Shillong: Four village heads from Meghalaya, celebrated for transforming their communities through improved sanitation, water access, and waste management, will be honoured as Special Guests at the Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15. They will attend the ceremony with their spouses. The Ministry of Jal Shakti selected them…
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved an investment of ₹8,146.21 crore for the construction of the 700 MW Tato-II Hydroelectric Project (HEP) in Shi Yomi district of Arunachal Pradesh. The project, with four units of 175 MW each, is expected to be completed…
Guwahati: Breaking new ground for Assam, 21-year-old Arani S. Hazarika from Bamunimaidam, Guwahati, has created history by becoming the first Assamese to graduate in Sanskrit and Classical Hindi from the prestigious University of Oxford. The milestone was marked on August 9 at the university’s iconic Sheldonian Theatre, where Arani received her Bachelor’s degree in the…
New Delhi: A potentially devastating fire in the remote town of Menchuka, in Arunachal Pradesh’s Shi Yomi district, was swiftly brought under control by the Indian Army in a daring firefighting and relief operation that averted a major disaster near the India-China border. The blaze, which erupted in a residential area of the town, posed…
Guwahati: Prominent Assamese film actress Nandini Kashyap was arrested early Wednesday in connection with a hit-and-run incident that resulted in the death of a 21-year-old youth in the Dakkhingaon area of Guwahati. Kashyap, who recently played the lead in the box office hit Rudra, was allegedly behind the wheel of an SUV that fatally struck…
Imphal: Amid heightened security concerns, Manipur Police have intensified operations across the state to trace and act against illegal immigrants suspected to have entered from neighboring countries such as Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Officials confirmed that instructions have been issued to all 16 district Superintendents of Police, outlining specific procedures for identifying, restricting, and deporting undocumented…
Imphal: Renowned theatre maestro Ratan Thiyam, whose groundbreaking contributions redefined Indian theatre and spotlighted Manipur’s cultural depth, passed away in Imphal early Wednesday. He was 77. Thiyam had been undergoing treatment at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, where he breathed his last around 1.30 am following a prolonged illness. A towering presence in contemporary…
Sairang: High in the misty green hills of Mizoram, where clouds descend like curtains and time seems to slow, a new sound has pierced the silence — the whistle of a train. For the first time in history, the remote northeastern state of Mizoram has been officially connected to the Indian railway network with the…
Bhubaneswar: Following the arrest of Dhiman Chakma, IAS (2021 batch), Sub-Collector of Dharamgarh in Kalahandi district, Odisha Vigilance has intensified its investigation by conducting raids across multiple states to trace assets and gather evidence linked to the bribery case. Chakma was arrested on June 9, 2025, in a trap case for allegedly demanding and accepting…
Shillong: In a historic move aimed at decentralizing capacity-building and promoting inclusive development, the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, has acquired a five-acre land parcel in New Shillong Township, Meghalaya, for its first-ever regional campus. This expansion marks IICA’s formal entry into the Northeast and reinforces the government’s…
