New Delhi, September 29, 2014: The proposal for establishment of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Assam is still alive and the Centre is in talks with the State Government, Union Min…
Assam AIIMS proposal still on
Flared gas for new 50-MW Titabor plant
Guwahati, September 29, 2014: For the first time in the State, natural gas near crude oil extraction sites that is wasted by burning will be used to run a thermal power plant. The first such plant – a…
A sweet swansong to narrow gauge line in Silchar
Arindam Gupta Silchar, September 29, 2014: The denizens of Silchar assembled in a unique swansong journey boarding onto the 15694 Down Barak Valley Express, the passenger train which chugged in for …
Tripura CM urges B’desh to push rail project
Prabir Sil Agartala, September 29, 2014: As uncertainty looms large over execution of the Indo-Bangla rail project, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has sought intervention of Bangladesh Railway Mi…
Solar water treatment units in Nagaland
Dimapur, September 29, 2014: Nagaland has earned the distinction of being the first State in the country to have an innovative water solution technology project – “Solar powered water treatment Unit” …
Manipuri filmmaker invited as jury
Imphal, September 29, 2014: Award-winning filmmaker Oinam Doren has been invited as jury member by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for the Indian Panorama section of the 45th Intern…
Arunachal plea for ‘Hinterland Highway’
Itanagar, September 29, 2014: Arunachal Pradesh will soon request the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to construct a “Hinterland Highway” to arrest the migration of people from border areas near the Li…
Online music hunt
New Delhi, September 29, 2014 (NNN): An online "Music Talent Hunt" was launched on September 25 jointly by the Delhi-based NESCH, NEIFAR, Delhi Police, AT&T and 24x7 Frontier TV and entries would be c…
Session dwells on crimes against women
Imphal, September 29, 2014: Under the sponsorship of National Commission for Women, a two-day legal awareness programme, organised by Development Centre of Manipur (DCOM), has kick started at Hotel Kr…
Teenage girl loses life while saving others
Shillong, September 29, 2014 (NNN): A tale of courage and heroism has come to the fore in the midst of calamity as a teenage girl lost her life while saving the lives of three others in the village of…
Govt decides to repair alternative routes
Shillong, September 29, 2014: As it still remains unclear whether the Sanjenthong bridge can be completed ahead of the Manipur Sangai Festival 2014 or not, the State Government has decided to repair a…
No reports of Ebola in Northeast
Dimapur, September 29, 2014 (NNN): The deadly Ebola has killed over 3000 people in West Africa till date and counting and there have been speculations that migratory birds from the African continent c…
Posers raised over Pvt hospitals for charging inflated fees
Thoubal, September 29, 2014: A strong suspicion has been raised about some empanelled private hospitals charging medical fees higher than the rate fixed by the Central Government Hospital Service duri…
IM team to meet Modi before formal talks
Dimapur, September 29, 2014 (NNN): The NSCN IM team will first meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi then only the 'formal dialogue' will start, according to a well placed source from the NSCN-IM.…
Deplorable Pallel-Chandel road denounced
Imphal, September 29, 2014: A sit-in-protest denouncing the deplorable road condition of the Pallel-Chandel road was held at the district head quarters Chandel today.…
'MSCP still active as RO accepts nomination file of its candidate'
Imphal, September 29, 2014: Even as Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP) was merged with Indian National Congress (INC) following five MLAs of MSCP who contested and won in the 9th Manipur Legislative …
Abducted labourers, driver, handyman set free
Imphal, September 29 2014: The two laborers engaged in construction of Andro Mamang Sanapat Market under Yairipok Police Station, Thoubal district who were abducted by suspected armed cadres of Kuki N…
AR nabs IM cadres from various places
Dimapur, September 29, 2014 (NNN): Troops of 18 Assam Rifles under the aegis of Headquarters 6 Sector Assam Rifles conducted two search operations based on specific information in Jalukie, Peren distr…
Tamenglong to get regular electricity after 5 days
Daniel Kamei Tamenglong, September 29, 2014: With the inventor and batteries installed in the power sub- station of Tamenglong has been damaged, installation of new ones will be completed in five days…
Huge haul of explosives recovered from Guwahati bus
Guwahati, September 29, 2014: Acting on a tip-off Assam Police on Monday recovered a huge quantity of explosive materials from a bus at the Basistha crossing on the National Highway by-pass at the sou…
Tripura govt suspends another officer in RMSA scam
Agartala, September 29, 2014: The investigation of Rs 5 Cr Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RAMSA) scam in the school education department has taken a new turn with the suspension of its former ad…
Meghalaya Urban Affairs dept mulls signage, road numbers
Shillong, September 29, 2014: The Urban Affairs department is working on a system of signage in the city to enable people to easily locate a place or a house.…
Forum contradicts Govt claim on Mining Plan
Shillong, September 29, 2014: Contradicting the State government’s claim that it has submitted the Mining Plan and Health Plan to the concerned ministries in New Delhi, the State Coordination Committe…
Contractor of Meghalaya CM’s bungalow cheated
Shillong, September 29, 2014: The contractor of the Chief Minister’s bungalow lost over Rs 20 lakh after the supplier of intercom for the bungalow built at the cost of Rs 10 crore, fled away with the …
HNLC bandh on; puja exempted
Shillong, September 29, 2014: Home Minister Roshan Warjri has urged the people of the State to defy the bandh call given by HNLC even as the proscribed outfit has decided to exempt people attending to…
7-month-old rescued as mother tries to sell him
Hyderabad, September 28, 2014: A 7-month-old boy was on Sunday rescued when his mother allegedly tried to sell him apparently because of poverty, police said.…
Justice Dattu sworn in as CJI
New Delhi, September 28, 2014: Justice H L Dattu, who has been heading the bench monitoring probe into the 2G scam, was today sworn in as the next Chief Justice of India by President Pranab Mukherjee …
President’s rule imposed in Maharashtra
New Delhi, September 28, 2014: President’s rule was imposed on Sunday in poll-bound Maharashtra after Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan resigned following the break-up of 15-year-old Congress-NCP allia…
Nagaland insurgency to be resolved in time-bound manner: CM
Kohima, September 28, 2014: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is “serious” and is looking at time-bound steps for an early resolution of the decades-old separatist problem in Nagaland, Chief M…
India set to impound assets of NE insurgent chief in Nepal
New Delhi, September 28, 2014: In a rare case of India impounding foreign assets accumulated through terror funds, probe agencies will soon be taking possession of Nepal-based bank accounts and immova…
NH 40 becomes landslide prone
Shillong, September 28, 2014: The Shillong-Guwahati highway witnessed several landslides last week. A drive on the highway that connects Shillong to the rest of the country revealed that the once unhe…
NGO to go leagl against cement cos
Shillong, September 28, 2014: The Meghalaya Eco-Friendly Students Union (MEFSU) has decided to resort to legal course of action following the Government’s alleged indifferent attitude in penalizing th…
One duped in Shillong
Shillong, September 28, 2014: A city resident was allegedly duped of Rs 3,900 by a job recruiting company.…
Confusion during APSC exam
Guwahati, September 28, 2014: The Assam Public Service Commission today conducted the Combined Competitive prelim examination, 2014 in 112 venues across 22 districts in the State.…
New policy to tackle NE militancy soon
R Dutta Choudhury Guwahati, September 28, 2014: The Government of India will soon come out with a new policy for dealing with militancy in the North Eastern region and the existing policy is being rev…
Parties for inclusion of all Meghalaya outfits
Shillong, September 28, 2014: Political parties in Meghalaya have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to include other active militant groups in the tripartite peace pact signed with two militant organ…
Convention for approval of Manipur AIDS Policy
Sobhapati Samom Imphal, September 28, 2014: A State-level Convention for Women Living with HIV & AIDS (WLHIVA) has appealed for Manipur Cabinet approval of State AIDS Policy. It may be mentioned that …
Don’t harm Amur Falcons, Naga people urged
Kohima, September 28, 2014: The Nagaland Forest department has appealed to the people not to harm migratory Amur Falcons birds in the State and instead provide them with a safe passage.…
Assam Rifles orders probe into Tehelka expose
Shillong, September 28, 2014: The Assam Rifles, the oldest para-military force in the country, has ordered a departmental inquiry into the alleged cash-for-contract scam exposed in a sting operation b…
Chinese scholarship for Sikkim student
Gangtok, September 28, 2014: A Sikkimise student has won a scholarship from Chinese Government to study two-year master’s programme in Chinese law at the prestigious Zhejiang University.…
Rijiju makes aerial survey of flood-hit
Shillong, September 28, 2014: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Khiren Rijiju yesterday made an aerial survey in flood-hit Meghalaya and promised Central help for the State, reports PTI.…
Mary Kom leads women boxers charge
Incheon, September 28, 2014: Olympic bronze-medallist MC Mary Kom led the charge as Indian women boxers packed a powerful punch by assuring themselves of medals in each of the three weight categories …
Chandigarh to meet Nagaland in final
New Delhi, September 28, 2014: Government Model High School (Chandigarh) kept their nerves intact during the crucial penalty shootout against Bangladesh Kidha Siksha Pratisthan to emerge 4-2 winners a…
Rajdhani train to Arunachal hits roadblock
New Delhi, September 28, 2014: The railways have a plan to introduce a Rajdhani Express to Arunachal Pradesh capital Itanagar but the proposal has met with opposition from the locals who had successfu…
Indonesia’s Aceh introduces whipping as punishment for gay sex
Banda Aceh, September 27, 2014: he Indonesian province of Aceh on Saturday approved an anti-homosexuality law that can punish anyone caught having gay sex with 100 lashes, a lawmaker said.…
$ 10,000 reward for serving summons to Modi
New York, September 27, 2014: The civil rights body behind a lawsuit filed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots case has offered a reward of USD 10,000 to any…
Union cabinet recommends Prez rule in Maharashtra
New Delhi, September 27, 2014: The union cabinet Saturday evening recommended President’s Rule in Maharashtra, official sources said. The development follows a recommendation to this effect by Maharas…
Excluding minority Chakmas from category-I will be legally untenable: Chakma Forum
Shillong, September 27, 2014: Chakma Law Forum (CLF), the rights and legal interests of the Chakma community a platform has questioned and condemned the decision of the state government for giving in …
Last journey on Silchar–Lumding metre gauge line today
Karimganj, September 27, 2014: People of Barak Valley in Assam will undertake their last railway journey on the metre gauge track of the historical Silchar–Lumding route Monday with the Northeast Fron…
Food gallery attraction at Don Bosco Museum
Shillong, September 27, 2014: The acclaimed Don Bosco Museum which showcases cultures, lifestyles and traditions of the indigenous people of North East India will now have the cuisines of the differen…
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