GUWAHATI, Apr 1Thirteen people - all of whom attended the religious congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi - tested positive for COVID-19 in Assam even as four others from the State, who too had attended the same pro-gramme, tested positive in Delhi.Maulana Jamal Uddin (52) from Badarpur in Assam’s Barak Valley was the first to test positive. He had also attended the Delhi programme. He is a cancer patient and his son had earlier said he (Jamal Uddin) visited Delhi for treatment. However, ..

AIZAWL, Mar 29The 50-year-old Mizoram pastor who earlier this week was tested positive for the coronavirus or COVID-19, is reportedly “doing well”, sources have confirmed.An Inside Northeast source said, “He is continuing his fight against the infection. Furthermore, everyone was relieved when his family members’ test reports came back and they have all tested negative.”On Wednesday, the State of Mizoram recorded Northeast India’s second positive case of the virus, ..

Shillong, Mar 22 (PTI)The Meghalaya Government has restricted entry of people from other States in view of the coronavirus threat.A senior Home Department official said that it is applicable to all people visiting Meghalaya from other States, and those tr..

After 'huge success' of Janata Curfew in Assam, police asks people to stay indoors till 8 am while streets remained empty, shops shut in Tripura. On the other hand, Churches were closed and people stayed indoors in near-total..

Newmai News NetworkDIMAPUR, Mar 17: The Joint Committee on Prevention of Illegal Immigrants (JCPI) will be convening "an emergency meeting" of all apex tribe bodies and civil society organizations on March 19 at the Tourist Lodge conference hall in Dimapu..

Newmai News NetworkDIMAPUR, Mar 16: As a step to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus, the  Neiphiu Rio Government in Nagaland has ordered the closure of educational institutions in the State, both Government and private, from March 17 till April ..

Itanagar, Mar 8The Arunachal Pradesh Government has decided to temporarily suspend issuing Protected Area Permits (PAPs) to foreigners to check the spread of coronavirus, officials said on Sunday.Foreigners require PAPs to enter the State that shares a border with China.Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar directed all PAP issuing authorities to suspend the issue of permits till further orders, they said."It is learnt that Covid-19 positive cases have been detected in India and the numbers have been increasing. ..

Guwahati, Mar 6 Authorities in Assam on Friday initiated steps to find details of the travel itinerary and people who came in contact with a US citizen, who was in the State before he flew to Bhutan this week and tested positive for coronavirus disease.Th..

Guwahati, Mar 4Amid the coronavirus outbreak in China and other countries, the Airports Authority of India (AAI), along with the State Governments, have been maintaining a strict vigilance in all the 12 functional airports in the North East, officials sai..

Newmai News NetworkAIZAWL, Mar 3: The Mizoram government will launch "cable car service" on two corridors in Aizawl to improve public transport system and ease traffic snarls. According to Mizoram Deputy Chief Minister Tawnluia, the proposed aerial cable ..

Newmai News NetworkDIMAPUR, Mar 2: The NSCN-IM has termed the recent comment of RN Ravi, the Government of India’s interlocutor for Naga peace talks who is also the Governor of Nagaland, as irresponsible and misleading.“In his interview, the Representative of the Government of India (GoI) in an intentional and calculated move misinterpreted the 3rd August, 2015 Framework Agreement (FA) and squarely blamed the NSCN by giving shocking and unwarranted statements,” said the NSCN-IM on ..

BOKAJAN, Mar 2 Tension prevailed at Lahorijan area along Assam-Nagaland inter State border after Dimapur police detained a hundred people from the new field check gate for non possession of ILP which has been implemented recently in the district.The detai..

DIMAPUR, Feb 29While acknowledging that the final stages for solution to the Naga political issue has reached a stalemate between the Government of India and the NSCN (I-M), Govern-ment of India’s represen- tative and Interlocutor for Naga peace talks, RN Ravi Friday has accused the NSCN (I-M) of indulging in delay tactics as it did not seem to be prepared for a final settlement.In an interview to Nagaland Post, the Interlocutor also accused NSCN (I-M) of making “new and mischievous interpretat..

Kohima, Feb 26 : The Sangtam Naga tribe reaffirmed its support to the ongoing political talks between the Government of India (GoI) and NSCN-IM assuring to "stand by it till the final agreement is reached for a permanent solution".An official statement fr..

GUWAHATI, Feb 21 Eastern Beats Music Society, a socio-cultural organization working for promotion of Northeast culture, is organizing a first-of-its kind “Northeast India Music Conference” on February 28 and 29 as part of the 4th Guwahati International Music Festival. The Conference will witness participation of some of the biggest stakeholders of the global music industry who will provide mentorship to the musicians from the region who were selected through auditions at Dimapur, Shillong, Ukhrul ..

GUWAHATI, Feb 20 Heavy rainfall with thunderstorms is expected in several places over Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and other parts of North East in the next 24 hours.In the last 24 hours, the region has witnessed isolated rain and thunderstorm with many parts in Arunachal Pradesh witnessing snowfall as well.The India Meteorological Department has also forecasted that there could be light rains on Saturday in Manipur with the sky remaining partly cloudy with maximum temperature of 25-27 degree Celsius ..

Newmai News NetworkSHILLONG, Feb 18: The Meghalaya Forest department shut down seven illegal brick kilns in Phulbari region of West Garo Hills on Tuesday. Taking cognizance of numerous complaints from residents of the adjoining areas over air pollution an..

DIMAPUR, Feb 16The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against two accused for financing terror activities of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland or NSCN (IM).The two accused have been identified as Luckin Mashangva aka Wank..

Newmai News NetworkShillong, Feb 16: The Association for Democracy and Empowerment (ADE), Rongjeng unit has raised complaints over the alleged ongoing cattle smuggling through Rongjeng village under East Garo Hills district.In this regard, the ADE has sub..

Newmai News NetworkDIMAPUR, Feb 12 : The Naga Peoples' Front (NPF) claimed on Wednesday that "taking a strong stand against the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, as many as 22 strong stalwarts of state BJP leaders have left the saffron party and joined the Naga People’s Front at a ceremony held at Dimapur on Tuesday".In a press release, the NPF said that giving a "major boost" to the opposition NPF, the BJP leaders were welcomed by NPF president, Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu during the occasion. ..

Guwahati, Feb 11 In a bid to give budding entrepreneurs of the North East an opportunity to get on to a path of accelerated funding, the hugely popular India Fund Fest -- which has had four successful editions since 2016 -- has launched its first-ever 'No..

GUWAHATI, Feb 10 The Centre wants all NSCN (I-M) leaders, who are still holed up in Myanmar, to return to the country before signing the Naga peace accord, a February 6 report of The Times of India stated.“The Government’s policy has been clear from the beginning that it does not want to leave any man behind. There are more than 100 NSCN (I-M) cadres still in Myanmar and the NSCN (I-M) leadership has been asked to recall all of them before the agreement is signed,” a source ..

KOHIMA, Feb 9 : Opposition Naga People's Front (NPF) has lambasted ruling People's Democratic Alliance (PDA) of Nagaland for allegedly misleading the public on the status of the Naga peace talks and urged the State Government to come clear on it. NPF MLA ..

AIZAWL, Feb 7: Mizoram has enrolled about 60.26 per cent of its total population of about 11 lakh in voter list as final roll, which figures more than 7,99,00 voters. The final roll was published on Friday, reports NNN.The Mizoram Election Department offi..

Newmai News NetworkDIMAPUR, Feb 6: With fear gripping the world following the outbreak of deadly coronavirus in China, the Dimapur district administration has taken up measures by constituting a District Task Force (DTF) to monitor and review preparedness..

KOHIMA, Feb 5 Manipur and Nagaland are in the high risk of novel coronavirus as Chinese goods are still coming into the States through Moreh town of Manipur.According to sources, the Chinese goods particularly the cloths, blankets and other wearable items are still flowing into Manipur uninterruptedly through many entry points via Myanmar, which is coming to Nagaland and distributed to the other States of North East.Sources said that the businessmen are doing their business only for their income without ..

Newmai News NetworkShillong, Feb 5: Kingstone Bolwari, an activist, has filed an FIR on Wednesday at the Sadar Police Station in Shillong against a group of people over allegations of selling fake challans to be used for the transportation of coal.Accordi..

Guwahati, Jan 29In view of the recent coronavirus outbreak in mainland China which may result in the infiltration of the virus across borders, the Manipur Government and the Myanmar Government have stepped up the screening of visitors at airports and chec..

Newmai News NetworkDIMAPUR, Jan 27: The NSCN-IM has cautioned the "unrestrained excessive activities of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will certainly reverse the clock back towards the pre-ceasefire period which witnessed intensive militarization..

GUWAHATI, Jan 25While Assam is caught in a whirlpool of political turmoil, reports of creation of Bodo-land Union Territory has taken the social media by a storm.Apparently, preparations are already on for the creation of the Bodoland Union Territory and a series of steps have already been undertaken.As per reports, Kokrajhar will be divided into two districts- Kokrajhar and Gosai- gaon while Baksa will be divided into two parts- Baksa and Manas.Bhergaon will be carved out from Udalguri and two new ..

GUWAHATI, Jan 23 More than 600 fighters belonging to eight different rebel groups surrendered to Indian authorities in a troubled North Eastern state on Thursday, responding to a Government's peace initiative that will allow them to rejoin mainstream society, police have said.The rebel groups include -- ULFA (I), NDFB, RNLF, KLO, CPI (Maoist), NSLA, ADF and NLFB Assam State police chief Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said the rebels also laid down assault rifles, grenades, bombs and other weapons."A total ..

GUWAHATI, Jan 21 Two autonomous councils would be set up in the Naga inhabited areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur as part of the Naga peace accord.The two autonomous councils would be created in the Naga inhabited areas of the two neighbouring States ..

Newmai News NetworkShillong, Jan 20: The Meghalaya Assembly on Monday unanimously ratified the 126th amendment Bill-2019 of the Constitution which proposes to extend quota to SCs/STs in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies by another 10 years.Chief Minister Con..

AIZAWL, Jan 19: At least 235 people, comprising of 52 males and 183 females, have been compensated for various crimes since 2012 under “Mizoram victims of crime compensation  scheme, 2011," reports NNN.According to records of Mizoram State Lega..

Newmai News NetworkDIMAPUR, Jan 18: NSCN-IM and Government of India’s interlocutor for Naga peace talks, RN Ravi held a "meeting" in Dimapur on Saturday.Sources said that NSCN-IM general secretary Th Muivah and 14 other leaders of the organization r..