Former Mahila Congress Chief Sushmita Dev who recently joined the Trinamool Congress on Thursday said the change in the current political scenario prompted her to make the move. Dev arrived at her home constituency in Silchar on Thursday.  She was accorded a warm welcome, following her arrival at the airport.  Speaking to Northeast Live upon […]

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) laboratory in Jodhpur has developed an Advanced Chaff Technology (ACT) to safeguard fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF). This advanced chaff technology has been developed to protect the aircraft of the Army from hostile radar threats, informed the Defence Ministry. It has come months after the […]

The Nagaland government and representatives of different apex tribal hohos in the state have mooted the idea for having a Naga tribal apex body comprising of all the tribes in the state. After the conclusion of the nearly 6-hours long meeting, state government spokesperson and minister Neiba Kronu said that the House during the deliberations […]

India and Bangladesh have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the field of disaster management, resilience and mitigation, the government said on Wednesday. “The MoU seeks to put in place a system, whereby both India and Bangladesh will be benefited from the Disaster Management mechanisms of each other and it will help […]

India has achieved the milestone of conducting a cumulative of 50 crore COVID-19 tests across the country, the Indian Council of Medical Research [ICMR] informed on Thursday. “With average daily testing of more than 17 lakhs in the month of August, India has tested 50 crore samples across the country till date. India has achieved […]

Around 36 hours after fresh skirmishes were reported near the Assam-Mizoram border in Hailakandi district, a high-level team from Assam headed by Inspector General of police Anurag Agarwal visited the spot and inspected the overall security situation. Hailakandi Deputy Commissioner Rohan Kumar Jha and SP Gaurav Upadhyay were also part of the delegation that inspected […]

At a time when the Conrad Sangma-led government is trying all means to restore complete normalcy in Shillong, an organization named ‘Sur Ki Nong Mawlai’ or the ‘Voice of the People of Mawlai’ has served the Conrad Sangma-led government a 7-day ultimatum demanding suspension of East Jaintia Hills SP and Shillong City SP for their alleged […]

Braving the extreme weather and terrain, health workers in Arunachal Pradesh are taking another extra step to ensure that the Covid vaccine reaches all eligible citizens in the state. Sparsely populated, Arunachal Pradesh has lots of remotely located villages in each district. With no motorable roads connecting this remote villages, health workers have to negotiate […]

Four people were arrested with heroin worth Rs 3.5 lakh in south Mizoram’s Siaha town, an official said on Wednesday. Personnel of the Excise and Narcotics Department conducted a raid along Bualpui (NG) Road in Siaha near the Myanmar border around 11.40 pm on Tuesday and seized 124 grams of heroin from the possession of […]

Following Sushmita Dev’s exit from the grand old party, the Assam Congress has inducted Naiwrita Joy Shukla into the party as Dev’s replacement in the Barak Valley. On Tuesday, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee welcomed Naiwrita Joy Shukla, granddaughter of former congress MP Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya from Karimganj constituency, to the Congress party. “We have opened […]