Category: NORTH EAST

• ASSAM
• MANIPUR
• MEGHALAYA
• MIZORAM
• NAGALAND
• ARUNACHAL PRADESH

On the directives of the High Court, the Meghalaya government has urged the Central government to deploy at least 10 companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) to curb illegal mining and transportation of coal, an official said on Tuesday.

Army PRO at Guwahati, Lt. Col. Mahendra Rawat said, "The technological threshold in the nation has improved significantly and with enhanced digital awareness, the youth is now empowered to undertake online exams."

The Manipur quake occurred 24 hours after a similar earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter Scale was felt in northern Tripura's Dharmanagar, adjoining Assam. The shake struck at a depth of 10 km from the surface.

Following the CBI's questioning of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy scam case, the AAP has accelerated its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP.

All prominent leaders from the state were present, and the Grand Old Party's position in the state was thoroughly discussed. Sonia Gandhi wanted to chalk out a future strategy for the Congress after the party faced a debacle in the assembly election.

The Mizoram Police and the Assam Rifles have seized 5.44 lakh kgs of areca nut, also called betel nut or 'supari', valued at Rs 31.73 crore in the past 100 days after these contraband were smuggled from Myanmar, officials said on Sunday.

Revoking of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) national party recognition by the Election Commission evoked a mixed response from the party leaders and political commentators and analysts, but one and all said that it would affect its national ambitions ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

After its futile attempts to rename places in Arunachal Pradesh and anger over the Union Home Minister's visit on April 10-11, Development of North Eastern Region Minister G. Kishan Reddy had said in Agartala that Arunachal Pradesh has been, is and shall remain an integral part of India.

Two days after its meeting with Government of India envoy A.K. Mishra, the dominant Naga outfit NSCN-IM on Saturday urged the Centre to "honor and implement in letter and spirit the Framework Agreement (FA) and recognise the Naga national flag and constitution".

He wrote on Twitter, "I am confident that the decision to allow Constable (GD) CAPF exams in 13 regional languages including Assamese will enable a large number of youths from Assam to serve Bharat Mata by joining our paramilitary forces."

People in several states across the northeastern region have been experiencing a change in weather with the mercury hovering around 40 degrees Celsius in many places, Met officials said on Friday.

Four influential Naga organisations, including the powerful Naga Hoho, last week urged the Central government to honour its word in the Ceasefire Agreement (1997) and Framework Agreement (2015) and "resolve the Naga political impasse accordingly".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the initiatives taken by the BJP-led government at the Centre have proved to be effective in improving the overall health of women in the country.

Inaugurating the first All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) of the northeastern region in Guwahati, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday slammed the previous governments for doing precious little to uplift the healthcare infrastructure of the country.

At a ceremony conducted at Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati on Thursday, CM Sarma was presented with the certificate by the Controller General of Patent, Designs and Trademarks and Registrar of GI Registry, Dr. Unnat P. Pandit.

The Governor felicitated the team leader, Brigadier K.M. Shende, Param Vir Chakra awardee honorary Captain Yogendra Singh Yadav, and lauded the efforts of the Indian Army in service of the nation.

Assam police have seized at least 10,000 Yaba tablets in a anti-drug operation at Hailakandi district, officials said on Thursday. The seizure occurred at Narainpur area of the district on Wednesday night. One person was arrested on account of drug peddling.

The North East Students' Organisation (NESO), an apex body of eight student bodies, has demanded complete withdrawal of AFSPA and execution of Inner Line Permit (ILP) in the entire region for the safeguard and welfare of the indigenous people.

With 11,000 artists performing traditional Bihu dance at Guwahati's Sarusajai stadium on Thursday, Assam is eyeing to enter the Guinness Book of World Records. The 11,000 artists have come from different parts of the state.

For the first time in Arunachal Pradesh, the state government on Wednesday held an extensive interactive session with the representatives of CBOs of the state active under the umbrella of Arunachal Indigenous Tribes Federation (AITF).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "unwavering love" and "continuous focus" towards the northeastern region have elevated Assam in the last few years, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday.

Assam government will give jobs to 50,000 youth of the state upon the completion of two years in power on May 11, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Tuesday.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday claimed that the BJP will again form the government at the Centre in next year's Lok Sabha election, winning more than 300 seats.

PETA said that confining animals in this way is illegal, a position confirmed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's National Research Centre on Pig, and is further reiterated in the Assam government's circular.
 

"The seized heroin and Yaba tablets were brought from Churachandpur in Manipur. From there, these were peddled to Cachar district in Assam and kept at Rahim Uddin's residence," Mahato added.