Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) chief executive member (CEM) Pramod Boro on Friday announced a slew of schemes for the development of the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR). Addressing a press conference at Kokrajhar, Boro said that his council has taken up various schemes for the welfare of the people living in the region. The ‘Onsungthai’ scheme […]

Scribes in Manipur staged a 48-hour long sit-in demonstration at the Manipur Press Club, Imphal on Saturday in protest against the suspected militant threat to a local vernacular daily not to publish newspapers for six months. Extending solidarity with the protesting scribes, members of civil society organizations also joined the sit-in protest, which was jointly organized […]

Commemorating 50 years of defeating Pakistan in the 1971 war, Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief RKS Bhadauria gifted a legacy Alouette III helicopter to Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) and got a legacy F-86 Sabre aircraft as a return gift from Dhaka. “To mark the Golden Jubilee of 1971 War of Liberation, IAF chief RKS Bhadauria […]

The Mizoram government is soon coming up with special schemes to rehabilitate former cadres of the erstwhile underground Mizo National Front (MNF) and the families and kin of those who lost their lives in the armed struggle, said Chief Minister Zoramthanga to the state assembly on Friday. The Chief Minister told the assembly that a […]

Meghalaya Home Minister Lakhmen Rymbui on Friday reacting to the attack on migrant laborers from Assam, assured that the attack on the construction workers that led to the death of one laborer will be brought to justice. Rymbui further added that soon after the incident, police sprung into action and nabbed 5 perpetrators involved in […]

The 19th Home Secretary Level Talks (HSLT) between India and Bangladesh were held virtually on Saturday in the backdrop of ‘Mujib Barsho’ and 50 years of the Bangladesh Liberation War and establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries. The Indian delegation was led by Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Union Home Secretary, while Mostafa Kamal […]

Lhari Dorjee Lhatoo, an IPS officer of Manipur 1999-batch, took charge as Inspector General of North-West Frontier of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on Saturday. He will head all units, battalions of the ITBP in Ladakh and posts deployed close to Line of Actual Control (LAC). Earlier, Lhatoo served at various key positions in several […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the ancient toy culture of the country reflects the practice of reuse and recycling, which is part of the Indian lifestyle, and added that India has the potential to take the world back to eco-friendly toys. Speaking at the India Toy Fair 2021 in Delhi, the Prime […]

The Mizoram Maintenance of Household Registers Bill, 2019, which seeks to detect illegal foreigners in the state, is awaiting the President’s assent, Chief Minister Zoramthanga informed the assembly on Friday. Zoramthanga, who also holds the General Administration portfolio, said that the state government is making efforts to ensure the enactment of the Bill, which was […]

The Meghalaya government on Friday decided to provide incentives to all India service officers serving in the state government who have to pay income tax. Employees of the state government who are working outside the state like in Meghalaya houses are also entitled to the incentive because they are subjected to payment of income tax, […]