The candidates will be from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called a meeting of its Central Election Committee (CEC) at the party headquarters on Wednesday evening as part of preparations for assembly polls to five states later this year
There were seven participating States like Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura and Sikkim. The Symposium was attended by around 1200 representatives from Child Welfare Committees (CWCs), Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs), Members of the Village Child Protection Commi
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Friday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, over his remarks on Indira Gandhi regarding the aerial bombing in Mizoram in 1966, alleging him of "twisting decisions out of political and historical context".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the Congress for divding "Maa Bharati" into three parts for political interests and also pointed out that the Katchatheevu Island was ceded to Sri Lanka during the tenure of the Indira Gandhi government in 1974.
With only months to go for the Assembly polls in five states-- Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram-- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is planning to hit the ground just after the conclusion of ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, sources said on Tuesday.
Mizoram Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati thanked the Union Government for approval of the final location survey of a 223 km rail line from Sairang (Aizawl) to Hbichhuah, near the Myanmar border, said an official statement.
The inaugural session was held at a city-based hotel in Guwahati. Participants from Economics and Statistics Bureau/ Directorate of nine States namely Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Meghalaya, Mizoram Nagaland, Odisha, Tripura and West Bengal, including Assam, participated in the workshop
According to officials, the operation was carried out by a combined team of Company Operating Base (COB) Champhai, Serchhip Battalion and Excise and Narcotics Department Champhai, based on specific information on August 1.
"The Champhai police on duty at Khankawn Police Checkgate, on Tuesday evening, recovered and seized 765 grams (62 soap boxes) of heroin from one vehicle TATA Yodha bearing registration number AS-11EC-6462", said the police.
During the operation, 94940 meth tablets were recovered in the Mualkawi area, and in another operation, 87720 meth tablets were recovered in the Khuangleng area, according to the officials