As many as 1,000 former activists of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati on Wednesday. The former AASU activists joined the saffron party in the presence of Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Assam BJP president Ranjit Kumar Dass and party’s national general secretary […]

Global coronavirus cases touched the 52 million mark, two days after hitting the grim milestone of 50 million. The exact case count stood at 51,817,846 as of Wednesday (local time). The number of confirmed virus-related death reached 1,278,086, according to data provided by Johns Hopkins University. Meanwhile, the United States has till now recorded as […]

Parag Bhuyan, a senior journalist based in Tinsukia’s Kakopathar died after being hit by a speeding car in front of his residence on Wednesday. After the incident, the journalist was rushed to a private nursing home in Dibrugarh in critical condition, where he succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment. Bhuyan is the younger brother of […]

Movement of trucks carrying essential commodities resumed between Assam and Mizoram on Wednesday with an economic blockade on National Highway-306 being lifted after 14 days, following the intervention of the border district administrations of the two states, officials said. A meeting was held among representatives of truckers’ association and officials of Assam’s Cachar and Mizoram’s […]

Nearly 72 kg of brown sugar worth Rs 287 crores was seized from Kamu in Thoubal district of Manipur on Wednesday, as per an official statement. The seizure was made during a joint operation by the Assam Rifles and Manipur Police. According to an official statement, multiple teams were launched by the Assam Rifles and […]

The Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) led by Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Wednesday defeated the no-confidence motion moved by the opposition Congress in the Assembly through a voice vote. Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh put the no-confidence motion to a voice vote after a heated debate that lasted for several hours. MLAs from both the opposition and […]

In a well-planned operation executed by Indian Army Intelligence agencies at Meghalaya-Assam-Bangladesh Border, dreaded hardcore ULFA(I) leader, SS Col Drishti Rajkhowa, along with four accomplices, surrendered on Wednesday evening. Drishti Rajkhowa, who is the top aide of the outfit’s Commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah surrendered before army authorities in Meghalaya. The security forces have been on the […]

A Deputy Commissioner level meeting was held between the DC’s of Assam’s Cachar and Mizoram’s Kolasib district at Lailapur, the flashpoint of the inter-state border row between both the States. SPs of both the States also attended the meeting. The meeting was held in a bid to diffuse the simmering tension over the inter-state border […]

In a major blow to the Bodo People’s Front in BTR ahead of the Council polls, Rajya Sabha MP Biswajit Daimary resigned from the BPF on Wednesday. Daimary tendered his resignation to BPF Chief Hagrama Mohilary. In his resignation letter, Daimary claimed that he is not being able to serve the State anymore while being […]

The Neiphiu Rio-led ruling PDA coalition may soon take a call on holding a special session of the State assembly on the Naga issue. This was informed by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio to Northeast Live when the latter was asked about his meeting with NEDA convener and senior Assam minister Hirnanta Biswa Sanna on Sunday […]