As much a 90 per cent work of the Jiribam-Imphal new railway line have been completed and Manipur capital is expected to come onto the Indian Railways network by December 2023, making it the fourth capital city in the northeastern region to have a rail link, officials said on Tuesday.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the Central government has made a promise to the people of Nagaland that it is committed to finding an early solution to the decades-old Naga political issue.
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday said Arunachal Pradesh is a "very important state" from a strategic and geographical point of view, adding a good infrastructure is essential for the national security and economic development of the state.
"Nirmalya Dey, the nephew of Sankari Dey, had also filed an FIR in Novemnber last year at Noonmati police station suspecting probable kidnapping of her aunt. Unfortunately, the police could not find much clue in both the missing cases," the officer said.
The NDPP and the BJP had contested the 2018 elections with a 40:20 seat-sharing formula and the alliance partners in July last year have decided to continue with the same understanding.
Four out of the five deceased have been identified as Merina Sangma, Sabina Marak, Kukila Momin and Tesa Sangma. The identity of the fifth woman who died on the spot is yet to be ascertained.
President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday greeted the people of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram on the statehood day of the two northeastern states.
Music is synonymous with the mountainous state of Meghalaya and keeping this in mind, efforts are being made to effectively motivate the voters through music so that they exercise their franchise, leading to a high turnout in the February 27 election to the 60-member state Assembly.
A bike lifter was shot dead during a police encounter in Assam's Charaideo district, officials said on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Santosh Jaiswal and the incident took place on Sunday night in Sonari.
According to a senior police officer, the accused Bandana Kalita confessed that she killed her husband Amarjyoti Dey and mother-in-law Shankari Dey with the help of two of her friends on August 17, 2022.
The Home Minister is likely to meet a few ENPO leaders as well on Tuesday. He will arrive Tuensang -- another key political and administrative hub in Eastern Nagaland -- the next day and then leave for Shillong, sources said.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday took a jibe at Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction while reacting to a controversy that erupted after the state government published an ad inviting devotees to the Dakini Hill in Kamrup district to celebrate Mahashivratri.
Meghalaya has become the number one corrupt state in the country under NPP rule, according to Shah, despite that BJP has been a partner of the government led by the NPP for the last five years and still continuing in it.
In all 13 political parties including four having a national status -- the BJP, Congress, NPP and the Trinamool Congress -- are contesting the election with a total of 375 candidates including 36 female nominees in the fray.
Dass further said that many people who have a government job or belong to well-off families have come forward to surrender their ration cards following the state government's appeal.
Despite the Assam version of 'Bharat Jodo Yatra', Congress party will not be able to return to power in the state till 2036, Minister Pijush Hazarika said on Saturday.
Unidentified assailants attacked a senior lawyer with acid in Assam's Kokrajhar district, police said on Saturday. The incident took place on Friday at the Gossaigaon area.
World's longest river cruise MV Ganga Vilas, after traversing through Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal as well as Bangladesh, arrived Dhubri in Assam on its 39 day of the voyage.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday criticised the National People's Party (NPP), alleging that the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government headed by the NPP is involved in corruption, and Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma has been doing family politics.
The Assam Rifles arrested four people and recovered six endangered Burmese pythons from their possession after these exotic animals were smuggled in Mizoram from neighbouring Myanmar, officials said on Friday.
The Election Commission has seized drugs, cash, and freebies worth over Rs 147 crore in Tripura, where Assembly elections were held on Thursday, and Nagaland and Meghalaya, which will go to the polls on February 27, officials said.
According to official data, the quake, which occurred at 9.26 a.m, with an epicentre in the East Khasi Hills in Meghalaya, was 46 km deep. The tremors were felt in Meghalaya and in some parts of Assam, including Guwahati.
If voted to power, the BJP will form separate task forces to probe corruption cases and curb illegal mining in Meghalaya, besides solving the border disputes with Assam and implementing the recommendations of the seventh Pay Commission for state government employees.
The Rajya Sabha MP also stressed that education, health, employment, and road infrastructure are the basic requirements of people and they have been deprived of these under the current regime.
The Assam government has got the National Medical Commission's (NMC) permission to start MBBS course in the newly-built Kokrajhar Medical College in Kokrajhar district.
