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    Tripura to get weekend tourism hub at iconic Ujjayanta Palace
    North East

    Tripura to get weekend tourism hub at iconic Ujjayanta Palace

    Agartala, July 29: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha will inaugurate a weekend tourism hub at the Ujjayanta Palace on Sunday.Addressing a press conference on Friday, Tourism Minister Sushanta Chowdhury said the area where the palace is located will be declared a no-traffic zone on Saturdays and...
    319 pregnant women received healthcare in Manipur since onset of crisis: Govt to LS
    North East

    319 pregnant women received healthcare in Manipur since onset of crisis: Govt to...

    New Delhi, July 29: As many as 319 pregnant women, including 19 in the high-risk category, have received crucial antenatal care in strife-torn Manipur, while 139 pregnant women have given birth to babies since the onset of the current crisis in the state till July 24, the government informed...
    Delegation of opposition MPs leaves for Manipur
    National

    Delegation of opposition MPs leaves for Manipur

    New Delhi, July 29: A delegation of 20 INDIA bloc MPs will visit Manipur over the weekend to assess the ground situation first-hand and then make recommendations to the government and Parliament for a solution to the problems in the violence-hit state. Ahead of the visit, Congress' deputy leader...
    Railway Board accords final location survey approval for Zubza-Imphal project
    Guwahati

    Railway Board accords final location survey approval for Zubza-Imphal project

    Guwahati, Jul 28: The Railway Board has accorded its approval for the final location survey (FLS) of the 140-km-long new railway line project between Zubza in Nagaland and Manipur's capital Imphal. The Zubza-Imphal project will provide direct connectivity between the two northeastern states,...
    Manipur: Two security personnel injured in gunfight with militants
    North East

    Manipur: Two security personnel injured in gunfight with militants

    Imphal, Jul 28: Two security personnel, including an Army jawan, were injured in a gun-battle with militants in Manipur's Bishnupur district, officials said. The gunfight broke out in Phoubakchao Ikhai area, around 50 km from state capital Imphal, on Thursday morning and continued for around 15...
    False rape case against Arunachal man by sister-in-law lands his wife in jail
    North East

    False rape case against Arunachal man by sister-in-law lands his wife in jail

    Itanagar, Jul 28: A court in Arunachal Pradesh's East Siang district has sentenced a woman to a month in prison for making her minor sister file a false rape case against the convict's husband. The POCSO court of Special Judge Tageng Padoh in Pasighat on Thursday also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000...
    Fake currency notes seized in Guwahati, one held
    Guwahati

    Fake currency notes seized in Guwahati, one held

    Guwahati, July 27: Police in Guwahati confiscated fake Indian currency notes (FICN) worth about Rs 2 lakhs, officials said, adding that one person has been apprehended. The seizure was made in the Garchuk area of the city during an operation based on specific input from informants. The police...
    Meghalaya: Lok Sabha speaker to address NE assembly speakers’ meet
    North East

    Meghalaya: Lok Sabha speaker to address NE assembly speakers’ meet

    Shillong, July 27: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will address a conference of Assembly Speakers of the eight northeastern states on Saturday, an official said. The two-day conference, starting on July 29 under the chairmanship of Arunachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Pasang D Sona, will discuss the...
    Manipur issue to be solved; BJP making inroads in Tripura tribal belt: CM Manik Saha
    North East

    Manipur issue to be solved; BJP making inroads in Tripura tribal belt: CM Manik...

    Agartala, Jul 27: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha who led the BJP to power in Tripura earlier this year believes that the problems in the neighbouring state of Manipur “will be solved in due course”. In an exclusive interview to PTI, Saha also claimed the BJP has been making inroads into the...
    Manipur: Kuki-Zo people demonstrate seeking separate administration
    North East

    Manipur: Kuki-Zo people demonstrate seeking separate administration

    Imphal, Jul 27: The Kuki-Zo community people have demonstrated in Manipur's Kangpokpi district to press the demand for a separate administration for the tribe. They also demanded that the Centre hold proper talks with Kuki groups who had earlier signed a Suspension of Operations (SoO) pact with the...
    Oppn to boycott Rajya Sabha BAC meet to press for PM statement on Manipur
    North East

    Oppn to boycott Rajya Sabha BAC meet to press for PM statement on Manipur

    New Delhi, July 27: Opposition alliance INDIA is likely to boycott a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of Rajya Sabha to be held on Thursday morning to protest against the prime minister not making a statement on Manipur violence in Parliament, a senior leader said.The Rajya Sabha BAC...
    Six bills introduced in Lok Sabha amid opposition protest over Manipur
    North East

    Six bills introduced in Lok Sabha amid opposition protest over Manipur

    New Delhi, July 26: Six bills, including the one to amend the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday amid protests by opposition members over the violence in Manipur. Soon after laying of papers, Speaker Om Birla asked Minister of State for Home...
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