Heavy rain, snowfall wreak havoc in Uttarakhand

After heavy rain and snowfall wreaked havoc on parts of Uttarakhand, the State Disaster Management Authority and Uttarakhand Police stepped up rescue and relief efforts today. People trapped in places due to extreme weather conditions were rescued by the SDRF and Uttarakhand Police teams. According to official information received from SDRF today, a team of […]

IMD predicts moderate rainfall in Northeast states

As per the weather bulletin from Guwahati’s Regional Meteorological Centre, light to moderate rainfall and thunderstorms accompanied by lightning have been largely forecasted for Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, and Tripura for the next 72 hours. Light rainfall accompanied by thundershowers has been forecast for isolated places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, […]

Assam – Meghalaya Border Talks: Crucial CM level meet in Guwahati today

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma is all set to meet his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati today for a decisive discussion on the first 6 areas of difference. As per sources, the meeting is set to take place at about 5 pm. Talking to media persons after a cabinet meeting in Shillong yesterday, […]

Assam Meghalaya Border Talks: Crucial CM level meet in Guwahati tomorrow

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma is all set to meet his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati tomorrow to deliberate on the border issue between the two states. This was informed by CM Sangma after a cabinet meeting in Shillong today. Talking to the media, CM Sangma stated that the cabinet has been apprised […]

Anti-poaching operations to be intensified in Kaziranga National Park

In a bid to intensify anti-poaching operations, Commando Force will be deployed at Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve. This was informed by Special Director General of Police and Chairman of Assam Rhino Protection Task Force GP Singh. Worth mentioning here, a carcass of an adult female rhino, suspected to be killed by poachers with […]

Manipur Polls: Candidates matter more than party: Khanthang Tonsing

Khanthang Tonsing who is a prospective candidate from the Thanlon constituency for the forthcoming Manipur Assembly Elections stated that individual candidates matter more than the party in the upcoming electoral battles. Notably, Khanthang Tonsing is the son of Congress veteran Late Phungzathang Tonsing who was a member of the Manipur Legislative Assembly for more than […]

Northeast Talents dominate India’s AFC Women’s Asian Cup squad selection

The 20th edition of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup will commence on 20th January 2022 and will run until 6th February 2022. The tournament that will see the best twelve Asian Women’s national football teams taking part will be hosted by India. Three venues across Maharashtra will host the prestigious continental tournament. India begins their […]

Covid alert in Assam: Nearly 7000 new cases, 11 deaths in 24 hours

Assam has witnessed a massive spike in Covid -19 cases. A total of 6,982 new cases have been detected in the last 24 hours pushing the tally to 65,3,717. As compared to Sunday’s figures of 2,709 cases, Assam reported an increase of 4,273 new cases, which is more than double. Meanwhile, the positivity rate has […]

Manipur Elections: Christian voters want Sunday poll day to be rescheduled

Fixation of poll dates on a Sunday for Manipur elections has turned out to be a big inconvenience for voters of Christian majority districts. After the Election Commission of India announced the dates of the assembly polls for Manipur, and four other states on January 8, the Chief Electoral Officer, Manipur Rajesh Agarwal informed that […]