New Delhi | 2 days ago
New interlocutor for talks with NSCN
New Delhi, Feb 11 - The government Thursday appointed former petroleum secretary R.S. Pandey as its new interlocutor to facilitate dialogue with the major insurgent outfit, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland Isak-Muivah -.Pandey has been chosen for the assignment as he has served as chief secretary in Nagaland and is said to have a good grasp of the issues that have led to the long spell o ... read more

Guwahati | 4 days ago
NSCN talks in April, new interlocutor to be appointed
Guwahati/New Delhi, Feb 9 - The deadlocked peace talks between New Delhi and the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland - will resume in April after nearly a year, union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said Tuesday.The last round of peace talks between the central government and the frontline Naga separatist group was held in March 2009 in Zurich, Switzerland. It ended in a s ... read more

Guwahati | 5 days ago
New Delhi to hold talks with NSCN-IM in April
Guwahati, Feb 9 - The deadlocked peace talks between New Delhi and the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland - will resume in April after a gap of nearly a year, union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said Tuesday.The last round of peace talks between the central government and the frontline Naga separatist group was held in March 2009 in Zurich, Switzerland. It ended in a st ... read more

Guwahati | 9 days ago
Rhino killed by poachers in Kaziranga
Guwahati, Feb 4 - An endangered one-horned rhinoceros was shot dead by poachers Thursday at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, the fifth such incident in the past one month, an official said Thursday.The wildlife department official said the latest killing was reported inside the sanctuary, 220 km east of Guwahati. 'We heard three gunshots. Our forest guards rushed out and challenged the poach ... read more

Dimapur | 14 days ago
JK Tyres launches talent hunt
Dimapur, Jan 30 - JK Tyres, in association with Akbar Ebrahim and MECO Motorsport, has embarked on a talent search programme for young motosport enthusiasts from remote parts of the country. The programme will start from the northeast and move on to other parts of the country.The first programme is being conducted here in association with the Nagaland government. After two days of training, a few ... read more

New Delhi | 16 days ago
New law to bar hospitals from turning away emergencies
New Delhi, Jan 28 - The cabinet Thursday approved path-breaking legislation making it mandatory for doctors, hospitals and other medical establishments to treat victims of road accidents and other emergencies and not turn away patients on specious pleas, official sources said.The legislation 'makes it mandatory to provide, stabilise and treat emergency medical conditions', official sources said of ... read more

16 days ago
Nine separatist militants nabbed in Meghalaya
Shillong, Jan 28 - Nine members of the outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council -, a Khasi separatist outfit demanding a sovereign Khasi homeland in Meghalaya, have been arrested, police said here Thursday. 'Acting on a tip off, police arrested the nine insurgents of the banned HNLC outfit during a raid in Parmodan village in the West Khasi Hills district in central Meghalaya Wednesday,' ... read more

Guwahati | 17 days ago
Rhino found dead in Kaziranga
Guwahati, Jan 28 - An endangered one-horned rhinoceros was found dead with its horn gouged out at the famous Kaziranga National Park in Assam, in the fourth such incident in the past one month, officials said Thursday.A wildlife official said the latest killing was reported late Wednesday from inside the sanctuary, 220 km east of Guwahati. 'The rhino carcass was found from near a sandbar on the f ... read more

20 days ago
Security tightened in northeast India ahead of Republic Day
Agartala/Shillong/Aizawl, Jan 24 - The three relatively peaceful northeastern states - Tripura, Meghalaya and Mizoram - have tightened security arrangements, especially along the India-Bangladesh border, ahead of the Republic Day, officials said Sunday. The militancy ravaged states - Assam, Manipur and Nagaland - have already placed security forces on high alert to ensure that terrorists are not ... read more

6 months ago
Over 2 mn people living with HIV: Minister
New Delhi, July 31 - There were an estimated 2.3 million people living with HIV in India in 2007, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad informed the Rajya Sabha Friday. The minister said under the National AIDS Control Programme --3 for the period of 2007 to 2012 about Rs.22.62 billion has been earmarked for carrying out various prevention and care and support programmes. 'It is estimated that 2.3 m ... read more