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SHILLONG: Nongspung in East Khasi Hills District and roughly 50 kms away from Shillong will soon turn into a tourist destination but for a different reason. Tourists can go there to pluck the exotic Kiwi fruit which until some years ago was…

GUWAHATI: Former coordinator of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, Prateek Hajela on Tuesday left for his home state, Madhya Pradesh with the hope of returning to Assam after three years. The Supreme Court had last month…

GUWAHATI: The Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT), an ally of the BJP-led coalition government in Tripura, will take the Delhi route to voice its core demands, including proper rehabilitation of displaced Bru people, with…

New Delhi: To keep a strict vigil on the vast Indo-Bangladesh border in the North East region for border crimes like rampant cattle smuggling, the Border Security Force (BSF) has acquired Israeli-made drones. Besides the tethered drones,…

From Our Special Correspondent New Delhi: With rapid expansion in connectivity in rail, road, air and even waterways, doing business with North Eastern states especially by the next door ASEAN countries has become better than ever…

From Our Special Correspondent GUWAHATI: The “rogue” elephant which trampled five persons to death within 24 hours in Goalpara district on October 29 was tranquilised in a forest under Rongjuli range on Monday. Interestingly, the entire…

GUWAHATI: Anti-infiltration forum, Prabajan Virodhi Manch has appealed to the high-level committee, instituted for implementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord, to seek views of the state government first and “make the exercise…

GUWAHATI: NGOs representing the displaced Bru people camping in northern Tripura reiterate that a long-term settlement plan is the need of the hour as they apprehend a grave situation once the period of a month’s ration supply by the…

GUWAHATI : An urgent meeting of the state forest department chaired by the Assam forest minister on Monday afternoon decided to tranquilise and relocate the "rogue" elephant that trampled five people to death on Tuesday. The meeting was…

GUWAHATI: Tripura royal scion, Pradyot Kishore Manikya has urged the state government to consider accommodating the displaced Bru people in the state instead of sending them back to Mizoram. Manikya, who had resigned from all…