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Losing public goodwill: Assam media’s way

Posted on December 28, 2021 - 4:24pm by UT News Service
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Nava J Thakuria Public reactions against a news item in any newspaper or news channel may be usual in India, but public outrages in digital platforms against the mainstream media outlets for not covering a particular issue is definitely an … Continue reading →

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Northeast first Omicron case detected in Manipur

Posted on December 27, 2021 - 8:02pm by UT News Service
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Manipur on Monday reported its first case of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the COVID-19 when a returnee from Tanzania tested positive for the variant. The 48-year-old man from Imphal West district is also the first person in the … Continue reading →

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Curfew clamped in Heirok as tension runs high after the poll violence

Posted on December 24, 2021 - 5:24pm by UT News Service
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Impahl: Heirok area of Manipur’s Thoubal district has been placed under indefinite curfew under section 144 of CrPC as tension is running high following the poll-related violence. Thoubal district magistrate, A Subhash Singh ordered the prohibitory order in view of … Continue reading →

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Rising People’s Party seeks clarification regarding the controversial “RSS backed programme”

Posted on December 23, 2021 - 7:07am by UT News Service
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Dimapur: The Rising People’s Party (RPP), a new political party based in Nagaland, has sought clarification from the Nagaland government regarding the “controversial” December 16 programme at Nagaland House, New Delhi. The RPP called the event as the “RSS backed … Continue reading →

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AITC leaves its 12 MLAs disqualification decision to the Assembly Speaker

Posted on December 23, 2021 - 6:33am by UT News Service
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Meghalaya: All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) leader and former Meghalaya chief minister, Mukul Sangma today said the party will leave it to the Assembly Speaker to decide on the petition seeking the disqualification of the 12 MLAs. “We will leave … Continue reading →

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Manipur COVID-19 related fatality number nears 2000-mark

Posted on December 22, 2021 - 9:44pm by UT News Service
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The COVID-19 related death toll in Manipur has come close to 2,000-mark as three more patients succumbed to the infection in the past 24 hours. One death each was reported in Imphal West district, Bishnupur district and Churachandpur district, taking … Continue reading →

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Youth shot dead in Manipur in poll related violence under Heirok A/C

Posted on December 22, 2021 - 8:53pm by UT News Service
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Imphal: A youth was shot dead and three others including the father of the deceased were injured as poll related violence occurred at Heirok assembly constituency in Thoubal district of poll-bound Manipur in the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. … Continue reading →

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Top CRPF official reviews Nagaland security situation

Posted on December 22, 2021 - 6:51pm by UT News Service
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Dimapur: In view of a “volatile security scenario in Nagaland especially after killing of innocent civilians” in Mon district, ADG North East Zone CRPF, Sanjeev Ranjan Ojha along with Mahabir Singh Shekhawat, IG of Manipur & Nagaland reviewed CRPF deployment … Continue reading →

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CRPF provides passenger waiting shed, water storage tanks in Noney and Kangpokpi districts

Posted on December 22, 2021 - 11:09am by UT News Service
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Noney/Kangpokpi: The 86 Bn CRPF under the aegis of M S Shekhawat, IGP Manipur and Nagaland Sector CRPF, and under the supervision/initiation of Sh Mohd Yusuf, Comdt-86 handed a waiting shed and water storage tanks to the villagers of Marangjing … Continue reading →

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Meghalaya to revamp power distribution system, Govt working towards 100 percent metering

Posted on December 22, 2021 - 10:39am by UT News Service
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Shillong: The Meghalaya state government today proposed an investment to the tune of Rs 2,500 crore for revamping the power distribution system in the next five years. After chairing a cabinet meeting, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said that … Continue reading →

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