Violence-hit Manipur poses major hurdle to EC’s voter roll revision drive in NortheastThe Election Commission of India's special intensive revision of electoral rolls faces significant challenges in violence-hit Manipur due t...
18 May, 2026, 12.04 AM IST
Mukroh part of Meghalaya: Conrad Sangma to assemblyMeghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma asserted in the assembly that Mukroh village on the disputed inter-state border, where a violent c...
21 Mar, 2023, 01.05 PM IST
Meghalaya polls: Congress, ruling NPP rake up uniform civil code issueCongress party in a statement stated BJP poses a threat to the Christians and scheduled tribe identity of the people of Meghalaya.
23 Feb, 2023, 09.32 PM IST
Meghalaya govt extends internet suspension by another 48 hoursOn Tuesday mobile internet and data services were suspended following firing by the Assam Police that left five civilians of Meghalaya and ...
24 Nov, 2022, 09.28 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee voices anguish over violence on Meghalaya-Assam borderAssam Police officials, however, asserted that the truck was intercepted in West Karbi Anglong district of the state by a forest department...
23 Nov, 2022, 12.53 PM IST
Himanta Biswa Sarma bats for United Northeast IndiaAssam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the parliament of India has the right to alter the boundary of the states and MoU inked ...
30 Mar, 2022, 09.26 PM IST
Assam-Meghalaya resolve border dispute in 6 locations; Amit Shah terms it 'historic day' for NEThe agreement was signed in the presence of Shah and Chief Ministers of Assam and Meghalaya Himanta Biswa Sarma and Conrad Sangma respectiv...
29 Mar, 2022, 11.14 PM IST
Congress does not want an unified North East: Himanta Biswa SarmaTalking to media persons on Sunday, Sarma said that to settle boundary dispute with Mizoram a committee will be formed and minister Atul Bo...
23 Jan, 2022, 09.59 PM IST
Assam-Mizoram border clashes: Here's why it happened & everything else you need to knowInter-state discussions may have led to temporary ceasefires, but the epicentre of the problem lies unaddressed –– that is, the notional id...
31 Jul, 2021, 04.23 PM IST
Assam border dispute: A case of cartographers' lines vs people s perception of boundaries"Sometimes the lines were drawn across a hill, sometimes through a forest on maps which did not clarify whether the hill slope or forest pa...
30 Jul, 2021, 05.46 PM IST
Assam-Mizoram border row: These disputes are not new to the northeastern statesOn July 12, the Mizoram government sought compensation from Assam for the alleged destruction of crops in Mizoram area. Assam retorted by s...
30 Jul, 2021, 05.43 PM IST
Inter-state border disputes can only be resolved with mutual cooperation, Centre a facilitator: Govt"The approach of the central government has consistently been that inter-state disputes can be resolved only with the cooperation of the st...
27 Jul, 2021, 01.42 PM IST
Top ULFA (I) militant's surrender marks end of insurgency in Meghalaya: DGPRajkhowa, a close confidant of ULFA (I)'s self- proclaimed 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Baruah, along with four other militants surrendered ...
12 Nov, 2020, 03.48 PM IST
Indian team to bring back stranded elephant from BangladeshOfficials of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said yesterday that they had received the political clearance for...
27 Jul, 2016, 11.23 AM IST
Meghalaya seeks exemption from Centre's Mines and Mineral ActArticle 244 governs the administration of Scheduled and Tribal areas excepting Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.
23 Mar, 2015, 04.57 PM IST
Assam claims nearly 80,000 hectares encroached by other statesNearly 80,000 hectares of land belonging to Assam are being "occupied" currently by "six neighbouring states", the govt today claimed.
07 Aug, 2014, 03.53 PM IST
Assam: Control over land key reason for clash between Bodos, MuslimsA primer on the continuing ethnic conflict between the indigenous Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslim settlers in western Assam.
19 Aug, 2012, 02.05 PM IST