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Kohima, June 24: Neitho became a junkie within a year of trying to satiate his “curiosity” and Sedevituo became addicted to the “high” of drugs as a high school junior in Kohima. Fortunately, both are out of that dark phase of their lives and have been inspired to write their stories as part of a novel anti-drugs campaign.

Initiated by Kripa Foundation, which helped the two youths and many others kick the habit, the new campaign highlights the importance of mental detoxification along with physical rehabilitation. The compilation of personal stories will be released on Saturday, which is the...

GUWAHATI, June 24 – The State is experiencing the first wave of flood this year with many of the rivers inundating several areas. Army personnel have been engaged in providing relief to the flood affected people in Goreswar areas of Kamrup district. Floodwaters had reportedly washed away a 7 year-old boy in the Goreswar areas yesterday.

The Brahmaputra was rising throughout its course between Tezpur and Dhubri this afternoon and according to the Central Water Commission (CWC) sources here, this evening, the river would continue to rise between Tezpur and Dhubri during the next 24 hours since...

GUWAHATI, June 24 – The State Government has teamed up with the Meghalaya Government to solve the problems of erosion and flash flood caused by the Basistha-Bahini river in the city. As a result, an inter-State committee with the officials of the Forest, Soil Conservation and Public Works Departments of the two States has been formed and the State Soil Conservation Department has been working on two projects involving the river in the city areas.

Disclosing these, J Malakar, Divisional Officer of the South Bank Soil Conservation Division, Guwahati told media men today that 80 per cent of the...

TURA, June 24 – The banned A’chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC), which is suspected to be behind the kidnapping of Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Balpakram National Park, D Sathiyan, from Baghmara town on June 18, has denied any hand in the abduction. Informing this, the publicity secretary of the ANVC, Arist Sengsrang Sangma, said that the outfit had no connection with the incident and came to know of the abduction from newspaper reports. “We have no idea about the incident but we cannot rule out the involvement of other groups,” said Arist Sengsrang. He also criticised the Meghalaya...

SHILLONG, June 24 –Meghalaya government Tuesday said that it intended to pursue for setting up of an ‘independent’ High Court for the State, reports PTI. Law Minister BG Momin told this to Opposition NCP MLA Ardhendu Chaudhuri in the State Assembly during Question Hour.

However, there was no proposal to set up a single or full bench of the High Court at Tura in Garo Hills, Momin said replying to a supplementary. He said the place of the independent High Court would normally be the state headquarters. Meghalaya, along with some of the other neighbouring North Eastern states, is currently...