North-East

Second round of Assam-Meghalaya border talks likely by November-end: Sangma

Shillong: In the first round, the two Northeastern states resolved differences in six areas and signed an agreement in March

BY / Thursday, 10 November, 2022

Meghalaya MP seeks legalisation of rat-hole coal mining

Shillong: Kharlukhi, the state president of the ruling NPP in Meghalaya, said he was aware of the negative impacts of rat-hole mining on the environment but there was a need to see what was more important -- human lives

BY / Thursday, 10 November, 2022

BREAKING: Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 jolts West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh: National Center for Seismology

Arunachal Pradesh: The tremors from the earthquake were also felt in parts of Assam

BY / Thursday, 10 November, 2022

Dropout in Assam primary schools nearly doubled in FY’22

Guwahati: The dropout rates in primary schools in Assam have nearly doubled in 2021-22, mainly due to the impact of COVID-19 and identification of fake students’ rolls, state Education Minister Ranoj Pegu said Wednesday. However, the dropout rate at

BY / Wednesday, 9 November, 2022

IndiGo flights to connect Arunachal’s first airport with Mumbai, Kolkata from 28 Nov

Itanagar: Flights connecting Hollongi, which is around 15 km from Itanagar, with Mumbai and Kolkata will operate daily barring Wednesday

BY / Wednesday, 9 November, 2022

Draft electoral rolls of Tripura published; 27,33,891 voters in list

Agartala: The CEO said the final electoral rolls in which the next Assembly election will take place will be published on 5 January 2023

BY / Wednesday, 9 November, 2022

Golden Jubilee Service Medal instituted on 50th anniversary of Arunachal Police

Itanagar: The medal will be awarded to selected police personnel on November 8 every year for their distinguished services

BY / Tuesday, 8 November, 2022

Assam police officer, doctors held in minor’s rape-murder case

Guwahati: The victim's family alleged that the police were unwilling to investigate the matter properly

BY / Tuesday, 8 November, 2022

Assam and North East witness year’s last lunar eclipse

Guwahati: Bora said the towns further east of Guwahati, such as Dibrugarh and Jorhat, witnessed the eclipse for a longer duration as the moon rose earlier in those parts

BY / Tuesday, 8 November, 2022

Assam govt employees hold protest meet seeking restoration of old pension scheme

Guwahati: Assam has around five lakh government employees, out of which around 2.4 lakh are under the New Pension Scheme (NPS)

BY / Tuesday, 8 November, 2022

HC rejects Sisodia’s plea seeking to quash defamation case filed by Assam CM

Guwahati: Sarma had filed a criminal defamation case after Sisodia claimed that the then health minister supplied PPE kits at higher than market rates to NHM

BY / Tuesday, 8 November, 2022

Arunachal’s Siang river turns muddy, locals worried

Itanagar: Fishermen and locals dependent on the river for agricultural purposes are worried over the sudden change of colour of Siang water

BY / Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
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