In his address, Chief Minister Sangma expressed his gratitude to the Ministry of Civil Aviation for selecting Shillong as the venue for the summit, marking the first aviation event of its kind in Northeast India. He emphasized that Shillong’s terrain makes it particularly suited for small aircraft and helicopter travel, which are crucial for local socio-economic activities.
The initiatives were declared on its 18th Foundation Day on November 7. The event, attended by distinguished guests including the Governor of Meghalaya, C.H. Vijayashankar, and Ashish Kumar Chauhan, MD & CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), highlighted the institute's deep commitment to fostering regional progress and value-based education.
Normal train services are expected to resume on Sunday in Assam's Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section after regular train service remained disrupted after derailment of a loaded goods wagon.
Foresters in Northeast are now being trained to estimate elephant populations correctly with Spatially Explicit Capture-Recapture (SECR) being the latest one.
A Memorandum of Settlement was signed, in the presence of Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation,Amit Shah, between Government of India, Government of Tripura and National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF), in New Delhi, today.
Union Minister for Tourism and Culture, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, chaired a Tourism Ministers' conference in Shillong on Monday, which saw participation from Tourism Ministers of North Eastern, Eastern States, and Union Territories.
Northeast’s Jaden Rahman Pariat emerged champion at the 3rd season of the Indian Racing Festival (IRF) held at Madras International Circuit (MIC), Chennai from 23rd- 25th August.
AASU chief Advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya said the indigenous people of Northeastern region and Northeast Students' Organisation (NESO) is very much concerned about the situation cropped up in Bangladesh. "When some incidents occurred in Bangladesh, the illegal influx and due to that the indigenous people of Northeast always suffers" he said.