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Shillong: Padma Shri awardee Neil Nongkynrih, founder of Shillong Chamber Choir, passed away on Wednesday evening in Reliance Foundation hospital in Mumbai, a family member said. “Neil was unwell for sometime. He had a septic shock brought about by a perforated ulcer,...

Imphal: Manipur has a total of 20, 34, 966 voters, including 9,85,119 men, 10,49,639 women and 208 from the third gender. This means that for the second time, female voters outnumber male electors by 64,520 in the state. The integrated...

Shillong: Five persons, including four women in Meghalaya have tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19, health officials said on Tuesday. Health and Family Welfare Minister James Sangma said all the five patients are Meghalaya’s first cases of the new...

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh on Monday launched the COVID-19 vaccination for children in the age group of 15 to 18 years along with the rest of the country.In Itanagar, RK Mission Hospital Secretary Swami Vishweshananda launched the inoculation drive at...

Imphal: Manipur Police personnel were able to apprehend 467 persons in drug cases, 233 militants and seized 167 arms in 2021. Fifteen suspected militants were also shot dead.Twenty militants laid down arms to the government.An annual report of Manipur Police...

Imphal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is arriving in Imphal on January 4, and will inaugurate 13 developmental projects and lay foundation stones of nine projects. Preparations are on in full swing to welcome the Prime Minister where projects worth...

Kohima: Nagaland’s ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) on Saturday demanded invalidation and repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Power) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) imposed by the Union Home Ministry.The ministry, in a notification, has extended the Act in the...

New Delhi: The Central government on Thursday extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in the whole of Nagaland for another six months.In a notification, the Union Home Ministry said “the Central government is of the opinion that the...

Kolkata: Scientists have long been intrigued by the presence of much higher fraction of elements heavier than iron than is expected in carbon-rich stars.  A new research by Indian astronomers has now traced its origin to the low mass companions...

New Delhi: India on Thursday hit out at China for attempting to rename places in Arunachal Pradesh, stating that the northeastern state has always been, and will always be an integral part of India, and “assigning invented names” by...