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Seven gang-rape minor girl in Mizoram, arrested

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 5, 2014, 14:33

Mizoram police arrested seven youths, including four minors, for gang-raping a minor girl, police said here on Tuesday.

Villagers hail order banning coal mining in Meghalaya

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 5, 2014, 10:54

Villagers living downstream of Myntdu river along the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya`s Jaintia Hills district have welcomed the National Green Tribunal order banning coal mining in the entire state.

`India`s Look East Policy needs concrete action`

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 5, 2014, 09:37

India`s Look East Policy, in which Myanmar plays a key role as the route for major connectivity between India`s landlocked Northeast and Southeast Asia, needs to rise above "mere academic talk" to show "more concrete action", experts said.

Tripura govt welcomes SC decision to admit SLP on teachers

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 5, 2014, 00:35

Tripura Minister for School Education Tapan Chakraborty said the Supreme Court`s decision to admit the Special Leave Petition against a Tripura High Court order dispensing with the services of 10,323 teachers came as a "relief" to the government.

Seven persons test positive for Japanese Encephalitis in Meghalaya

Last Updated: Monday, August 4, 2014, 19:54

Seven persons have tested positive for Japanese Encephalitis in Meghalaya, a Health department official said on Monday.

Business establishments in Nagaland down shutters

Last Updated: Monday, August 4, 2014, 14:53

Business establishments in many places of Nagaland downed shutters in a lightning six-hour shut down across the state Monday.

Two arrested for blast near Mizoram Parliament Secy`s residence

Last Updated: Monday, August 4, 2014, 01:17

Two persons were arrested for a blast that took place near the residence of the Mizoram Parliamentary Secretary for Home, even as a Manipur-based militant group claimed responsibility for the explosions that rocked the state during the last two months.

Centre moots corporation develop roads in northeast

Last Updated: Sunday, August 3, 2014, 16:30

The central government is considering to set up a corporation to develop roads and improve connectivity in the northeastern states, a Tripura minister said Sunday.

826 development projects in Northeast delayed by 1 to 5 years

Last Updated: Sunday, August 3, 2014, 11:41

As many as 826 development projects being implemented in the North Eastern states, at the cost of more than Rs 50,000 crore, are getting delayed by up to five years, leading to continuous backwardness in many parts of the region.

NGT upholds ban on coal mining in Meghalaya

Last Updated: Saturday, August 2, 2014, 17:39

Noting that right to life is far more significant than economic interest of a state or an individual, the National Green Tribunal has upheld its ban on coal mining in Meghalaya.