Tripura Assembly Speaker Ratan Chakraborty has accepted the resignation of Sudip Roy Barman and Ashish Saha. Speaking exclusively to Northeast Live, Chakraborty said that Roy Barman and Saha are no longer members of the Assembly. It may be mentioned that Sudip Roy Barman and Ashish Saha stepped down as BJP MLAs yesterday. Both Roy and […]

Condemning the recent blast at Shillong’s Police Bazar, Meghalaya Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Ernest Mawrie said that maintaining peace and tranquillity in the state is of utmost importance. Mawrie urged upon the HNLC to maintain peace, assuring that the BJP would facilitate peace talks with Union Home Minister Amit Shah if the organisation comes […]

A day after resigning as Tripura Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs, Sudip Roy Barman and Ashish Saha have officially joined the Congress in the national capital Delhi today. The big development comes after Sudip Roy Barman, along with Ashish Saha met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at the latter’s residence this morning. All India Congress Committee […]

The Excise and Narcotics Department of Mizoram on Monday seized a huge quantity of heroin from Bulfekzawl area in Mizoram’s Champhai district near the Indo-Myanmar border. Police have also apprehended three people in the connection. As per reports, the market value of the seized heroin is Rs 14 Lakh. According to reports, the seized heroin […]

Just a day after resigning as a Tripura Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Sudip Roy Barman and Ashish Saha are all set to join the Congress in the national capital today. Talking exclusively to Northeast Live Editor-in-Chief Wasbir Hussain, Sudip Roy Barman said that he will be meeting Congress high Command in Delhi today. In […]

Is the BJP staring at a bigger crisis in the state? Following the resignation of two party MLAs, former Health Minister Sudip Roy Barman and Ashish Saha, 3 more MLAs from the saffron party have been spotted with the rebel leaders. In fact three more BJP MLAs, Diba Chandra Hwrankhal, Atul Debbarma and Burba Mohan […]

NPP national president Conrad Sangma has reacted to senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh’ remark on Northeast Live that the NPP is a B team of the BJP. Sangma said that the NPP is very much an independent political force which fights the elections on its own. Earlier, in a big statement, the Congress has termed […]

Speaking exclusively to Northeast Live, Pradyot Debbarma maintained that his party will not ally with anyone who has put in writing assurance on the Greater Tipraland issue. Also Read: Meghalaya: KHADC CEM refuses NOC to railway line project Significantly, Debbarma said that the Tipra is ready to sit on the opposition bench post polls if […]

The Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council has defended its decision to not grant the No Objection Certificate for the proposed Shillong Byrnihat railway line. Also Read: Nagaland: In-service doctors threaten stir, demands increase in superannuation age KHADC CEM Titosstarwell Chyne said that the council can’t do much about it as stakeholders like Rangbah Shnong, headmen, […]

In what could escalate into a major crisis for the health sector in the state, the Nagaland in-service Doctors’ Association has announced that it will go on a mass casual leave followed by a total cease of work and even go to the extent of submitting a mass resignation if the state government fails to […]