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The Singpho-focused feature Dear Awa has been chosen for the competition section of the 19th Jaipur International Film Festival and the Cinema of the World section of the 25th Dhaka International Film Festival, prompting congratulations from Arunachal Pradesh

Training for 2,900 presiding officers, polling officers and Group D staff started on Thursday in Agartala, covering theoretical and practical sessions on electronic voting machines ahead of the November 27 civic polls.

The three-day festival began on November 11 at Lena Stadium in Serkawn, featuring performances, a band competition and a marketplace for local entrepreneurs, according to Northeast Now.

Kharupetia police arrested a man accused of signing patients' scan reports as a radiologist without the required qualification, along with the owner of the centre. The diagnostic centre has been sealed under the PC-PNDT Act after a complaint from the Assam Medical Council.

Assam CID's Cyber Cell has arrested a man who ran an HDFC Bank customer service point in Jalukbari. Police say he opened bank accounts in people's names without their consent, and that the accounts were used to receive money from cyber fraud.

The Serchhip Deputy Commissioner has been chosen in the Public Service and Governance category of the new NAMASTE Awards, alongside winners from Assam, Arunachal, Nagaland and Manipur. The awards will be presented in Mumbai on November 14.

TIPRA Motha founder Pradyot Kishore Debbarma has asked Boxanagar BJP MLA Tafajjal Hossain to apologise publicly, while Leader of the Opposition Jitendra Chaudhury wants legal action over a video clip in which the MLA allegedly made remarks about indigenous communities.

Minister Tinku Roy visited land next to Unakoti District Hospital on Wednesday for a proposed 50-bed cancer hospital that would serve patients from Unakoti, North Tripura and Dhalai. A land survey and a detailed project report come next.

Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan held that inviting people to a public consultation on the legality of merging Darjeeling with Sikkim does not, by itself, amount to promoting enmity under Section 196 of the BNS. The court called the group's use of the state's 50th Statehood logo 'mischievous'.

Gauhati Medical College and Hospital has completed 100 hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) procedures under its Liver Transplant and HPB programme, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Wednesday. The milestone comes weeks after the hospital's first liver transplant.

The Kamatapur State Demand Council (Democratic) called off its protest at Tuniyadanga on Wednesday after the state government invited it for talks with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The date and venue of the meeting have not been fixed.

Personnel at the Yambung border outpost near the Nepal border treated a 42-year-old trekker who fell ill on the Singalila route and let him stay the night at the post.

The committee opposing the Shillong Peak ropeway will attend talks called by the South Shillong MLA on Wednesday but says only scrapping the project will end its agitation.

BJP legislators in the MDA coalition say NPP leaders are bypassing them in their own constituencies, with complaints about officer transfers and stalled projects.

After another inspection in Ri-Bhoi, the Khasi Students' Union said the space set aside for monitoring entry under the state's residents' safety law is far smaller than areas for other uses.

The Arunachal Chief Minister says the 45-km backwater of the 2,000-MW hydropower project could host cruises, water sports and eco-tourism, with a plan targeting 1.5 lakh visitors a year.

The commission's 2025-26 annual report lists problems in the PDS, Anganwadi services and school meals, and calls for surprise checks at fair price shops and better grievance handling.

Speaking at a party training programme in Serchhip district, the former minister alleged the government had sold seven mini-hydel projects and tried to sell Lengpui Airport.

Shops and street vendors between Capital Point and Rangirkhari Point must stop using roads and footpaths for business, or face action by the SMC and police.

The young woman from Old Champu village near Miao in Changlang district was ordained at a monastery in Taiwan on November 6, a first for her community.

The HSPDP president, whose party backs the Meghalaya government, said reasons such as elections and political changes can no longer hold up talks on the six remaining areas of difference.

The Central Nagaland Tribes Council wants intensive verification drives relaxed through the wedding, Hornbill and Christmas season, while action on serious traffic offences continues.

Congress legislator Baby Begum opposed the demolition of five houses at Adabari, alleging the families got only a day's notice. A circle office source said the High Court had already settled the land dispute.

Assam Pollution Control Board readings show noise in the Panbazar silent zone rose sharply on Diwali night, while commercial Ganeshguri was quieter than in 2024. Cracker sellers report weak sales.

The site in Cachar district was identified on Tuesday, clearing the way for a detailed project report. The young university still runs from the old Gurucharan College campus in Silchar.

CM Himanta Biswa Sarma handed over Forest Rights Act certificates at Chhaygaon to Garo, Rabha, Bodo and Karbi families. He said eviction of forest encroachers will continue.

Commissioner Ankur Das suspended Superintendent of Accounts Raju Dey on November 7. An inquiry into salary and project spending will report to Dispur.

The Deputy Commissioner's order found the Rangvamual food business had no FSSAI licence. Lab tests linked the illness to its chicken egg rolls and momos.

Light vehicles, school buses and ambulances can use the restored Kohima-Mao stretch southbound from 7-10 am and 3-5 pm. Heavy vehicles bound for Manipur stay restricted.

Social activist Ashang Kasar's memorandum seeks an independent inquiry, accountability and relief for families. Reports put the number of deaths listed at 22 to 30.

At a DISHA review in Zunheboto, Nagaland's Lok Sabha MP said government schools lag despite better facilities and pay. Officials cited a shortage of subject teachers.

The farmers' association says years of government assurances have come to nothing and that a plot it leased for the facility is now meant for a cattle shed.

Married women return to their parental homes for a feast with their brothers on the second day of the Meitei month of Hiyangei. Fish is a must on the menu.

SCERT Nagaland will hold the sixth Nagaland Teacher Eligibility Test at 12 centres across the state. The list of rejected applications is already on its website.

The Rs 25.59 crore museum near Aizawl, built by the Union Tribal Affairs Ministry, will be inaugurated virtually on Janjatiya Gaurav Divas. Governor V.K. Singh inspected the site on Tuesday.

Five planters' and small growers' bodies have welcomed a Tea Board committee's call for a benchmark price linked to wages and inflation, saying prices rise 2-3% a year while costs climb 10-14%.

Chandel police and 43 Assam Rifles picked up the four, two of them 18 years old, near Border Pillars 48 and 50 after intelligence inputs, and handed them to Chakpikarong police station.

The Meghalaya College Teachers' Association has backed the indefinite strike called by the Khasi Jaintia Deficit School Teachers' Association from November 11 over pension, provident fund and salary delays.

ADGP Lhari Dorjee Lhatoo said the drive will cover 10 districts with help from central forces, and that moving the Taphou Kuki youths' killing case to the NIA is at an advanced stage.

Golap Dutta, 58, a contract worker at Oil India's Intermediate Tank Farm, died at a Dibrugarh hospital on Tuesday evening, hours after another injured colleague. One more worker is reported to be critical.

Liquor sales will stop from November 28 until polling ends on November 30, and again on December 1 if there is a re-poll and on counting day, December 3.

The chief minister said there was no difference between the state government and the TTAADC, and that another BJP council member would get an important post soon.

Science and Technology Minister Dasanglu Pul opened the facility in West Kameng with Norway's ambassador present, and pressed the Centre to sanction a seismic microzonation project for Arunachal.

The Cabinet also raised ex-gratia for families of Samagra Shiksha staff who die in service to Rs 7.5 lakh, set aside Rs 200 crore for Ayushman Assam and approved merging a Guwahati Sanskrit college into a Nalbari university.

The tribunal said routine AGMUT rotation rules cannot override the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, and told the Centre to keep or repost her in Delhi within four weeks.

The Division Bench kept protection for suspended IAS officer Abhishek Chandra in place and made the stay on PMLA attachment proceedings absolute until his writ petition is decided.

Five urban bodies are fully decided without a contest after withdrawals closed on Tuesday, while all 51 Agartala Municipal Corporation wards will see a fight. 810 candidates remain.

It is the third explosion reported around Bazaghari village in Irang Part-II in four to five days, and villagers want a bomb disposal squad to sweep their fields.

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