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Post-NRC scenario in Nagaland: Local bodies fear influx of migrants
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Post-NRC scenario in Nagaland: Local bodies fear influx of migrants

DIMAPUR, Sept 2 - Perturbed over exclusion of more than 19 lakh people in the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, the Naga Students� Federation (NSF) on Monday expressed deep anguish at the Nagaland government over its inaction in implementing the Inner Line Permit (ILP) in Dimapur...
Mizo students take pledge not to marry �outsiders�
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Mizo students take pledge not to marry �outsiders�

AIZAWL, Sept 2 - Mizo students from different high schools of Aizawl on Monday took a pledge not to marry non-Mizos or �outsiders�.The pledge was administered by the leaders of the state�s apex students� body, Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), which has launched a campaign against inter-ethnic marriages to...
Meghalaya Police advisory: Don�t fall prey to NRC rumours
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Meghalaya Police advisory: Don�t fall prey to NRC rumours

SHILLONG, Sept 2 - Meghalaya Police has issued an advisory to the public, asking them not to fall prey to misinformation circulated on social media about the recent National Register of Citizens in Assam.There has been concern in Meghalaya that NRC discards from Assam would try to sneak into the...
City college foundation day
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City college foundation day

GUWAHATI, Sept 2 - The 66th foundation day of Pragjyotish College was celebrated by all the past and present college fraternity here yesterday, said a press release today. The college flag was hoisted by the Principal and a former principal of the college. It was followed by floral tributes to the...
World Coconut Day 2019 observed
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World Coconut Day 2019 observed

GUWAHATI, Sept 2 - World Coconut Day 2019 was observed at the Horticultural Research Station located at Kahikuchi in the city with a daylong programme today.Organised jointly by the Horticultural Research Station under Assam Agricultural University and the Regional Office of the Coconut Development...
1,500 people of Sonapur village excluded
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1,500 people of Sonapur village excluded

JORABAT, Sept 2 - About 1,500 residents of Pub-Maloibari village under Sonapur revenue circle failed to get their names included in the final NRC which was released on August 31. Altogether 2,000 people of the village had applied for inclusion of their names in the citizenship document.Majority of...
Electors� verification prog launched
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Electors� verification prog launched

GUWAHATI, Sept 2 - The Kamrup Metro administration on Sunday launched the Electors� Verification Programme in the district. Under it, the administration will provide assistance to the common people in rectifying various errors vis-a-vis their names in the electoral roll. The administration has...
CM for converting Poshan Abhiyaan into mass movement
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CM for converting Poshan Abhiyaan into mass movement

GUWAHATI, Sept 2 - Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today asked the Social Welfare Department for an exhaustive roadmap to cover all beneficiaries to eradicate malnutrition among children by providing them nutritious food through Anganwadi centres under Poshan Abhiyaan. Reviewing the rollout and...
New prostate cancer diagnosis facility
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New prostate cancer diagnosis facility

GUWAHATI, Sept 2 - In its bid to ensure better diagnosis of prostate cancer in the North East, Nucleomed (Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Centre) here has announced the commissioning of Gallium 68 Generator (positron emitters). A first of its kind facility in NE, the technology would also...
�Members of many city-based Bengali, tribal families left out�
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�Members of many city-based Bengali, tribal families left out�

GUWAHATI, Sept 2 - Many members of the old Bengali and tribal families of Guwahati have been excluded from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) published on Saturday, said former MLA Ajoy Dutta here today. He said these families are at the root of development of Guwahati into a city from a...
Upamanyu urges indigenous people to fight for their survival
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Upamanyu urges indigenous people to fight for their survival

GUWAHATI, Sept 2 - Rapping the State government, and particularly the leaders who took part in the Assam Movement, for conveniently disowning the responsibility of the �failure� of the NRC exercise, senior Supreme Court advocate Upamanyu Hazarika today said that the common indigenous people will...
Woes of jumbos discussed
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Woes of jumbos discussed

JALUKBARI, Sept 2 - On the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, the State Department of Forest and The Corbett Foundation organised an open event at the Gauhati University today, with the Department of Sociology coordinating it.AM Singh, Principal Chief Conservation of Forest and head of the Forest Force,...
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