In a bid to assess the progress of the ongoing construction of the Khamrang to Sihhmui rail route, Lok Sabha MP C Lalrosanga today visited the construction site of the rail project in Mizoram. Lok Sabha MP C Lalrosanga said that soon after the completion of the rail line from Khamrang to Sihhmui, there will […]

Indonesia on Tuesday replaced the capital Jakarta with Nusantara. The plan was formulated as Jakarta is prone to flooding amid climate change. President Joko Widodo has chosen the name of the new city. It is a Javanese term that translates to “archipelago” in Indonesian. It is situated on the island of Borneo, in the jungle […]

Arunachal Pradesh has geared up for the month-long celebration of its 36th statehood day. The inaugural programme of the statehood day celebration began today at Ziro in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Subansari district. The event was inaugurated by Arunachal Pradesh governor BD Mishra. The programme is being attended by Chief Minister Pema Khandu, Union Law Minister […]

Reports of fresh tension have come in from the Assam-Mizoram border. As per reports, two armed men from Mizoram’s side entered the Dholaikhal village inside Assam’s territory yesterday. Reportedly, the two men started taking photos and videos in the village. When locals questioned them, an argument followed, after which the two went back into the […]

Lone Trinamool Congress MLA in the state, Tongbram Robindro joined the BJP today. Apart from Robindro, former Congress MLA Surchandra also joined the saffron party. At the party office in Imphal, Robindro, who was the only TMC MLA in Manipur, was welcomed to the party by Union Minister Pratima Bhoumick and election co-in-charge of Manipur […]

One rhino has been killed by poachers in the world-famous Kaziranga National Park. The incident reportedly happened late last night when poachers killed the rhino and made off with its horn. The rhino was killed near the forest camp at Silekhunda in the Kohora range of the national park. Meanwhile, the forest department has initiated […]

With the assembly polls round the corner in Manipur, a new political party under the name “Kuki People’s Alliance” has been formed in a bid to protect the identity of the kuki population in the state. The newly formed political party was granted recognition by the Election Commission on January 12. The party is being […]

As many as 250 electricity contractors yesterday demonstrated and gheraoed the office of the Managing Director of Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited in Agartala while demanding the release of their pending electricity bills, which they alleged to be around Rs. 60 crores. The contractors have accused the Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited of not clearing […]

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart, Conrad Sangma, are all set to leave for New Delhi today to submit the respective reports on the inter-state border issue to Union Home Minister Amit Shah. As per sources, the meeting is scheduled to take place at 6 pm today. The state Cabinets of […]

Assam’s COVID tally has taken a massive spike with more than 8000 cases being reported. In the latest numbers, a total of 8,339 fresh COVID cases have been reported from the state. Out of these fresh cases, 1,929 cases have been reported from Kamrup Metropolitan district. With these fresh cases, Assam’s COVID positivity rate now […]