Gangtok is facing a sharp decline in water availability as the perennial Ratey Chu source, the city’s primary supply line, has recorded close to a 60 percent depletion compared to September levels, ...

Guwahati: In what could mark a turning point in Assam’s 200-year-old tea history, Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday formally launched the distribution of land settlement application ...

Shillong: Leader of Opposition Dr Mukul Sangma has acknowledged that several Trinamool Congress (TMC) members in the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) are uncertain about their political ...

Kohima: Several tribal youth bodies in Nagaland, including the Rengma Selo Zi (RSZ), Chakhesang Youth Front (CYF), and Northern Angami Students' Union (NASU) condemned the NSCN-K (Khango) group's ...

From the Northeast, the Union Budget rarely arrives as a surprise. Its ambitions are familiar and its language assured, but what shifts from year to year is the space between national planning and ...

Ukhrul: Ongoing tensions at Litan Sareikhong in Ukhrul district have severely disrupted vehicular movement along the Imphal–Ukhrul road for nearly a week, affecting both private and public ...

Guwahati: In a significant step towards strengthening national water security and regional development, residents of Karko village in Upper Siang district on Sunday signed a Memorandum of ...

Guwahati: The Union environment ministry’s Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) has recommended environmental clearance for the 1,720 MW Kamala Hydroelectric Project in Arunachal Pradesh — a mega dam that ...

Guwahati: The Union environment ministry’s Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) has recommended environmental clearance for the 1,720 MW Kamala Hydroelectric Project in Arunachal Pradesh — a mega dam that ...

The façade of calm in Manipur is a mirage. The state is a political tinderbox, characterised by a fractured society in which the three largest communities—the Meiteis, Nagas and Kuki–Zo tribes—do not ...

In a discovery that reads like a chapter from a botanical mystery, scientists from Mizoram and Tamil Nadu have rediscovered Strobilanthes parryorum — a flowering plant last seen nearly a century ago ...

Guwahati: If you’re sensitive to caffeine, Assam is set to offer a perfect brew. The state is poised to house India’s first decaffeinated black tea factory, marking a new chapter for the country’s tea ...