Sangma also announced that the state government has made fundamental changes in the budgeting system, doing away with the plan and non-plan estimates in line with the Centre's practices.
Voting began at 7 am in 1,247 polling stations across six districts amid tight security and strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols
A total of 173 candidates, including 15 females, are in the fray for the poll.
The BJP has fielded candidates in all the 38 seats, followed by Congress with 35 contestants
PSU major Indian Oil Corp is planning three new plants in the Northeast to increase its LPG bottling capacity by nearly 53 per cent to eight crore cylinders annually by 2030
The prime minister said that it has been his firm belief that eastern India and particularly the northeast will be the engine of the country's development in the 21st century
The current phase of improvement in connectivity and infrastructure in the region will prove to be a golden chapter in India's growth story, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Monday.
Former deputy chief minister and former president of Manipur Pradesh Congress Gaikhangam will be contesting from Nungba (ST) assembly seat
Beginning with Mizoram, the Centre on Thursday launched a Mobile Covid testing facility for Northeast India.
Two earthquakes of magnitude 3.5 and 3.8 hit parts of the North East region in a span of 30 minutes on Monday, National Center for Seismology said.
The Agartala airport, which was was used as a technical base for the Royal Air Force during World War II, would likely be declared an international airport soon
Covid cases are rising rapidly in the northeastern states, and alarmingly in Assam even as CM Himanta Biswa Sarma ruled out any lockdown in the state
PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the Northeastern states will become major drivers of India's growth in the upcoming years with Manipur as the main source of the country's growth trajectory.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate multiple developmental projects during his visit to the states of Manipur and Tripura on Tuesday
"Narendra Modi ji is this true?" the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge asked
The Congress on Thursday tore into the BJP government saying that its "lust for power" has pushed the North East into abyss of "lawlessness, insurgency and chaos."
East and northeast India will see a wet spell during the next 48 hours and dry weather thereafter, the IMD said
Keeping in view the violent activities by militant outfits, the Union Home Ministry in consultation with the state government had imposed AFSPA in Manipur on September 8, 1980
Sonowal asked an expert group of academicians and agri-entrepreneurs to draw up a report on the feasibility of organic and natural farming in the Northeast
People in Christian-majority Mizoram are preparing for the 150th year of Christmas celebration in the tiny northeastern state.