Veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar has been put back on ventilator support and is still in critical condition, doctors treating her at Mumbai’s Breach Candy hospital said on Saturday. The 92-year-old singer tested positive for Covid-19 on January 11. She had developed Covid pneumonia. She was put on ventilator support a few weeks later, but her […]

Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju today urged the Northeast states to resolve the border disputes amicably. Interacting with media persons during his Shillong visit today, Rijiju said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have always pushed for peaceful settlement of issues. The Union minister said that it […]

In a decisive push in Manipur, Congress-led Manipur Progressive Secular Alliance or MPSA was launched today in the poll-bound state. The alliance comprising Congress, CPI, CPM Forward Bloc, RSP and JD-S also unveiled an 18-point agenda for the assembly elections. Senior Manipur Congress leaders along with AICC senior election observer for Manipur Jairam Ramesh was […]

The War of words between different parties has intensified ahead of the Manipur Polls. In a big statement, the Congress has termed the NPP and JD-U as the B-team of the BJP in the state. Veteran Congress leader and AICC observer for Manipur, Jairam Ramesh while speaking to Northeast Live Editor-in-chief Wasbir Hussain in the […]

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh today filed his nomination paper at the Heingang Assembly Constituency in Imphal East. Chief Minister N Biren Singh arrived at the office of the Returning Officer, accompanied by State BJP President A Sharada Devi. With this, the Manipur Chief Minister formally entered into the Manipur election fray. Meanwhile, Chief […]

The lack of adequate development has emerged as the prime reason for people residing in the international bordering areas of Arunachal Pradesh to migrate to the towns or places where at least some development has taken place over the decades. North East Live Correspondent Ripunjoy Das visited Singa, a remote circle headquarters in the Upper […]

With election campaigning heating up in Manipur, candidates are leaving no stone unturned in reaching out to voters. The Jiribam constituency candidate, Ashab Uddin, who won the last state polls as an independent candidate, recently joined the JD(U). Ashab Uddin yesterday attended a meeting in Jiribam which was attended by a large number of people. […]

Today is Basant Panchami, a festival which is centred on the Goddess Sarswati. On this day, devotees, particularly students, pay obeisance to Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and music. Educational institutions across the state are observing Saraswati Puja with due adherence to COVID protocols. Also Read: Heavy Rain likely over Assam, Arunachal; dense fog possible […]

Temperatures have dipped across the region, as parts of the Northeast, including Guwahati, were lashed by incessant rainfall since yesterday. The downpour and snowfall in parts of the region have led to a further drop in the mercury level. Several parts of the state are experiencing bone-chilling cold with temperatures dipping below 10 degrees Celsius. […]

The Gauhati High Court on Friday upheld a 2020 Assam Assembly law which seeks to convert all state-run Madrasas into regular schools. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Soumitra Saikia observed that the changes brought about by the legislative and executive action of the state are for the provincialised madrassas alone, […]