Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu has sought a roadmap to conserve yaks, improve herders’ livelihoods and develop yak-based products.Addressing the Yak Economy Summit 2026 and Yak Mela at Mago in Tawang district on Saturday, Khandu said yak rearing was central to the Himalayan region’s fabric and had strategic significance. He stressed support for…
Agartala: A Durga Puja carnival featuring creative displays and cultural performances will enthral revellers in Agartala on Oct 23.Tripura will host the fifth edition of Mayer Gomon, or the Durga Puja Carnival, as the finale to this year’s festivities. CM Manik Saha is scheduled to inaugurate the event, officials said on Sunday.Diplomats from the United…
Dibrugarh: Innovative themes, artistic installations and eco-friendly decorations are drawing large crowds to Durga Puja pandals across Dibrugarh.From Assam’s tea garden heritage to flood devastation, puja committees have blended artistic displays with contemporary and social themes.At Graham Bazar, live tea bushes inside the pandal recreate the ambience of Assam’s tea gardens, making it one of…
Guwahati: Assam marked Kati Bihu on Sunday with prayers, earthen lamps and rituals for healthy crops and a good harvest.The agrarian festival is observed in mid-Oct, when paddy crops are growing in the fields.Unlike Rongali Bihu, which marks the Assamese New Year and the arrival of spring, and Bhogali Bihu, associated with harvest and abundance,…
Guwahati: From Brahmaputra Valley to Barak Valley, Assam’s festive landscape expanded like never before this Durga Puja, with 9,002 community pandals turning the state into a vast canvas of worship and celebration — the highest number recorded in the state.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the figure on Sunday, attributing the unprecedented scale of the celebrations…
Agartala: A critically ill passenger died after an Agartala-Kolkata flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Dhaka Airport on Sunday following a reported technical glitch with one of its doors, sources said.After the aircraft landed in Dhaka, the passenger was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared her dead.The deceased was identified…
Guwahati: More than 30 houses belonging to members of the Kuki-Zo community have reportedly been torched in Chassad village in violence-hit Manipur’s Kamjong district since Saturday, forcing residents to flee amid escalating tensions.In a related development, IPS officer Jay Barange was appointed the district’s new superintendent of police, replacing Manipur Police Service officer Tholu Rocky,…
The driver reportedly lost control, causing it to skid off the road and overturn in the ditch Silchar: A 23-year-old woman was killed, and four others were critically injured when their car overturned in a roadside ditch in Cachar district on Sunday.The accident occurred at Dudhpatil in Udharbond as the group was travelling to visit…
Agartala: To improve onion availability and stabilise prices during the festive season, the department of consumer affairs has launched a rail-based distribution network in Tripura, introducing the Kanda Express service to Agartala with about 440 tonnes of buffer onions, state civil supplies minister Sushanta Chowdhury said on Saturday.The shipment, facilitated through the Centre’s Price Stabilisation…
Shillong: Meghalaya legislative assembly speaker Thomas A Sangma has recognised the merger of eight United Democratic Party (UDP) MLAs with BJP.An official notification issued on Oct 16 said the merger had been recognised under Paragraph 4 of the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution.The eight former UDP legislators are Lahkmen Rymbui, Pius Marwein, Kyrmen Shylla, Mayralborn…
