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Nagaland: NNC president Adinno Phizo passes away at 93

Guwahati, Oct. 9 -- Adinno Z. Phizo, president of the Naga National Council (NNC) and eldest daughter of NNC leader Angami Zapu Phizo, passed away at a private hospital in Kohima on Thursday evening. ... Read More


Assam: BJP's Devasish Sharma leads Nagaon bypoll with 47,402 votes in first round

Guwahati, Oct. 9 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Devasish Sharma is leading in the first round of counting for the Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll in Assam, securing 47,402 votes, while All India Un... Read More


JNU dismisses Manipur MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam over sexual harassment findings

Imphal, Oct. 9 -- Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has dismissed Professor and Congress Lok Sabha MP from Manipur, Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, after an internal inquiry upheld sexual harassment complaint... Read More


NHRC seeks Delhi Police report on alleged sexual harassment of three women journalists

Guwahati, Oct. 9 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday took cognisance of a media report alleging that three women journalists were sexually harassed by Delhi Police personnel dur... Read More


Nagaland University faculty feature in Stanford's World's Top 2% Scientists list

Dimapur, Oct. 9 -- Four faculty members of Nagaland University have featured in the World's Top 2% Scientists list prepared by Stanford University researchers. Three of the university's faculty membe... Read More


Five Years After the Broker Crackdown in Assam, Has Land Corruption Changed?

Guwahati, Oct. 9 -- A few days ago, on one of Guwahati's busy roads, I ran into a friend I had studied with thirty years ago. He had gone on to earn an MCA, a handsome salary and all the comforts that... Read More


Four CRPF personnel injured in accidental blast during explosives disposal in Chhattisgarh

Guwahati, Oct. 9 -- Four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, including two assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs), were injured in an accidental blast during the disposal of unserviceable explosiv... Read More


Nagaon University takes Assam's mercury research to global scientific conference

Guwahati, Oct. 9 -- Assam's Nagaon University has emerged as a contributor to an international scientific conference on mercury pollution, with its faculty presenting research on mercury contamination... Read More


Manipur CM urges Gadkari to expedite NH-37, NH-2 works, fast-track key projects

Imphal, Oct. 9 -- Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh has urged Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari to expedite work on National Highway-37 and National Highway-2 and ap... Read More


Tripura stakeholders urge removal of cross-border trade restrictions with Bangladesh

Reported by, Oct. 9 -- Mrinal Banik Agartala: The Land Ports Authority of India, exporter-importer bodies and the business community in Tripura have been eager to see the restrictions imposed on cros... Read More