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Shillong: Altogether 26 students from Meghalaya have been evacuated from flood-hit Sikkim and are en route to Shillong by bus via Assam, an official said on Saturday morning.“A bus with 26 students from Meghalaya left Majitar in Sikkim via...

Imphal: Manipur’s former Additional Superintendent of Police, Brinda Thounaojam, who is at the centre of controversy over her alleged accusation that Meitei Leepun and Arambai Tenggol were responsible for the current ethnic violence between the Meiteis and Kukis in...

By: Rajeev BhattacharyyaGuwahati:  As a journalist from Guwahati who has covered the Northeast for over two decades, I feel tempted to pen my observations on the ongoing unrest in Manipur which should not be misconstrued as expert comments.  I...

Stockholm: Three scientists, Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov, won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, "for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday."These smallest components of...

Hangzhou: India won their second ever medal in Asiad canoeing after the men's team of Sunil Singh Salam and Arjun Singh clinched bronze in the double 1000m sprint event at the Asian Games 2023 here on Tuesday.The first-ever medal...

Imphal: Kangliepak Kanba Lup (KKL), an Imphal-based civil body, which put a three-year ban on celebrated Manipuri film actor Soma Laishram, lifted the interdict on Saturday, giving a breather to her. KKL had accused her of turning show-stopper in a...

New Delhi: Meghalaya’s Kongthong village, which is known to the outside world as “whistling village” has been bestowed with the prestigious 'Best Tourism Village (Bronze)' award at the National Tourism Awards 2023 by the Union Ministry of Tourism.This remarkable...

During my pursuit of a postgraduate degree in Journalism at the Banaras Hindu University in 1978-79, our esteemed Professor B.R. Gupta, an authority in the field of Public Relations (PR), imparted a profound lesson: "When Public Relations falters within...

Imphal: Meet Manipuri neurosurgeon, Dr Amitkumar who teaches Wushu at a quiet corner in Imphal East district, an extraordinary task to promote the game in the state. Driven by his deep childhood attachment to the game, Amitkumar cannot leave...

New Delhi: Union Minister Anurag Thakur Tuesday announced that legendary starlet Waheeda Rehman will be honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2021.Informing the decision, the Minister highlighted that Rehman has been critically acclaimed for her...