Tag: Northeast

In a rather significant move by the Government of Assam, the retirement age of doctors in the state’s govt. operated medical colleges have been raised by 5 years from 65 to 70. From now on, as per a decision taken after a cabinet meeting held on the evening of Friday, August 19, doctors in the govt. medical colleges of the state will retire at the age of 70.

Two drug peddlers in Manipur, on Wednesday, August 17th, after a chase against illegal drug dealers were nabbed by the Manipur police from district Tengnoupal. The security forces recovered and seized drugs worth over Rs 5 Crore from the offenders.

Three days after unidentified miscreants broke into the Tripura Police HQ and stole at least a total of  165 files the state's govt today on Thursday, August 18 ordered a high-level probe into the incident.

Dr. Dhruwajyoti Choudhury, the Controller of Examination(CoE) at the University of Gauhati was suspended with due effect on Thursday, August 18. This significant move of the Disciplinary Authority of the University to suspend Dr. Choudhury came after anomalies in the examination process and the delay in the declaration of the undergraduate examination results this year.

Sikkim today on Thursday, August 18th to commemorate the birth anniversary of India’s former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi celebrated the ‘Sadbhavana Diwas’ in the state. Rajiv Gandhi was the Sixth Prime Minister of India. He is also, till date the youngest Prime Minister in the history of Independent India.