Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that a bill to ban polygamy will be introduced in the next session of the Assam assembly to be held in February.
In a major crackdown, two militant leaders, including one of them trained by the ISI of Pakistan, of the banned National Liberation Front of Tripura were arrested on Thursday night.
The Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) on Friday sought the intervention of the Health Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh into the complaint against allotment of centres outside Meghalaya for indigenous candidates appearing for the direct recruitment for Group B & C posts in the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS).
Yet another medical negligence has come to light in upper Assam's Tinsukia district, where a woman died after giving birth to a baby at the private hospital in Margherita.
The state government act followed a Supreme Court directive issued on November 28, emphasizing the need for dignified burial or cremation for all victims, including the 88 bodies that remained unclaimed by their respective families by December 15.
East Khasi Hills district administration on Thursday passed an order prohibiting unauthorized collection from commercial and other establishments in the district.
The North East Petroleum Mazdoor Union (NEPMU) has ended its ban on petroleum supply to Meghalaya after a crucial meeting with state government officials at Circuit House in Nongpoh on Thursday.
