Assam Meghalaya

A two-year-old boy in a remote village in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district has been diagnosed with symptoms of poliomyelitis or polio at a hospital in Assam's Goalpara, sounding an alarm over a potential return of the virus.

The 133rd edition of Asia's oldest and world's fifth oldest tournament will be played in four cities Kolkata, Kokrajhar in Assam, Shillong in Meghalaya and Jamshedpur in Jharkhand.

A portion of National Highway 6, the arterial road connecting Assam, Meghalaya, and Mizoram, has collapsed near Meghalaya's Lumshnong as storms and rains triggered by Cyclone Remal caused landslides.

The bodies of three men from Assam have been found in unmarked shallow graves in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills. The bodies were completely burnt and beyond recognition.

Charred bodies of three youths of Assam were found buried in neighbouring Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district on Wednesday, police said.

Union home minister Amit Shah said that Centre's BJP government has always considered the Northeast as an important part of India and prioritised the development of hilly states.

A total 7,506 square kilometres of recorded forest area -- five times the geographical area of Delhi -- is currently under encroachment in the country, according to government data.

Tremors were felt in Assam and parts of the northeast as a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit Meghalaya this evening. There are no immediate reports about any loss of life or damage to property.

Assam and Meghalaya are on verge of finalising the actual boundary lines in the first six areas of difference as part of the ongoing process to resolve border disputes, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma and Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Regional committees of Assam and Meghalaya met here on Saturday to discuss three disputed sectors along the inter-state boundary, ministers of the two states heading the panels said.

The Southwest Monsoon is active over the northeast Indian states, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, and noted rainfall is expected for the next two days in Assam and Meghalaya.

The second phase of talks to resolve Assam-Meghalaya border dispute in the remaining six 'areas of difference' began on Wednesday with a Chief Ministerial-level talk at Guwahati's state guest house in Koinadhara here.

The chief ministers of Assam and Meghalaya will meet here on Wednesday to carry forward discussions on resolving border disputes in the remaining six areas.

A man was arrested from a passenger bus, incoming from Meghalaya, carrying a huge cache of explosives in Assam's Goalpara, police said on Sunday.

Dismissing his Assam counterpart's claim, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday asserted in the assembly that Mukroh village on the disputed inter-state border is a part of the hill state.

A two-year-old boy in a remote village in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district has been diagnosed with symptoms of poliomyelitis or polio at a hospital in Assam's Goalpara, sounding an alarm over a potential return of the virus.

The 133rd edition of Asia's oldest and world's fifth oldest tournament will be played in four cities Kolkata, Kokrajhar in Assam, Shillong in Meghalaya and Jamshedpur in Jharkhand.

A portion of National Highway 6, the arterial road connecting Assam, Meghalaya, and Mizoram, has collapsed near Meghalaya's Lumshnong as storms and rains triggered by Cyclone Remal caused landslides.

The bodies of three men from Assam have been found in unmarked shallow graves in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills. The bodies were completely burnt and beyond recognition.

Charred bodies of three youths of Assam were found buried in neighbouring Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district on Wednesday, police said.

Union home minister Amit Shah said that Centre's BJP government has always considered the Northeast as an important part of India and prioritised the development of hilly states.

A total 7,506 square kilometres of recorded forest area -- five times the geographical area of Delhi -- is currently under encroachment in the country, according to government data.

Tremors were felt in Assam and parts of the northeast as a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit Meghalaya this evening. There are no immediate reports about any loss of life or damage to property.

Assam and Meghalaya are on verge of finalising the actual boundary lines in the first six areas of difference as part of the ongoing process to resolve border disputes, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma and Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Regional committees of Assam and Meghalaya met here on Saturday to discuss three disputed sectors along the inter-state boundary, ministers of the two states heading the panels said.

The Southwest Monsoon is active over the northeast Indian states, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, and noted rainfall is expected for the next two days in Assam and Meghalaya.

The second phase of talks to resolve Assam-Meghalaya border dispute in the remaining six 'areas of difference' began on Wednesday with a Chief Ministerial-level talk at Guwahati's state guest house in Koinadhara here.

The chief ministers of Assam and Meghalaya will meet here on Wednesday to carry forward discussions on resolving border disputes in the remaining six areas.

A man was arrested from a passenger bus, incoming from Meghalaya, carrying a huge cache of explosives in Assam's Goalpara, police said on Sunday.

Dismissing his Assam counterpart's claim, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday asserted in the assembly that Mukroh village on the disputed inter-state border is a part of the hill state.