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Nagaland gets 2nd railway station

Kohima: Nagaland has got a second railway station -- at Shokhuvi.On Friday, Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio flagged off the Donyi Polo Express to Arunachal Pradesh.The Shokhuvi junction comes up after the Dimapur railway station, which was established in 1903.Northeast...

Assam-Arunachal boundary row: Regional panels meet, undertake joint visit to ‘disputed’ areas

Itanagar: In keeping with the spirit of ‘Namsai Declaration’ towards resolving the vexed boundary matter between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh through mutual dialogues, the Regional Committees, formed by both the State Governments, on Friday held joint meetings at Kanubari...

Two Bangladeshi arrested in Meghalaya

Shillong: A joint team of Meghalaya police and Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday arrested two Bangladeshi nationals for allegedly abetting the illegal infiltration. Besides, a few others managed to flee back to Bangladesh.The two Bangladeshi-- Misba Uddin and Badrul...

Assam police arrest one more person with jihadi link

Guwahati: Assam police have arrested a person with jihadi link from Bongaigaon district.Hafizur Rahman Mufti has links with AQIS/ABT (Al-Qaeda Indian Subcontinent/Ansarullah Bangla Team),” SP of Goalpara district of Assam – VV Rakesh Reddy said.Mufti was arrested from Jogighopa...

Arunachal Cabinet clears 4 key draft bills ahead of House session

Itanagar: Ahead of the forthcoming Assembly session, Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet, headed by Chief Minister Pema Khandu, on Friday approved the draft ‘Arunachal Pradesh Tenancy Bill, 2022’, which aims at creating “a vibrant, sustainable and inclusive rental housing market in...

Mawlynnong, Meghalaya’s cleanest village bags Silver Award

Shillong: Meghalaya’s Mawlynnong village which is popularly known as Asia’s cleanest village has bagged the Silver Award as the ‘Best Eco Tourism Destination’ in India.The accolade was conferred to the representatives of Meghalaya government at the glittering Outlook Traveller...

Meghalaya govt mulls acquiring land near catchment areas to preserve water sources

Shillong: Voicing concerns on the rise of water sources drying up, Meghalaya Public Health Engineering (PHE) Minister, Renikton Lyngdoh Tongkhar on Friday mooted the idea of the government acquiring land near catchment areas in order to preserve the water...

Arunachal Dy CM takes stock of work progress at Parshuram Kund

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein on Friday visited Parshuram Kund, a Hindu pilgrimage center situated in the lower reaches of the Lohit river, to take stock of the work progress of Parshuram Kund Development Project funded...

Hemanta Naorem, Director (E), DDK Imphal felicitated

Imphal: Doordarshan Welfare and Recreation Club, DDK Imphal (DOWREC-Imphal) Friday felicitated Hemanta Naorem, Director (E), DDK Imphal on his promotion to the post of Deputy Director General (E).Hemanta is an Indian Broadcasting (Engineering) Service (IBES) of 1992 batch. He...

21 recoveries, 17 new positive cases in Manipur Friday

Imphal: In the last 24 hours leading up to 5 pm of Friday in Manipur, 17 persons tested positive while 21 persons recovered, as per an official release from the Health Department. Of the 17 persons who tested positive, 10...

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Kamjong reviews special intensive revision of electoral roll

Kamjong: A review meeting on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Electoral Roll was held today at...