Six suspected Rohingyas were detained at North Tripura’s Dharmanagar railway station for traveling without valid travel documents, police said on Thursday. Of the six detained Rohingyas, three are male, one is a woman and two are children. “While the woman possesses a United Nations identity card as a Rohingya refugee,
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The Sikkim BJP on Wednesday demanded a CBI probe into the alleged Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) scam in Sikkim which it claimed involved huge amount of money. The saffron party, which is an ally of the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) and is supporting the Prem Singh Tamang government in
Tipra Motha chief Pradyot Kishore Debbarma on Tuesday challenged Union Minister Pratima Bhoumik for a TV debate on the Greater Tipraland issue. Debbarma, who has been demanding a separate state of Greater Tipraland for the indigenous people of Tripura, asked people to be aware of leaders who want to create
Veterinary authorities on Tuesday confirmed the outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Umsning block in Meghalaya’s Ri-Bhoi district, following which the government banned the movement of pigs in the area. The North Eastern Regional Disease Diagnostic Lab in Guwahati has confirmed the outbreak of the ASF as the sample
President Ram Nath Kovind will visit Mizoram on May 5 to attend a convocation programme of a university, an official said on Monday. Kovind will be in the northeastern state for the convocation of Mizoram University (MZU) at Tanhril in Aizawl, she said. A detailed itinerary of the president’s visit