Assam opposition leader urges NCST to halt Palashbari satellite township over tribal rights violations
Guwahati, July 3: Assam’s Leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia has urged the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) to intervene in the proposed...
Indigenous Khasis in Assam remain unrepresented for decades
Guwahati/Shillong, July 3: The Khasi community in Assam’s Karbi Anglong region has been there for ages along with the Karbis, but not yet represented...
Assam education minister briefs Governor on NEP 2020 roadmap, eyes academic overhaul
Guwahati, July 3: Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu met with Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya at Raj Bhavan on Thursday to present a comprehensive update...
Hidden in plain sight: New medicinal Garcinia species discovered in Assam forests may hold key to traditional remedies
Guwahati, July 3: A new species of fruit-bearing tree, Garcinia kusumae, has been discovered in the biodiverse foothills of Assam’s Baksa district, near the...
Khasi community in Karbi Anglong demands end to decades of discrimination and neglect
Guwahati, July 3: Tensions are rising among the more than 25,000 Khasi residents in Assam’s Karbi Anglong and West Karbi Anglong districts, who say...
Assam Cong seeks CBI probe into sale of cows from govt project to BJP aides
Guwahati, Jul 3: The opposition Congress on Wednesday demanded a CBI inquiry into the alleged sale of 90 Gir cows from an Assam government...
Assam CM presses Finance Commission for greater fund devolution to Assam, cites strategic and climatic challenges
Guwahati, July 2: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met Dr. Arvind Panagariya, Chairman of the 16th Finance Commission, in New Delhi on Wednesday...
Arunachal is India’s ‘largest’ carbon sink: Khandu
Itanagar, July 2: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday claimed that the frontier state holds the distinction of being India's largest carbon...
Tripura CM pays rich tributes to Dr BC Roy, highlights state’s medical progress on Doctors’ Day
Agartala, Jul 2: Tripura Chief Minister and dental surgeon Manik Saha on Tuesday paid rich tributes to legendary physician and statesman Dr Bidhan Chandra...
Mizoram govt urged to enforce ILP on stricter manner in view of potential influx
Aizawl, Jul 2: The Mizoram Merchant Association (MIMA), an umbrella body of traders of the state, on Tuesday urged Home Minister K Sapdanga to...
Mizoram govt disburses over Rs 98 crore for procurement of key crops: Official
Aizawl, Jul 2: The Mizoram government has disbursed Rs 98.84 crore for the procurement of five key crops under the state's flagship programme 'Bana...
Around 800 cannabis plants destroyed in Sikkim’s Soreng district
Gangtok, Jul 2: Sikkim Police on Tuesday destroyed around 800 cannabis plants in Soreng district, officials said.
Acting on a tip-off, police personnel from Soreng...
