Itanagar, May 19 (IANS) A two-member team of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) led by its vice-chairperson Kersi K. Deboo visited Mechuka in Arunachal Pradesh's Shi Yomi district to examine a dis
DIMAPUR, MAY 18 (MExN): A civil society meeting was held at Gauhati Press Club on May 18 calling for peace in Manipur.
The meeting appealed for peace between the communities and for the participation o
Maligaon, May 18 (MExN): Chetan Kumar Shrivastava, an officer of Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers from UPSC’s 1987 batch, joined as the new General Manager of NF Railway on May 16. He has do
DIMAPUR, MAY 18 (MExN): The Indian Army and the Assam Rifles today informed that vehicular movement to the Imphal Valley is being restored.
A press release from the PRO Defense informed that during the
Guwahati, May 18 (IANS) A 13-year-old minor girl has been allegedly gang-raped by four youth in a moving car in Assam's Kokrajhar district, officials said on Thursday.
According to a senior police office
Imphal, May 18 (IANS) The Congress, which had dubbed the violence in Manipur "pre-planned" and demanded immediate imposition of President's Rule in the BJP-ruled state, has constituted a three-mem
Agartala, May 18 (IANS) A court in Tripura has upheld the decision of a trial court to award two-year rigorous imprisonment to three Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leaders for creating a ruckus inside
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday made a strong observation against Manipur High Court's acting Chief Justice M.V. Muralidaran, saying that he did not correct his judgment granting qu
Shillong, May 17 (IANS): After reports of militant outfit Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) regrouping and recruiting cadres into its fold, the Meghalaya police have alerted the security forces in five distr
DIMAPUR, MAY 17 (MExN): Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) on Wednesday flagged off the Agartala-Kolkota-Agartala special (02502/02501) after converting it to a fully air conditioned Link Hofmann Busch (LHB) rak
Guwahati, May 17 (IANS): In the wake of large-scale violence in Manipur, Trinamool Congress leader Sushmita Dev has alleged that the BJP does not understand the DNA of the northeast.
Speaking to IANS on Wedn
GUWAHATI, MAY 17 (IANS): The Assam government is mulling a massive administrative overhaul at the district level, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday.
The state government is conducting a th
DIMAPUR, MAY 17 (MExN): In a bid to provide financial independence to the rural farmers of Assam, a training programme for milk producers was organised by the Dairy Development Department under the Assam Agribu
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will ensure that the political executive does not turn a blind eye to the law-and-order situation in Manipur, while stressing that it won't e
Imphal, May 17 (IANS): Assam Rifles jawan Alok Rao, who was injured in an attack by militants in ethnic strife-hit Manipur's Senapati district on May 10, succumbed to his injuries at Command Hospital in Kol
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will ensure that the political executive does not turn a blind eye to the law-and-order situation in Manipur, while stressing that it won't e
Imphal, May 17 (IANS): Assam Rifles jawan Alok Rao, who was injured in an attack by militants in ethnic strife-hit Manipur's Senapati district on May 10, succumbed to his injuries at Command Hospital in Kol
Shillong, May 16 (IANS): District administration has imposed 28-point restrictions and prohibited various activities under section 144 CrPC in Meghalaya's Eastern West Khasi Hills following outbreak of Afri
Guwahati, May 16 (IANS): Assam police personnel, who are overweight, have time up to November this year to shed extra kilos, else they will have to accept the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS), said DGP G.P. Si
DIMAPUR, MAY 16 (MExN): The Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) on Tuesday informed that Tunnel no T-14 of the Sivok - Rangpo Rail Project (SRRP)- the gateway of railway network to the state of Sikkim- has achiev