ADB scraps $434m solar power loan to Assam after indigenous land rights complaint halts project
Guwahati, June 2: In a major setback to Assam’s renewable energy ambitions, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has formally withdrawn a $434.25 million loan...
BSF ADG reviews operational preparedness along border
Importance of strengthening BSF’s ties with border communities
Shillong, June 1: BSF Eastern Command additional director general Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal has reviewed operational preparedness and...
Three Myanmarese refugees among 4 killed in landslides as heavy rainfall lashes Mizoram
Aizawl, June 1: Four persons, including three Myanmarese refugees, were killed while one was injured when their houses collapsed due to landslides triggered by...
Four dead, over 58,000 affected as first wave of floods devastates Assam; Lakhimpur worst affected
Guwahati, June 1: The first wave of floods in Assam has turned deadly, claiming four lives and affecting over 58,000 people across 11 districts,...
Candidate barred from police jobsShillong, May 31
Jowai, May 31: The Central Recruitment Board (CRB) Meghalaya Police has barred a candidate from East Jaintia Hills from future police recruitment for adopting...
State BJP for addl manpower, tech to trace missing tourists
Shillong, May 31: The Meghalaya BJP has suggested the state government to requisition additional manpower and technological assistance from the Centre to trace the...
Jemino Mawthoh quits UDP
Shillong, May 31: Veteran leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) and former Nongthymmai legislator, Jemino Mawthoh, has decided to quit the party.
Confirming this...
Landslides kill 5 in Guwahati as torrential rains paralyze city, expose deepening crisis
Guwahati, May 31: At least five people, including two children, have died in separate landslide incidents across Guwahati in the past 48 hours, as...
9 militants arrested in Manipur
Imphal, May 31: Security forces have arrested nine militants belonging to various proscribed outfits in Manipur, police said on Saturday.
Three active cadres of the...
Several feared dead as 5 houses, hotel collapse in Mizoram amid heavy rain
Aizawl, May 31: Several people were feared dead after five houses and a hotel collapsed due to landslides triggered by heavy rain in south...
Meghalaya, Karnataka MLAs exchange ideas on ST, SC, and OBC welfare
Shillong, May31: The State Assembly's Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, and Other Backward Classes under the chairmanship of Lahkmen Rymbui, MLA...
Governor hosts MLAs from Karnataka
Shillong, May 31: Governor CH Vijayashankar on Friday hosted members of the Committee of Backward Classes and Minority at Raj Bhavan, Shillong and assured...
