Following the killing of 15 civilians by security forces in Mon district over the weekend, an emergency sitting of the Nagaland Cabinet at Kohima today, decided to formally take up the issue of repealing the Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) with the centre. The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, decided to write […]

The Guwahati Municipal Corporation is gearing up to launch a massive drive against unpaid property tax by private schools and colleges in the city. There are an estimated 600 private schools and colleges in the city of Guwahati and many of them have not paid their property taxes, said sources from the GMC. As per […]

The Tourism Industry in Sikkim which was slowly limping back to normalcy following the 2020 lockdown has been hit again. Amid growing concerns over the Omicron variant, the state government on November 30 stopped issuing permits to foreign nationals visiting the state. This has turned into a major cause of concern for tourism stakeholders in […]

In one of the largest drug seizures in Manipur, contraband worth over Rs 500 crore was seized from Moreh town yesterday. The seized drugs include 54 kg of brown sugar and a whopping 154 kgs of Ice Meth. The seizure was made during a joint operation conducted by a team of Assam Rifles & Manipur […]

Noted Assamese poet and litterateur Nilamani Phookan has been accorded the prestigious Jnanpith Award, the highest Indian literary award for his significant contribution in the genre of Assamese poetry. Phookan, was a former president of the Asom Sahitya Sabha, has been chosen for the 56th Jnanpith Award this year. The distinguished poet was born at […]

A glaring case of Covid-19 vaccination data forgery has come to light in Arwal district of Bihar. Names of politicians and personalities like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Sonia Gandhi and actress Priyanka Chopra were not the dignitaries at a government event, but a list of people supposedly vaccinated for Covid […]

Nagaland’s Lanuakum Ao, an upcoming and promising actor, best known for a memorable role in the film Axone, passed away on December 5 at the age of 31. Reportedly, the actor passed away yesterday around 9:40 pm due to kidney failure. Lanuakum Ao complained about unease and was immediately taken to the Christian Institute of […]

With the killing of civilians in Nagaland’s Mon, the chorus for the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) has grown louder in the Northeastern states. Two of the region’s chief ministers, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma have openly called for removal of the act in the […]

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah today in New Delhi. CM Sarma will meet Shah at his official residence in the evening. As per reports, the meeting has been called on an emergency basis and the Assam CM has cancelled all his prior programme scheduled for the day […]

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today gave a statement in the Lok Sabha on the firing incident in Nagaland’s Mon district. Addressing the house Shah gave the details of what transpired in Mon in the afternoon of December 4th. The Union Home Minister said that security forces had made attempts to stop the vehicle in […]