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Read the latest and trending news from the hills of Manipur, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Sikkim and Meghalaya.

Tripura Emerging As Trade Corridor For Northeast India, Asserts PM Narendra Modi

Posted on January 5, 2022 - 1:01pm by UT/NET News Desk
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Agartala: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new terminal building of Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport and launched ‘Mission 100-Vidyajyoti Schools’ and ‘Mukhyamantri Tripura Gram Samriddhi Yojana’ worth several crores at Swami Vivekananda Maidan here in Agartala city on Tuesday. … Continue reading →

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PPFA insists on India’s diplomatic preferences in Commonwealth

Posted on January 5, 2022 - 9:31am by UT News Service
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Nava J Thakuria Guwahati: Reacting to a viral social media post insisting on India’s diplomatic liberty out of the Commonwealth of Nations, Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) bats for appointing ambassadors (instead of high commissioners) in most of the 53 … Continue reading →

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Manipur Congress: Projects inaugurated by PM Modi were completed during Congress rule

Posted on January 4, 2022 - 10:44pm by UT News Service
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Congress in Manipur claimed that the developmental projects inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today in Manipur were implemented by the then Congress government. Addressing a press conference at Imphal Congress Bhavan, Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president, N Loken … Continue reading →

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Cabinet minister and NPP leader Letpao Haokip joins BJP

Posted on December 29, 2021 - 8:44pm by UT News Service
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Imphal: Manipur Youth Affairs and Sports (YAS) minister, Letpao Haokip has joined BJP today. Letpao was elected from the NPP ticket in the 2017 assembly election. He joined the BJP at the party headquarters in New Delhi in the presence … Continue reading →

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18 hour shutdown ends peacefully

Posted on December 29, 2021 - 9:13am by UT News Service
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Imphal: An 18-hour shutdown over the demand for scheduled tribe status for the Meitei community ended peacefully. The shutdown imposed by the Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee, Manipur (STDCM) commenced from midnight of Monday and ended at 6 pm yesterday. The … 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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210 farmers of Senapati, Churachandpur, Tamenglong, Chandel given Rs 125 Lakhs under Direct Benefit Transfer

Posted on December 22, 2021 - 4:13pm by UT Desk
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Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh today transferred a total of Rs. 125.955 lakhs to the bank accounts of 210 farmers of Senapati, Churachandpur, Tamenglong and Chandel districts under two different schemes of Tribal Affairs and Hills Department in … Continue reading →

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Chief ministers of Assam-Arunachal Pradesh meets union home affairs over border row

Posted on December 22, 2021 - 11:43am by UT/NET News Desk
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The Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu on December 21 met the Union Minister of Home Affairs & Cooperation, Amit Shah at New Delhi, to discuss the long-pending border row between the two … 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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