SHILLONG, Jul 25A meeting between Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Ministers of the eight North Eastern States to discuss inter-State border disputes and ways to tackle the surge in COVID-19 cases in the region is underway here, an official said.All the Chief Ministers, Chief Secretaries and police chiefs of Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Sikkim are attending the closed-door meeting chaired by the Union Home Minister that began at the State Convention ..

SHILLONG, Jul 24 Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the 9th Society Meeting of NESAC Society to review the operations of the North Eastern Space Application Centre (NESAC) in Umiam, Meghalaya, on July 24, Saturday.The North East Space Application Centre is a joint initiative of the Department of Space (DOS) and North East Council (NEC). The Union Home Minister is also the president of the NESAC Society. The center helps in augmenting the development process in the region by providing advanced space ..

SHILLONG July 23 : A Professor of the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) has issued an open letter to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) following the death threat against 4 RTI activists in Senapati district, Manipur.“I earnestl..

AIZAWL, Jul 21Mizoram continued to register a spike in COVID-19 cases as 725 more people have tested positive for the infection in the last 24 hours, pushing the state’s tally to 29,020, a health department official said on Wednesday.Of the 725 new ..

AIZAWL, Jul 20Mizoram on Tuesday registered the highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases as 807 people have tested positive for the infection pushing the State’s tally to 28,295, a Health Department official saidThe State also reported two fresh f..

AIZAWL, Jul 18 : Mizoram’s COVID-19 tally surged to 27,153 on Sunday as 463 more people including 117 children tested positive for the infection, a Health Department official said.The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 121 as a 75-year-old woman succumb..

Newmai News NetworkShillong, Jul 18: The banned Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) has stated that it is not ready to shun violence till the government appoints an interlocutor to facilitate peace talks.“We will not give up violence unti..

AIZAWL, Jul 15 Chin National Army (CNA) cadres have been imparting arms training to civilians fighting the Myanmar military at the former’s “liberated area” called Camp Victoria on the banks of the Mizoram-Myanmar border river Tiau, a hi..

KOHIMA, Jul 12Nagaland’s COVID-19 tally rose to 25,976 on Sunday as 78 more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.Seventy-seven more people recovered from the disease, while no fresh fatality was registered during the day...

SHILLONG, Jul 10Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said that 92 per cent of those who died due to COVID-19 in the State had not taken even a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine.He said that of the 749 Covid deaths in Meghalaya - the State with second highest mortality rate of 1.68 per cent in the region after Nagaland (1.97 per cent) - at least 691 people were not vaccinated.The Chief Minister's statement comes as vaccination hesitancy is affecting the State's inoculation coverage.The Ministry of ..

KOHIMA, Jul 4 The North Eastern State of Nagaland has detected 93 COVID-19 Delta variant cases (B.1.617.2) along with two other variants 'alpha' and 'kappa' out of 98 samples, which were sent for genome sequencing.Pointing out the variant as a matter of c..

Aizawl, Jul 4 Mizoram’s COVID-19 tally rose to 21,246 on Sunday as 243 more people, including 59 children, tested positive for the infection, while one fresh fatality pushed the State’s coronavirus death toll to 95, a health official said.Aiza..

AIZAWL, Jun 30Mizoram‘s COVID-19 count crossed the 20,000-mark on Wednesday as 256 more people tested positive for the coronavirus, a health official said.The fresh cases detected from 3,534 samples took the state’s tally to 20,075 and put the..

Newmai News NetworkShillong, Jun 29 : Meghalaya recorded four Covid-19 related deaths on Tuesday, pushing the death toll to 831.Director of Health Services (MI) Dr Aman War, said that the deaths include 1 each from East Khasi Hills district, West Jaintia ..

GUWAHATI, Jun 29Health authorities in Assam disclosed on Monday that 34,606 children under 18 years of age have been infected with Covid-19 since April this year when the second wave of the pandemic began in the State.According to a release issued by Nati..

AIZAWL, Jun 28Over 700 more people from Myanmar, mostly civilians, have entered Mizoram in the past few weeks, taking the number of Myanmar Nationals currently taking refuge in the North Eastern state to 10,025, a police officer said on Sunday.He said tha..

Aizawl, Jun 23Mizoram's COVID-19 tally soared to 18,398 on Wednesday as 419 more people, including 103 jail inmates and over 70 children ested positive for the infection, a health official said.All the infected prisoners are inmates of Central Jail, Aizaw..

Shillong, Jun 22 : The Border Security Force (BSF) said on Tuesday that the force has achieved a hundred per cent Covid-19 vaccination of its personnel in Meghalaya, reports NNN.The BSF troops in the State were badly hit and at one point of time the maxim..

DIMAPUR, Jun 21 Nagaland Governor and Interlocutor for Naga peace talks RN Ravi on Monday reacted to a statement of the NSCN-IM, saying that the Government of India does not recognise collection of ‘tax’ by any other entity other than by it or..

Shillong, Jun 20 : Meghalaya recorded four deaths due to Covid-19 health complications on Sunday which pushed the death toll to 780, reports NNN.According to the Director of Health Services (MI) Dr Aman War, 3 deaths were reported from East Khasi Hills di..

DIMAPUR, Jun 18 The NSCN (IM) and the NSCN (R) on Friday denied reports that they demanded a share of Covid-19 funds given to Nagaland by the Centre. Nagaland School Education adviser KT Sukhalu recently told a Guwahati-based television channel that cadre..

Press Trust of IndiaGuwahati, Jun 18 :  The Assam gGovernment on Friday cancelled this year’s class 10 and 12 State board examinations due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation, Education Minister Ranoj Pegu said.The decision was taken at a meet..

GUWAHATI, Jun 16 The Assam Cabinet has recommended cancellation of the HSLC, High Madrassa and HS exams in the State due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on June 16.The CM further said that the final decision r..

Kohima, Jun 14 The NSCN (IM) on Monday, recommended several history books to the Karbi Students’ Association (KSA) over its differences on the status of the Rengma Nagas in Assam with regard to the proposed Karbi-Anglong Autonomous Territorial Counc..

Newmai News NetworkShillong, Jun 14: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, on Monday, said it is not an easy situation for the rescue operation team to save the five miners trapped inside an illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills as the water level c..

Guwahati, Jun 12 Assam reported 3,666 new COVID-19 cases and 29 fresh fatalities on Friday with the caseload rising to 4,53,867, National Health Mission bulletin said.The death toll in the State increased to 3,873 while the number of active cases currentl..

Newmai News NetworkDIMAPUR, Jun 12: Naga Hoho said on Saturday that despite commitments by successive Prime Ministers of India assuring for a long lasting political solution to the protracted Indo-Naga political problem beyond past agreements, peace and t..

Shillong, Jun 10 The COVID-19-induced lockdown is unlikely to end on June 14 given the high positivity rate, a Government official said.Despite one month of lockdown in East Khasi Hills District, the positivity rate remains above 10%. In the last 14 days, the overall positivity rate of tests is close to 12.84%.Sampath Kumar, Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, said containment measures would be relaxed if the positivity rate falls below 10%. Ideally, the rate should be below ..

GUWAHATI, Jun 10Lunkim Thangboi assumed the charge of General Manager, Network-II of State Bank of India, North Eastern Circle, Guwahati. He served earlier as the Deputy General Manager at Local Head Office of Patna Circle of State Bank of India, said a statement.It may be noted that Network-II of SBI NE Circle comprises of Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland and Sibsagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Majuli, Charaideo, Cachar, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Dima Hasao Districts of Assam. A probationary officer ..

KOHIMA, Jun 9 Nagaland extended the ongoing lockdown in the State by a week to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The extension of lockdown from June 11 to June 18 was announced by the High-Powered Committee (HPC) following a discussion with district task forces.Several districts of the State will also witness relaxations during the extended lockdown, depending on the Covid-19 situation there, Government spokesperson Mmhonlumo Kikon said while announcing the decision on Twitter."The ..

Newmai News NetworkDIMAPUR, Jun 8: The Naga Students' Federation (NSF) said on Tuesday that it is "deeply pained and disturbed to learn that the 6 rebel groups" based in Karbi Anglong area of Assam are set to ink a deal with the Government of India withou..

Agartala, Jun 6 The second wave of Covid-19 pandemic has claimed 154 lives including 49 women and one child in Tripura, a health experts’ panel has reported. Out of the 53,000 plus Covid-19 patients in the State, more than 20,000 were recorded this ..

Newmai News NetworkSHILLONG, Jun 5:World Environment Day 2021 was celebrated virtually throughout Meghalaya via video conferencing which was attended by Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma, Minister, Forest & Environment, James P K Sangma, Minister, Soil ..

Newmai News NetworkShillong, Jun 4: Congress MP from Shillong, Vincent H Pala has requested the Centre to constitute a committee to study the workings of traditional bodies so that they can be included as beneficiaries of devolution of funds made availabl..

Newmai News NetworkDIMAPUR, Jun 2: A monsoon preparedness meeting was held through video conference under the chairmanship of Chief Minister and Chairman of Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA), Neiphiu Rio at the CM’s Secretariat on..

Newmai News NetworkShillong, May 30: Thirteen more persons have died due to Covid-19 related complications on Sunday in Meghalaya, taking the death toll in the State to 564.According to the Director of Health Services Dr Aman War, 10 deaths were reported ..

Newmai News NetworkShillong, May 28: Meghalaya police organised a digital health session on Friday on "how to tackle Covid-19" for the officials of the department.The main speaker of the webinar was Dr Rahul Bhargava, Principal Director-Haematology, Haema..

Newmai News NetworkShillong, May 27: The state government of Meghalaya has officially announced its decision to recognize media persons as Covid-19 frontline workers.“I want to place on record that the state government has decided to recognize media..

SHILLONG, May 26 Nineteen more people died due to Covid-19, taking the fatality count in the State to 502, while 957 fresh cases pushed up the number of active positive cases to 7,971, even as 755 more people recovered from the virus.The State has so far ..

KOHIMA, May 26 : Nagaland registered 276 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday while 18 more fatalities have taken the Covid death toll in the State to 303.Meanwhile 161 COVID positive patients have recovered.  Presently, there are 4,806 active cases. Mean..

Newmai News NetworkDIMAPUR, MAY 26: Nagaland Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio said that the  government's priority  is not to allow the spread of coronavirus in the rural areas of Nagaland and for which the government is undertaking aggressive vaccin..

Guwahati, May 24 The first Oxygen Express train for the North Eastern region carrying 80 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) arrived at the Inland Container Depot at Amingaon in Guwahati on Sunday.Receiving the area’s first Oxygen Express, ..

Kohima, May 22Nagaland on Saturday received 150 oxygen concentrators funded by the World Health Organisation (WHO). This came a day after the first batch of oxygen cylinders — including 400 jumbo and 800 B-type — procured by the State Government, was airlifted along with trucks by the Indian Air Force (IAF).Nagaland Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom took to Twitter to inform that the oxygen concentrators will be distributed on a need basis across all districts of the State and at strategic ..

GUWAHATI, May 21 :Assam reported 81 deaths due to COVID-19 on Friday pushing the death toll in the State to 2,588.A total of 6,066 Covid-19 positive patients were detected on Friday with 907 people testing positive for the virus in Kamrup (M) district.With the detection of 6,066 patients against the testing of 1,03,158 samples on Friday, Assam has reported a positivity rate of 5.88% per cent for the day.A total of 6,573 people tested positive for the virus on Thursday, while 74 deaths were reported.Meanwhi..

Newmai News NetworkDIMAPUR, May 21 : The Naga People’s Front (NPF) has expressed “great” concern over the increasing rate of Covid-19 positive cases and the death in Nagaland.Stating that it will give its fullest cooperation and support ..

GUWAHATI, May 18 Over 15,000 Myanmar’s Nationals have so far entered Mizoram seeking shelter in India after fighting intensified in parts of the neighbouring country following a coup.The influx into Mizoram, which shares a porous, mountainous border with Myanmar, began in late February as policemen fled to avoid having to take orders from a junta trying to suppress opposition to the Feb. 1 coup.By April, about 1,800 people from Myanmar–including several lawmakers –had crossed the ..

DIMAPUR, May 16 :  An NSCN-IM leader has succumbed to COVID-19 on Sunday in Kohima. According to NSCN (IM), Neiba Kire, kilonser (minister) passed away due to COVID-19 related complications at Oking Hospital in Kohima “leaving behind his wife a..

GUWAHATI, May 15The United Liberation Front of Asom - Independent (ULFA-I) on Saturday announced a unilateral ceasefire for three months with immediate effect. The Paresh Baruah-led insurgent group said it took the decision due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Assam."During the Covid-19, crisis time, we have decided for unilateral ceasefire for three months from every activity which will be effect from May 15, 2021 (Saturday). We want to inform the indigenous people of Assam that for three months our every ..

Newmai News NetworkShillong, May 13: Meghalaya recorded 18 more deaths to Covid-19 on Thursday, taking the State’s total death to 268.Of these, 16 deaths were reported from East Khasi Hills district and 1 each in West Jaintia Hills district and East..

Guwahati, May 12 The Assam police will register 'attempt to murder' case if any one violates the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) enforced to curb the Covid-19 pandemic, Director General of Police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said on Wednesday.He requested the people to strictly follow all the provisions of the new SOPs and said if anyone is found violating the protocols, stern action including 'attempt to murder' case would be registered against them.While addressing the media, Mahanta said: "Violating ..