Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) deputy chief executive member Rihan Daimary on Friday laid the foundation stone for a centre of educational excellence on the premises of Kokrajhar District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) in Kokrajhar Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) deputy chief executive member Rihan Daimary on Friday laid the foundation stone for a centre…
Imphal: In a major anti-drug operation, Manipur Police have intercepted two vehicles along NH-2 in Kangpokpi district and arrested four persons, including two serving police personnel, for transporting a large consignment of contraband WY tablets, police said late on Thursday.The arrested persons have been identified as Zamir Khan (45), Zuma Khan (32) — a constable…
Aizawl: Officials of the Mizoram excise & narcotics department, in a joint operation with the Assam Rifles and the central anti-drug squad (CADS) of the Central Young Mizo Association (YMA), seized 740 grams of heroin and arrested nine people in the early hours of Friday, department spokesperson Peter Zohmingthanga said.Zohmingthanga said the contraband was being…
Aizawl: Two legislators of BJP Mizoram Pradesh and the lone MLA of the Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) are yet to decide whether they will vote for the ruling Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) candidate or Mizo National Front (MNF) nominee in the election to Mizoram’s Rajya Sabha seat, scheduled for June 18.Both BJP and Congress…
Dibrugarh: Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday said efforts are underway to develop Dibrugarh Airport into an international airport, citing the city’s strategic location and proximity to Southeast Asian countries, reports Rajib Dutta.Sonowal made the announcement while responding to a query at a press conference in Dibrugarh, saying that the geographical advantage of the airport…
Aizawl: Mizoram has emerged as the leader in digitisation of enumeration forms in the ongoing third phase of special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls among 16 states and 3 union territories, completing 68.05% of the process — far ahead of Manipur, which has achieved only 27.11%, state election officials said on Friday.The state’s Khawzawl…
Dimapur: Two villages in Peren district — Jalukiekam and Beisumpuikam — have been selected for the Modernisation of Command Area Development and Water Management (M-CADWM) scheme by the Union ministry of jal shakti to supply irrigation water in the agricultural fields through pressurised pipes, reports Bhadra Gogoi.The M-CADWM scheme aims to shift outdated, canal-based agricultural…
Guwahati: Assam governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya has summoned the budget session of the state assembly from July 6, an official notification said on Friday. The session will be held over a period of 21 days.Earlier, on May 21, the first session of the new assembly was held for four days, where the new speaker was…
Guwahati: Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has decided to write to the forest department, urging it to set up a joint task force to identify and remove dead and ageing trees that are at risk of getting uprooted and posing a threat to lives.GMC mayor Mrigen Sarania told TOI, “After the incident at Kalipur in Guwahati,…
Guwahati: Assam Police on Friday said they were probing how three boys from two prominent private schools were involved in creating explicit deepfake images and videos of at least 64 female schoolmates and teachers, using photos lifted from individual and school’s Instagram accounts and sold them online.Two students were immediately suspended, and the case has…
