North East

Shillong (Meghalaya), June 10: The Meghalaya Government has suspended all state-funded foreign visits by Ministers, MLAs and officials for six months in an austerity move aimed at tightening public expenditure.   The decision, announced in June, comes amid...

By Our Correspondent   Kolkata, June 10: Trinamool Congress lost another Rajya Sabha MP on Wednesday as Sushmita Dev quit the party and resigned her Upper House seat.   Dev, from Assam’s Barak Valley, met Chief Minister Himanta...

Shillong (Meghalaya), June 9: NPP’s James P.K. Sangma sailed through nomination scrutiny for Meghalaya’s lone Rajya Sabha seat on Tuesday, leaving him poised for an uncontested win.   Assembly Secretary Malthus S. Sangma, acting as Returning Officer, found...

Guwahati (Assam), June 9: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday pitched for deeper investment frameworks and commercial linkages with European markets as he met a high-level ‘Team Europe’ delegation in the city.   The two-day visit,...

Imphal(Manipur),June 9: Armed groups freed 14 Kuki civilians in Manipur on Tuesday, nearly a month after their abduction from hill villages. The whereabouts of six Naga hostages taken in the same incident remain unknown.   The United Naga...

Shillong (Meghalaya) June 9 : Tengjrang K. Marak from Konapara in North Garo Hills has been conferred a PhD in Sociology by William Carey University for his study on the Garo tribe’s socio-cultural shift.   Under Prof. Gita...

Shillong (Meghalaya), June 9: Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma flagged off five electric buses under the PM eBus Sewa Scheme on Tuesday, launching the city’s first phase of zero-emission public transport.   The AC buses run 180 to...

Imphal (Manipur), June 9: Manipur’s security forces have yet to rescue at least 20 Naga and Kuki civilians abducted 20 days ago by armed groups in Kangpokpi and Senapati districts.   Operations remain focused on Litan, Mahadev and...

Imphal/Itanagar, June 8: The BJP moved to retain its Rajya Sabha seats in Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh on Monday as Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi and Tai Tagak filed nominations for the June 18 polls.   In Manipur, state BJP...

Guwahati (Assam), June 8: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma retained key portfolios including Home, Power and Public Works in a cabinet reallocation notified by Raj Bhawan on Monday.   Sarma will continue to handle Home and Political Affairs,...