgently to restore the deteriorating national highways connecting Barak Valley with the rest of the northeast.Forum general secretary Dilip Kumar Dey submitted memoranda to the four CMs and the…
Aizawl: Mizoram’s secretary for personnel and administrative reforms (DP&AR), Udit Prakash Rai, was arrested by the Delhi anti-corruption branch on Tuesday in connection with an alleged corruption case involving the tendering of sewage treatment plant projects by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), officials said.Rai, who was the DJB chief executive officer when the tenders were…
Shillong: A black-flag bike rally organised by the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU), as part of its ongoing agitation over a five-point charter of demands to the state govt, turned violent on Wednesday, with reports of assaults on passersby and govt vehicles being set on fire at different locations.Also, a bust of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose…
AAI Team conducts preliminary survey for proposed Airport in Majuli AAI Team conducts preliminary survey for proposed Airport in Majuli AAI Team conducts preliminary survey for proposed Airport in Majuli AAI Team conducts preliminary survey for proposed Airport in Majuli AAI Team conducts preliminary survey for proposed Airport in Majuli AAI Team conducts preliminary survey…
Dibrugarh: A woman teacher engaged in census enumeration work was injured after she was allegedly attacked by a pet dog, reportedly a German Shepherd, in Ward 7 of Dergaon town in Golaghat district of Assam on Tuesday afternoon.Trishna Jyoti Saikia, a teacher at Dergaon Girls’ Higher Secondary School, was conducting house enumeration alone when the…
