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12 pc job reservation for BPL candidates in Sikkim

Last Updated: Monday, June 9, 2014, 14:18

Sikkim government on Monday announced 12 per cent reservation in all state government jobs and posts in public sector undertakings for candidates living below poverty line.

Crime against women drop after setting up of first all-women PS

Last Updated: Monday, June 9, 2014, 11:02

Crime against women has dropped significantly in the Arunachal Pradesh capital since last year after setting up of the first all-women police station here.

Chakma and Tripuri refugees repatriated to Bangladesh

Last Updated: Sunday, June 8, 2014, 23:54

All the 92 people of Chakma and Tripuri community from the Chittagong Hill tract in Bangladesh, who took refuge in Dhalai district following an ethnic strife there, have been repatriated, officials said on Sunday.

DG BSF reviews situation along Indo-Bangla border in Tripura

Last Updated: Sunday, June 8, 2014, 22:18

Director General of BSF DK Pathak on Sunday reviewed the situation along the border in Tripura two days after a BSF jawan was lynched and another person killed in a clash between villagers and the border guards at South Ramnagar here, BSF sources said.

Arunachal parliamentary secretaries allocated portfolios

Last Updated: Sunday, June 8, 2014, 15:37

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has allocated portfolios to the newly appointed parliamentary secretaries who took oath and secrecy of office on June 6.

Mentally challenged woman burnt after gang-rape in Tripura

Last Updated: Saturday, June 7, 2014, 15:45

In a case of horrific brutality, a mentally challenged woman was burnt to death after being gang-raped in Tripura, police said on Saturday.

BSF trooper, civilian killed in Tripura border clash, probe ordered

Last Updated: Saturday, June 7, 2014, 21:04

A BSF trooper and a 70-year-old man were killed in a clash between the border guards and villagers along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura.

Tripura govt orders magisterial inquiry into clash

Last Updated: Saturday, June 7, 2014, 12:39

Tripura government on Saturday announced a magisterial inquiry into the clash between BSF and villagers at South Ramnagar near here in which two persons, including a BSF jawan, were killed and ten injured last night.

NCP Nagaland chief declines to become MARCOFED chairman

Last Updated: Friday, June 6, 2014, 18:44

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Nagaland unit president Imtilemba Sangtam has declined chief minister T R Zeling`s offer to become the chairman of MARCOFED, a state government undertaking.

Meghalaya minister assures justice to killed woman`s family

Last Updated: Thursday, June 5, 2014, 19:06

Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan Warjri Thursday assured `justice` to members of the bereaved family of the woman whose head was blown away by Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) militants in a remote village in South Garo Hills on Tuesday evening after she resisted their molestation and rape attempt.