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Northeast receives 82% monsoon rain, lowest among country’s 4 regions
North East

Northeast receives 82% monsoon rain, lowest among country’s 4 regions

Guwahati/Agartala/Imphal, Oct 2: Even though the four-month long (June to September) Southwest monsoon yet to withdraw from the northeastern region, three of the eight states of the region -- Assam, Manipur and Mizoram -- witnessed deficient monsoon rainfall due to lack of rain-bearing clouds and...
Assam-Meghalaya govts to seek CBI probe in border violence
North East

Assam-Meghalaya govts to seek CBI probe in border violence

Guwahati, Oct 1: The governments of Assam and Meghalaya have decided to ask the CBI to take over the investigation into the 2022 Mukroh violence along the contentious interstate line, which left six people dead. Following negotiations to settle the interstate border dispute, Assam Chief Minister...
Tripura: NH, railway blocked for TIPRA sponsored 12-hours strike
North East

Tripura: NH, railway blocked for TIPRA sponsored 12-hours strike

Agartala, Sept 30: The 12-hour dawn-to-dusk strike called by Tripura's principal opposition party, TIPRA Motha, has brought the inter-district traffic movement in the state to a grinding halt, with national highways and railway routes being blocked since the morning.However, no major incident has...
Tripura woman kills herself after poisoning 2 kids, probe on
North East

Tripura woman kills herself after poisoning 2 kids, probe on

Guwahati, Sept 29: A 35-year-old woman, after poisoning her two children, also consumed poison at her house at Gopalnagar village in Tripura’s Khowai district on Thursday.The incident occurred when the victim Pramila Munda's husband Manu had gone to a neighbouring village for his daily work. The...
In wake of fresh violence, Centre sends senior police officer to Manipur
North East

In wake of fresh violence, Centre sends senior police officer to Manipur

New Delhi, Sep 28: Senior police officer Rakesh Balwal, who was part of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) team probing the 2019 Pulwama terror attack case, has been deployed by the Centre in Manipur after tensions flared up again in the violence-hit state. Balwal, a 2012-batch IPS officer...
Manipur unrest: Celebrity actor quits BJP, cites govts inept handling of ethnic turmoil
North East

Manipur unrest: Celebrity actor quits BJP, cites govt's 'inept handling of...

Imphal, Sep 27: Expressing his anger, celebrated Manipuri film actor Rajkumar Kaiku aka Somendra on Wednesday resigned from the primary membership of the ruling BJP, accusing the state government of "inept handling of the current ethnic turmoil besieging the state as well as the brutal murder of two...
Clash breaks out in disputed village along Assam-Meghalaya border
Assam

Clash breaks out in disputed village along Assam-Meghalaya border

Guwahati, Sep 27: In fresh tension along the Assam-Meghalaya boundary, locals from both sides attacked one another using catapults, and bows and arrows in a disputed village, officials said on Wednesday. However, no injuries were reported in the incident that occurred in Lapangap village along...
Mobile net services suspended again for five days in Manipur
North East

Mobile net services suspended again for five days in Manipur

Imphal, Sept 27: Hardly three days after the mobile internet data service was restored in Manipur, the state authority yet again re-imposed mobile internet data service shutdown for the next five days. "The State Government decides to suspend/curb the mobile internet data services,...
Meghalaya: Several NGOs stage protest due to dilapidated condition of NH-06
North East

Meghalaya: Several NGOs stage protest due to dilapidated condition of NH-06

Shillong, Sep 26: To protest against the dilapidated condition of National Highway 06, NGOs on Monday held sleep-in, fishing and paddy sowing protest and brought traffic on this crucial highway to a standstill.The protest by the NGOs started on Monday where vehicles would not ply on the highway from...
CBI to probe killing of two Manipur students
North East

CBI to probe killing of two Manipur students

Imphal, Sep 26: The Manipur government has handed over the murder case of two young students to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), while the security forces have also initiated a search operation to nab the perpetrators, officials said here on Tuesday. An official from the Chief Minister’s...
Exotic wild animals recovered from Assam-Mizoram border
North East

Exotic wild animals recovered from Assam-Mizoram border

Silchar, Sept 25: In yet another instance, exotic wild animals have been rescued from the Assam Mizoram inter-state border.Cachar Forest Officials informed that in the wee hours on Sunday police seized seven wild animals at Lailapur gate. DFO Vijay Palwe informed that the animals include 1...
Normal life resumes in Manipur state capital
North East

Normal life resumes in Manipur state capital

IMPHAL, Sept 24: Normal life resumed in Imphal today as the state authorities relaxed curfew in the two Imphal districts wherein the state capital is located for the first time since the re-imposition curfew for two days from Friday last as the law and order situation improved. The curfew which...
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