Movement of vehicles between Mizoram and Assam resumed on Monday with the blockade on National Highway-306 being lifted after 12 days as the border tension between the two Northeastern states eased. Mizoram’s Deputy Inspector General of Police (Northern Range) Lalbiakthanga Khiangte told PTI that 23 vehicles have entered the state from Assam with police escort […]

BJP top gun and party strategist for Northeast, Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday came out all guns blazing against coalition partner BPF with political temperatures soaring ahead of the BTR elections. Sarma who is on a hectic campaign trail in the Bodo heartland said that the BPF during its regime has not done enough for […]

In a big revelation, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Monday informed the Meghalaya Assembly that as many as 2,000 cases of illegal coal mining and transportation have been registered in the past five years. Facing constant attack by the opposition Congress on the issue of illegal coal transportation, Sangma pointed out that the state has […]

Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Tripura will soon have a new integrated terminal building, said Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Monday. According to an official statement, the original building was saturated and there was no further scope of expansion, hence, the work for new integrated terminal building at an estimated cost of Rs 438 […]

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday urged the people of the state to choose earthen lamps and local clothes over international products this Diwali. CM Sonowal also requested people to celebrate Diwali with restraint and to remember the resolve of ‘vocal for local’ while shopping for gifts, clothes and other items. He also asked […]

The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to grant interim relief to Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami in connection with a 2018 suicide case and directed him to approach a lower court to seek bail. A division bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice MS Karnik observed that no case is made out to exercise […]

In a major setback to the BJP in Mizoram, the incumbent party president of Chakma district Prema Ranjan Chakma resigned from the saffron party and joined the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) on Monday. The development comes after a few months after his predecessor and ex-MLA AB Chakma had resigned from his position citing ‘health […]

The global coronavirus caseload has breached the 50 million cases mark, according to the latest updates by Johns Hopkins University on Sunday (local time). The exact number of COVID-19 cases worldwide stands at 50,325,072 while the number of fatalities due to the disease worldwide stands at 1,255,489. As many as 32,980,472 patients across the world […]

Known as the “female Obama”, first time Senator Kamala Devi Harris has scripted history by becoming first woman, Black and Indian-American vice president of the United States. Harris was picked by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as his running mate in August, months after she suspended her own presidential dreams, saying she lacked the financial […]

NEDA Convener and Assam Health and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa who is currently an active facilitator of the Naga peace talks said that the Union Home Ministry is actively engaged in working out a solution to the NSCN-IM’s demand for a separate flag and constitution. Sarma during his crucial visit to Kohima on Sunday held […]