Mizoram government has sought Rs 10 crore from the Centre to provide relief to the 10,700 people sheltered in the state after being displaced due to the ethnic violence in Manipur since May 3.
Despite the recent condemnation and rejection of the Centre's peace committee by several Kuki tribal bodies, Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey visited the troubled district of Churachandpur, widely known as the Kuki heartland, on Monday.
Paul Lyngdoh, minister incharge of social welfare on Monday informed that the government of Meghalaya has identified different districts in the state thar are considered as hotspots of drug addiction and traffiking.
Manipur Government has extended the ban on internet services in the state by another 5 days, following a report by the state DGP that there are still reports of incidents of violence, assault and arson of houses and premises including exchange of fire.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday held a series of meetings in Imphal with his Manipur counterpart N. Biren Singh, party MLAs and organisations in an effort to tame the ethnic hostilities in the state.
The Federation of Khasi Jaintia and Garo People (FKJGP), Garo Hills Zone, has urged the Deputy Commissioner of West Garo Hills to exempt the Garo Hills region from the purview of the MVA 179(1), under which buses in the region have been charged with fines of Rs 2000 for carrying ‘standing passengers’.
Chairman of the Regional Committee for West Khasi Hills Paul Lyngdoh on Friday said that the committee would be visiting the district very soon to hold a series of meetings with the various stakeholders for discussion on the Langpih sector.
In a major operation by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) against organised drug syndicates operating in the North Eastern Region, 3.99 kgs of Heroin smuggled through the Indo-Myanmar border was seized along NH-44 at Mawryngkneng, in the outskirts of Shillong city on Thursday.
