Three active National Liberation Front of Tripura (BM) insurgents, namely self-styled Sepoy Suku Chandra Debbarma, a resident of Sonpara of Tripura’s Khowai district and NLFT (BM) cadres Deba Mohan Tripura and Pankhichan, both residents of Wakhiram Roaja Para village in the Dhalai district surrendered to the Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday in Agartala alongside […]

Tensions are high between the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha party and its alliance partner Bharatiya Janta Party in Sikkim. After locking horns with the SKM within the floor of the assembly, senior BJP legislator Dorjee Tshering Lepcha came out calling the alliance as not dignified and a mere eye wash. Reacting on the counter blame […]

The two regional committees out of the three formed by the Meghalaya government to look into the boundary dispute with neighbouring state Assam submitted their report on December 8. Chairperson of the Ri Bhoi district committee, Prestone Tynsong and West Khasi Hills district committee chairman Renikton Tongkhar both submitted their respective reports to Chief Minister […]

In a major boost for the Trinamool Congress in Meghalaya, a large number of Congress workers resigned en masse from the party in Garo Hills to join the Mamata Banerjee-led party. Those who joined the TMC today comprised most of the members of the Meghalaya Pradesh Youth Congress with the TMC claiming at 90% of […]

The untimely demise of Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat has left India in a state of shock. The news of the Mi-17 helicopter crash which was taking the General from Melur to Wellington had already left a sinking feeling that all was not well. The official statement of the Indian Air Force confirmed […]

Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat (63) has died in the Coonoor helicopter crash. This was confirmed by the Indian Airforce today evening. He is among the 13 who has been declared dead including his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 others. “With deep regret, it has now been ascertained that Gen Bipin Rawat, Mrs […]

Indian-origin physician and a lieutenant colonel at the US Air Force Anil Menon has been selected by NASA along with nine others to be astronauts for future missions, the American space agency has announced. In a statement, NASA announced that it has chosen 10 new astronaut candidates from a field of more than 12,000 applicants […]

In a tragic incident, a Military Helicopter carrying Chief of Defence Staff  Bipin Rawat crashed in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor today. News Agency ANI citing reliable sources has said that 13 out of the 14 on board are dead and their identities are being confirmed with DNA testing. Soon after the incident defence minister Rajnath Singh […]

An Mi17 V5 Helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat including other senior officials on board crashed in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor this afternoon. Indian Air Force took to Twitter and wrote, “An IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter, with CDS Gen Bipin Rawat on board, met with an accident today […]

In yet another incident of human-elephant conflict in Assam, two persons were trampled to death by wild elephants in Goalpara district of Assam, earlier today. The incident took place at Kuchdhowa, Deulguri in Goalpara when two farmers were crushed to death by two elephants that had strayed away from their herd. The deceased have been […]