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Couple dies in bike accident
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Couple dies in bike accident

AIZAWL, Nov 29 - One Lalramdinngheta and his wife, Laldinzuali � residents of Lawngtlai town in south Mizoram � died as the motorcycle they were riding on, skidded off the road and fell into a gorge around 8 pm on Thursday. Local sources said that the couple was on its way home from a river where...
Medicinal plant growers� meet
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Medicinal plant growers� meet

SHILLONG, Nov 29 - A daylong buyer-seller meet of traditional medicinal plant growers and practitioners was held here today, in which concerns over market access was raised.Principal Chief Conservator of Forests CP Marak said that the �weakest link� for traditional medicinal plant farmers and...
Cong takes out rally against Citizenship Bill
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Cong takes out rally against Citizenship Bill

AIZAWL, Nov 29 - The Opposition Congress today took out a rally here to protest against the proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.In a memorandum submitted to Mizoram Governor PS Shreedharan Pillai after the rally, the Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) demanded that the Citizenship...
Call to exclude Manipur from CAB purview
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Call to exclude Manipur from CAB purview

IMPHAL, Nov 29 - Lok Sabha member from Manipur, Dr RK Ranjan, has called for incorporation of a �safeguard clause� in the proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) to keep Manipur out of its ambit, sources said today.Dr Ranjan raised the issue while drawing the attention of the Union Government...
Mizoram CM to attend meet on citizenship Bill
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Mizoram CM to attend meet on citizenship Bill

AIZAWL, Nov 29 - Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga will attend a meeting of all chief ministers, political parties and organisations of the North East on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) in New Delhi, scheduled on Friday and Saturday, a Mizo National Front party source said.However,...
Arunachal Literature Festival concludes
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Arunachal Literature Festival concludes

ITANAGAR, Nov 29 - The three-day Arunachal Literature Festival, organised by the State Information and Public Relations Department (IPR) in collaboration with the Arunachal Pradesh Literary Society, ended today.Attending the closing ceremony, Arunachal Assembly Speaker Pasang Dorjee Sona stressed on...
Book on history of Shillong released
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Book on history of Shillong released

GUWAHATI, Nov 29 - Shillongor Pora Dispuroloi, a book about the century-old history of Assam�s former capital Shillong, together with the decades-long history of the present-day Dispur, was released by Haider Hussain, DN Chakravartty and Mehdi Alam Bora at a function held in the city...
Book to make children aware of crime prevention
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Book to make children aware of crime prevention

GUWAHATI, Nov 29 - In a novel attempt to make children responsive about various modes of crime prevention and community safety, the Assam Police has come up with a handbook to cater to the impressionable minds of the youngsters about specific categories of misdeeds.The book titled The Little...
After 8 yrs, visitors to find giraffe in zoo from today
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After 8 yrs, visitors to find giraffe in zoo from today

GUWAHATI, Nov 29 - After eight years, visitors to the Assam State Zoo will be able to see a giraffe from Saturday. A female giraffe from Patna�s Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park was scheduled to reach the facility on Friday night and a newly built enclosure � close to the entrance gate � will be opened...
Opium, Yaba tablets seized
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Opium, Yaba tablets seized

GUWAHATI, Nov 29 - Government Railway Police on Friday seized 5 kg of opium drugs and 14,000 suspected Yaba tablets at the Guwahati Railway Station and arrested two persons in this connection. The arrested persons have been identified as Roshan Baniya (32) and Sukhbir Singh...
ACTA alleges graft in higher education directorate
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ACTA alleges graft in higher education directorate

GUWAHATI, Nov 29 - The Assam College Teachers� Association (ACTA) today said though the Assam Government has declared zero-tolerance against corruption, its policy of zero tolerance has failed to stop corruption and irregularities in the Directorate of Higher Education (DHE). �In violation of...
Public meeting recalls Lachit�s valour
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Public meeting recalls Lachit�s valour

GUWAHATI, Nov 29 - The unparalleled and heroic military leadership of the great Assamese general Mahabir Lachit Borphukan was extolled at a public meeting held under the auspices of Hindu Yuva Sena at Jyotinagar here on Wednesday. Addressing the meeting as chief guest, senior journalist DN...
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