Twin tragedies struck Mizoram when a landslide and a bus mishap claimed as many as 19 lives in two separate incidents. Tragedy struck when landslide caved in on an RCC building housing two families. The incident happened in Lunglei where the building collapsed due to landslide killing ten people including a four year old child. […]

Meghalaya witnessed its biggest security breach today with an unruly crowd barging inside the State Secretariat complex where the Chief Minister was holding a meeting with a Punjab government delegation right after an all party meet. The unprecedented incident forced the authorities to call in the army which has conducted a flag march and is […]

Former Meghalaya Home Minister RG Lyngdoh today said the government has failed miserably in tackling the current situation in the pine city. Stating that the agitation has now moved beyond a mere scuffle, Lyngdoh said even though the curfew has been in place it was not being enforced properly allowing the protestors to break the […]

Assam gears up for World Environment Day with an ambitious plan to plant 10 lakh saplings. Celebrations kick-started today with Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal participating in the mass plantation programme organised by the district administration in Dibrugarh in collaboration with the forest department at Jokai.

An all-party meet was held in the Meghalaya Secretariat to discuss the ongoing situation and bring all the political parties on one platform so as to diffuse the situation. Political blame-game has already started in Meghalaya with the UDP blaming the Congress for the ongoing situation. The Congress meanwhile, has slamemd the current NPP led […]

With man-elephant conflict refusing to die, a strong herd of around 100 elephants went on a rampage at Bogoribari village in Eastern Assam’s Sadia. The wild jumbos that strayed out of the Dibru-Saikhowa wildlife sanctuary went on a rampage in human habitat and destroyed around 13 houses besides standing crops. On the other hand jumbo […]

Stiff opposition to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 continues in Assam with people from different sections of the society joining hands against the Bill. The Manav Adhikar Sangram Samiti of Lakhimpur in this regard has initiated a mass campaign wherein post cards signed by more than ten thousand people voicing their concerns will be sent […]

In a shocking incident, three persons were found brutally murdered at a complex in Dimapur. According to police, the three victims were employed in a hotel in Dimapur and are suspected to have been murdered by some co-workers from the same hotel. Reportedly, two of the hotel staffs are said to be absconding after the […]

Commuters in Assam are facing a tough time following a 24 hour chakka bandh called by the All Assam Motor Transport Association or pressing the government to allow an increase in fare in the wake of increase in petrol and diesel prices. Office goers and students are among the worst hit by the strike called […]

Amidst speculations over the formation of a second front against the BJP led government in Assam; the Congress has clearly said that it is ready to go ahead with the Asom Gana Parishad and other like minded parties in this regard. Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Ripun Bora categorically maintained that everything is possible in […]