Eight Sisters

Shillong: Four more candidates filed their nomination papers for the by-elections to fill up the three Meghalaya assembly seats on Thursday.Bye-polls to three assembly constituencies - Mawphlang, Mawrynkneng and Rajabala- scheduled to be held on October 30 have been...

Gangtok: Khus Chettri, Bahun Association, under President Raju Basnett, has condemned Cow Slaughter in YangthangMartam- Rumtek. ‘After we came across the event we summoned an emergency meeting, where the administration has been asked to ensure that such a thing...

Itanagar: A 180-feet Triple Double Reinforced (TDR) Extra Wide steel decking Bailey bridge, Pinjoli Bridge, at km 49.871 on the strategically important Balipara-Charduar-Tawang (BCT) road in Arunachal Pradesh was upgraded by providing two additional transoms per bay, as per...

Imphal: Chandel Battalion foiled cross border narcotic trafficking near the Indo-Myanmar Border in Chandel district on October 6 and seized drugs worth Rs 21 crores.Assam Rifles official Thursday said based on credible inputs regarding narcotics trafficking, troops of Assam...

Guwahati: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Thursday said the Centre has approved the construction of a 3 km long 4-lane bridge on Brahmaputra river in Kamrup district at an estimated cost of Rs 3094 crores.Finance Minister added that the...

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma on Thursday stressed maintaining a balance between livelihood and environment in the State.“Every one of us has to do our bit in minimising the effects of climate change by reversing it where...

Kohima: The Kohima Police manning the Khuzama interstate check gate intercepted a truck bearing Nagaland registration number and after checking police recovered 95 cartons of illegally imported foreign cigarettes, estimated to be worth Rs. 1.5 crore.According to a release...

Kohima: Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu Thursday called for fast-tracking infrastructure development and connectivity projects in the North East for the all-round development of the region.Naidu said that infrastructure development is vital to improving the ease of living, enhancing...

Imphal: Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs John Barla Thursday inaugurated a Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Oxygen Plant at Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal in presence of Member of Parliament (MP), Rajya Sabha Sanajaoba Leishemba.The plant was...

Imphal: The positivity rate in Manipur came down below five per cent and the recovery rate improved to 97.1% during the last 24 hours leading up to 2 pm of Thursday. During this period, the state recorded only a...