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Assam records over 70% rainfall deficit since November

India, Feb. 26 -- Assam has recorded a rainfall deficit of over 70 per cent since November last year and an unprecedented 99 per cent since January 1, marking yet another unusually dry winter in the s... Read More


Assam: APDCL to shutdown digital services for 36 hours for major cloud migration

India, Feb. 26 -- The Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL) has announced a 36-hour shutdown of its digital infrastructure to carry out a major cloud migration exercise. In a communication... Read More


Assam: Tribal groups oppose NEC's proposed open-cast coal mining project in Tinsukia

India, Feb. 26 -- Organisations representing communities from the Tirap Tribal Belt have opposed a proposed open-cast coal mining project by North Eastern Coalfields (NEC) at Saliki village in Lekhapa... Read More


Assam: Dima Hasao villagers halt Silchar-Saurashtra highway project over compensation dues

India, Feb. 26 -- Construction of the Silchar-Saurashtra East-West Corridor has been halted once again after residents of Dolai Chunga village in Assam's Dima Hasao district stopped work on the four-l... Read More


Assam: Hidden camera found in TISS Guwahati girls' hostel bathroom, police probe on

India, Feb. 26 -- The discovery of a hidden camera in the bathroom of a girls' hostel at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Guwahati campus in Jalukbari, has sparked concern among students,... Read More


Manipur: Tangkhul Naga Long condemns Litan violence, calls for severing ties with Kukis

India, Feb. 26 -- The Tangkhul Naga Long (TNL), the apex civil body of the Tangkhul Nagas, has condemned recent incidents of violence in Litan and adjoining Naga-inhabited areas, alleging targeted att... Read More


Assam: Northeast's first women's university shifts to permanent campus in Jorhat

India, Feb. 26 -- In a major development for women's higher education in the Northeast, Assam Women's University has relocated to its permanent campus at Kaliyapani in Teok under the Mariani Assembly ... Read More


Mizoram: Assembly passes Bill to shift State University HQ to Lunglei

India, Feb. 26 -- The Mizoram Assembly on Wednesday passed the Mizoram State University (Amendment) Bill, relocating the proposed university's headquarters from Aizawl to Lunglei in the southern part ... Read More


Mizoram to roll out PMFBY for five crops with up to 90% state subsidy

India, Feb. 26 -- The Mizoram government will roll out a comprehensive crop insurance scheme covering five key crops to shield farmers from financial losses caused by natural disasters and pests and d... Read More


Three PLA cadres arrested at Manipur-Myanmar border ahead of RPF anniversary

India, Feb. 25 -- A Manipur Police morning bulletin reported that Indian security forces arrested three cadres of the outlawed People's Liberation Army (PLA), the armed wing of the proscribed Revoluti... Read More