Year: 2023

Agartala: The Border Security Force (BSF) in Tripura seized a sizable amount of allegedly smuggled gold along the India-Bangladesh International border. The BSF received specific intelligence regarding the smuggling of gold within the area of responsibility of the 69 Battalion BSF at BOP B N Das Para in the South District. Promptly acting … Read more

Guwahati: Assam’s Education Minister Ranoj Pegu shared an official advisory outlining the responsibilities and schedules for teaching and non-teaching staff in provincialized, government and PDUAM (Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Adarsha Mahavidyalaya) Colleges across the state. As per the notification, the working hours of these colleges have been preponed to 9:00 am, starting from the … Read more

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 11) prima facie disagreed with the legal stand of the election commission of India (ECI) that it can only begin the delimitation process in Manipur, Assam, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh after only getting an authorisation from the Centre, The Hindu reported. “It does … Read more

Dimapur: Nagaland deputy chief minister Y Patton said the state government is doing its best to convince the central government to exempt the tribal-dominated areas from the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). Patton, who is also the BJP Legislature Party leader in the Nagaland assembly, said Union home minister Amit Shah had assured that not … Read more

Guwahati: A Royal Bengal Tiger that was rescued from Umananda Island in Guwahati last year and released in Nameri National Park in Assam’s Sonitpur district has allegedly been poached. A wildlife expert claimed,  the tiger skin, paws, and bones seized at Itakhola in Sonitpur district on July 8 are that of the Royal … Read more

Dibrugarh: The United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) has sent an extortion letter to a tea garden in the Sonari area of Charaideo district in Assam, demanding Rs 72 lakh. The letter, signed by ULFA (I) leader Nayan Asom, was sent to Manoj Gogoi, the manager of the Timon tea estate in Charaideo … Read more

Shillong: The Meghalaya government and NTPC Limited, a leading energy conglomerate, have signed a series of Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) to enhance the power scenario in Meghalaya. The agreements encompass the Power Portfolio Management Services (PMS) for Meghalaya Discom, the setting up of Pump Storage Power Plants (PSPs), and the implementation of Floating … Read more

Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha the government has seized illegal drugs worth over Rs 101.66 crores in the past three years. More than 2,000 individuals involved in the buying and selling of drugs have been apprehended, he said. CM Saha said the Tripura government has taken a number of steps to strengthen … Read more

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s sudden desire and “desperation” to get real is “laughable”. Sarma was referring to Gandhi’s impromptu stop on Saturday at Madina village in Haryana’s Sonipat district, where he interacted with people and spent time with farmers working in agricultural lands. … Read more

AGARTALA: The opposition in Tripura has stepped up its attack on the ruling BJP in the state over their demand for action against MLA Jadablal Nath. On Friday (July 08), as many as five MLAs of the opposition parties – three from the TIPRA and one each from the Congress and … Read more