Shillong, July 18 (IANS) Meghalaya has secured the top position among the Northeastern and hilly states in the regulatory ease category of NITI Aayog’s inaugural Investment Friendliness Index (IFI), reflecting the state’s progress in simplifying regulations and improving the business environment for investors, officials said on Saturday. The official stated that according to the report released by NITI Aayog, Meghalaya scored 8.5 under the regulatory ease pillar, the highest among the region’s s…
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Shillong/Kohima, July 18 (IANS) The National People’s Party (NPP) on Saturday expressed concern over the alleged repeated poaching of its elected representatives by the Naga People’s Front (NPF), a constituent of Nagaland’s opposition-less United Democratic Alliance (UDA) government, and termed the trend detrimental to healthy democratic politics. The NPP, the dominant party in the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government led by Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma, expressed its displeasure an…
Kohima, July 17 (IANS) Four days after a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Nagaland claimed the life of an Assam Rifles Havildar and critically injured four other personnel, the state Police on Friday announced a cash reward of Rs 50,000 for credible information leading to the identification and arrest of those responsible for the attack. In a public notice, Commissioner of Police Aotula T. Imchen said that the Dimapur Police Commissionerate is conducting an intensive investiga…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) India’s Northeast is emerging as one of the country’s most strategically important frontiers for innovation, with policymakers, industry leaders, incubators and startup ecosystem stakeholders on Wednesday called for deeper collaboration to accelerate innovation-led growth across the region.The call was made during the Regional AIM SUMVAAD–North East Chapter 2026, organised by the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, in Guwahati, Assam, where representatives from…
Kohima, July 13 (IANS) An Assam Rifles Havildar was killed, and four other jawans were injured after a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded in Nagaland’s Chumoukedima district on Monday, officials said. Officials in Kohima said the IED blast struck a vehicle, which was part of a convoy of Assam Rifles vehicles near Sukhovi in Chumoukedima district on Monday afternoon. Slain Havildar Mohd Iqbal was associated with the Assam Rifles training centre and school. The injured Assam Rifle…
Kohima, July 13 (IANS) One Assam Rifles jawan was killed and four others were injured after a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded in Nagaland’s Chumoukedima district on Monday, officials said.Officials in Kohima said that the IED blast struck a vehicle, which was part of a convoy of Assam Rifles vehicles near Sukhovi in Chumoukedima district on Monday afternoon.The injured Assam Rifles personnel were immediately shifted to a government hospital for treatment. Their condition was …
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast widespread rainfall across several parts of the country on Saturday, with heavy to very heavy showers expected over many northern, eastern, and central states, including Delhi-NCR. Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds are also likely in several regions as active monsoon conditions continue to influence weather patterns across India.According to the IMD, a low-pressure area over the northern parts o…
Guwahati, July 8 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday that Mizoram has partnered with the Assam Cancer Care Foundation (ACCF), enabling cancer patients from the neighbouring state to receive cashless treatment at the foundation’s cancer hospitals across Assam under the Mizoram Universal Healthcare Scheme (MUHCS). Announcing the development in a post on social media platform X, the Chief Minister described the agreement as another major step in Assam’s emergence as a …
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over the success of the Digital Training Campaign conducted under the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Training Maha Abhiyan in New Delhi, describing it as a significant milestone in digitally empowering the party’s booth-level ‘karyakartas’ (workers) across the country. BJP Rajya Sabha member Chugh said that a total of 11,01,618 karyakartas from across India have joined the SARAL app-based Digital …
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) A Kolkata Police investigation into the activities of jailed gangster Feroz Khan, alias ‘Mini Feroz’, has revealed that he procured a foreign-made 9 mm pistol using a forged arms licence purportedly issued in Nagaland, officials said on Wednesday.The Lalbazar (Kolkata Police headquarters) detectives recovered the pistol along with the magazine from him after Feroze was arrested on July 4.Investigators also found that he had allegedly purchased a substantial quantity of…