7 acres of illegal poppy cultivation destroyed in Manipur
Imphal, Dec 29: Seven acres of illegal poppy cultivation was destroyed by a combined team of security forces and forest department officials in Manipur's...
Assam’s Bongaigaon Refinery launches E-20 to boost ethanol production
Guwahati, Dec 28: Indian Oil’s Bongaigaon Refinery (BGR), situated in Dhaligaon, Chirang district, has officially launched E-20, a petrol blend containing 20% ethanol.The launch...
Two injured in gunfight in Manipur
Imphal, Dec 27: At least two persons, including a policeman, were injured in a gunfight with armed men in Manipur's Imphal East district on...
NF Railway signs MoU with IRCON for electrification infrastructure maintenance
Guwahati, Dec 27: For the first time in Indian Railways, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has launched a groundbreaking initiative to maintain electrification infrastructure....
Assamese filmmaker Bhaskar Jyoti Das dies of cancer
Guwahati, Dec 26: Renowned Assamese filmmaker-scriptwriter Bhaskar Jyoti Das died on Thursday due to cancer, his close friends said.
He was 51.
Das died at a...
Ajmal calls for action on attacks against Hindus in Bangladesh
Guwahati, Dec 26: Former MP and AIUDF president Maulana Badruddin Ajmal has expressed deep concern over the recent surge in attacks on Hindus and...
MBBS student from Assam dies by suicide at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar, Dec 26: A second-year MBBS student allegedly died by suicide at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar, police said on Thursday.
The body of Ratnesh Kumar Mishra (21), a...
Manipur needs immediate peace, understanding between two communities: CM
Imphal, Dec 26: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Wednesday said the state, which has been in the grip of ethnic violence since...
Tripura renewable energy agency to supply purified water to 50 remote tribal hamlets
Agartala, Dec 25: Tripura Renewable Energy Development Agency (TREDA), a state government undertaking, has set a target to install community-based purified water plants through...
Nagaland: Congress returns to spotlight after two decades, civic polls held after 20 years
By Narayan Bahadur
Kohima, Dec 25: Nagaland witnessed a significant political shift this year as the Congress made a comeback by winning the lone Lok...
IEDs, countrymade rockets seized in Manipur
Imphal, Dec 24: Improvised explosive devices (IEDs), countrymade rockets and other arms and ammunition have been seized in Manipur during a search operation conducted...
No question of violating constitutional provisions as alleged by Congress: Manipur minister
Imphal, Dec 24: Manipur law minister Th Basanta Kumar Singh on Tuesday rejected Congress's allegation that the state government had violated constitutional rules by...
