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Nameirakpam Loken resigns as Manipur Congress president

Imphal: Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Nameirakpam Loken Singh has resigned from his post after Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked the PCC presidents of the five states that went to polls  to resign for reorganisation of the state...

Drug seized in Manipur

Imphal: Narcotics and Border Affairs (NAB) on Tuesday nabbed one Tilkholen Haokip from Canchipur, Imphal and seized 50 cases of Heroin Powder weighing about 625 grams.Police said the drug was hidden in the oil tanker of a four-wheeler....

Tripura BJP attempts to counter Pradyot Kishore by one of his old loyalists

Agartala: Riddled with the growth of royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarman's party Tipra Motha among the indigenous population of Tripura, ruling BJP is all set to include Patal Kanya Jamatia in its fold who had been dissected from...

Peace talks with HNLC soon: Meghalaya CM

Shillong: Peter S. Dkhar, the Meghalaya government's pointsman on peace talks with outlawed Hynñiewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) would soon start discussions with leaders of the rebel outfit.“The interlocutor will now start doing the exercise so once that...

N Biren Singh to be Chief Minister of Manipur

New Delhi: The BJP high command has approved the name of N Biren Singh for the post of Manipur Chief Minister, following the party's victory in the recently concluded state assembly election in the state, sources said.N Biren Singh...

Meghalaya Assembly rejects resolution on job reservation

Shillong: A resolution moved by the lone Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement (KHNAM) legislator, Adelbert Nongrum, demanding the Meghalaya government review and revamp the “outdated” state reservation policy was defeated by a voice vote in the state assembly on...

Tai Ahom Yuba Parishad Assam demands Scheduled Tribe status

New Delhi: The Tai Ahom Yuba Parishad, Assam (TAYPA) on Tuesday staged a sit-in protest here, demanding the Centre to provide constitutional safeguard to the Tai Ahom community by granting it the Schedule Tribe (ST) status.Scores of TAYPA...

BJP’s central leadership to decide on next CM of Manipur: Biren Singh

New Delhi: Manipur caretaker Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday categorically said that the BJP's central leadership will decide on who will be the next CM of the state as he dodged the question on whether he would...

Arunachal, Assam to curb illegal logging: Minister

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Environment and Forests Department will soon convene a joint meeting with its counterpart in neighbouring Assam to work out strategies to curb the rampant illegal felling of trees by timber mafias along the inter-state boundary areas,...

Assam-Arunachal boundary row being discussed in right earnest: Felix

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Home Minister Bamang Felix on Tuesday told the State Assembly that the protracted inter-state boundary dispute between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh is being taken up in right earnest with the two state governments working to settle...

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Assam Rifles marks International Anti-Drug day in Moreh

Moreh: Reaffirming their unwavering commitment towards building a healthier and drug-free society, Assam Rifles, in coordination with the Moreh...