Polling for 28 seats of NC Hills Autonomous Council underway in Assam

Voting is on for 28 seats of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council in Assam today. Over 1,21,000 voters are eligible to seal the political fate of 138 candidates. The Congress has fielded 28 candidates. The BJP has its candidates in ten constituencies. Nineteen former insurgent leaders are also in the poll fray. Meanwhile, security has been intensified across Dima Hasao District to ...

I-40 west closed south of downtown Raleigh

Raleigh, N.C. - Interstate 40 westbound south of downtown Raleigh was closed Monday morning after a wreck near the split with Interstate 440 at mile marker 301. The road was expected to remain closed through the noon hour, according to the state Highway Patrol. Witnesses said the wreck involved a single tractor-trailer carrying bags of concrete. The driver told Highway Patrol that he ...

Oklahoma other tornado-hit states brace for more

SHAWNEE, Okla. -; When Lindsay Carter heard on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, she gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little ...

Biotech Center would lose half its state support

North Carolina Biotechnology Center would see its annual state support cut in half to about $8.6 million under the budget proposal drafted by the North Carolina Senate. Meanwhile, the Research Triangle Regional Partnership and the state's six other regional economic development partnerships would lose all of their state operational support. That represents a total cut of about $4.3 million ...

In Pictures Dinosaurs Invade Raleigh

I've always been fascinated with dinosuars. From learning about them in second grade with Miss Jenkins, to getting my head stuck in a railing trying to catch a better glimpse of an Ankylosaurs skeleton at a San Francisco museum - these terrible creatures have always captured my fancy. And now, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is hosting an exhibit called "Dinosaurs in ...