CT Higher Secondary School, Manipur beat Govt. Haulawang High School, Mizoram 4 - 1 in the first quarterfinal. Bhaskar (15'), Bolnao (34'), Monex (37') and Monis (70') scored for the winners while Stain Lalthneela (12') scored the consolation for the Mizoram school.
The youngster from Gogamba district, who was picked during a Sports Authority of Gujarat's talent identification scheme eight years ago, lost the individual gold medal match against Manipur's Okram Naobi Chanu in a shoot-off after both the players were tied at 5-5.
Skateboarders Ranju Singh of Manipur and Shraddha Gaikwad of Maharashtra cross all odds to clinch National Games gold medals. Maharashtra bagged five gold medals while Tamil Nadu won three gold medals.
Tamil Nadu's Bhavani Devi beat Jagmeet Kaur of Punjab 15-3 in the final. She also won gold medals in the 2011 and 2015 editions. Kerala's Christy Jose Josna and Manipuri Laishram Abi Devi won the bronze medals.
Nayanmoni Saikia started the day with an emphatic 23-0 victory over Gujarat's Vaishali Makvana in a Group A contest and ended it with a 21-10 win over Beena Shah of West Bengal. In between, she joined her Assam teammates to post a 33-3 verdict against Manipur in the Fours competition.
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): The central government has decided to withdraw multiple incentives and allowances given to the All India Service (AIS) Officers for posting in the North-East region, said the Ministry of Personnel order.
In the first semifinal, St. Patrick's Gumla edged out GSSS Alakhpura, Bhiwani and Haryana by a solitary goal to reach the final. In the second semifinal, Wangoi Higher Secondary School, Imphal beat R.K.S Girls High School Majwra, Siwan, Bihar 3 - 1 to qualify for the all-important finals.
Imphal (Manipur) [India], September 24 (ANI): The High court of Manipur has declared Naga Peoples Front's (NPF) present MP Lorho S Pfoze's election to Lok Sabha "null and void" from Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency in 2019 and said that the petitioner Houlim Shokhopao Mate of the Bharati
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met his Mizoram counterpart Zoramthanga to hold another round of talks on the long-pending Assam-Mizoram border issue in the national capital on Wednesday afternoon.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], September 21 (ANI): Bodies of three Manipur-based People's Liberation Army (PLA) cadres were discovered dumped in a pit in neighbouring Myanmar, where northeast India-based militant groups have set up bases.