North East

Shillong, June 26: Meghalaya marked the International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking on Thursday with Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma declaring the state’s anti-drug campaign has grown “from mission to movement.”   Sangma, joined by Tourism...

Baridua(Meghalaya), June 26: Northeast India has entered one of medicine’s biggest arenas after a USTM scientist co-authored a major global health study in _The Lancet Infectious Diseases_, a journal with an impact factor of 31.0.   Dr. Yugal...

Shillong, June 26: With 677 government schoolteacher posts lying vacant and 31,000 MTET-qualified candidates waiting, the JNC Western Zone on Wednesday urged Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui to release recruitment ads immediately or risk losing a generation of teachers....

Shillong (Meghalaya), June 26: A Critically Endangered Chinese Pangolin and an injured Asian Palm Civet are back in the forests of Meghalaya after weeks of care, with wildlife officials releasing both into Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary on Wednesday.  ...

Guwahati, (Assam) June 26: Suman Kalyan Dutta, one of the most respected names in the North East rock circuit and a tireless champion of Assam’s western music scene, died today at his residence in Guwahati. He was 59...

New Delhi, June 25: The Congress on Thursday cornered the Centre over the status of passports as proof of citizenship, demanding an official clarification after an MEA official described it as primarily a travel document.   “Under the...

Imphal (Manipur), June 25: The Kuki-Zo Council publicly apologized Thursday for the killing of six Naga hostages in Kangpokpi district, calling it a “grave mistake” done out of emotion and seeking an impartial investigation into all violence tied...

Jowai(Meghalaya), June 25 :Synjuk Ki Rangbahkur leaders met JHADC Chief Executive Member Thombor Shiwat Thursday, calling for urgent legislation to preserve the matrilineal clan lineage system of the Khasi and Jaintia people.   The delegation of President R....

Aizawl (Mizoram), June 25: Mizoram has recorded a significant decline in visible drug abuse on its streets, Chief Minister Lalduhoma said Thursday, attributing the change to joint efforts by the government, law enforcement, churches, civil society groups, and...

Keyi Panyor(Arunachal Pradesh), June 25: Torrential rain on the night of June 23 triggered massive landslides across multiple stretches of the Kimin-Yachuli road, bringing traffic to a complete halt in Arunachal Pradesh’s Keyi Panyor district and leaving commuters...