Nepal has conveyed its “formal objection” to India over Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb’s statement about expanding the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) influence to Sri Lanka and Nepal and forming governments there. Expressing displeasure, Nepal has lodged a formal protest with India over the remarks and termed it as objectionable. Responding to a tweet […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually lay the foundation stone of  Dhubri – Phulbari bridge on Thursday to improve connectivity in the region and to make the state’s communication system more dynamic. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will also be present on the occasion. At a […]

Continuing the crackdown on drugs, two persons, including a Myanmar national, have been arrested for possessing heroin worth over Rs 8 lakh in Mizoram on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, officials of the excise and narcotics department along with Assam Rifles seized 237.5 grams of heroin from Zokhawthar village along the Mizoram-Myanmar border. A 35-year-old […]

Welcoming India’s agreement with China for disengagement in the Pangong lake area, Ninong Ering, Congress MLA from Arunachal Pradesh pointed out that China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is still holding the area from Tawang till Anjaw since 1959 and building infrastructures. “In 1959, when Dalai Lama came to Tawang, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) entered […]

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Tuesday said that the state will completely get rid of load shedding within the next 24 hours. With assistance from the State Government and after obtaining a firm repayment commitment from MeECL, the Power Grid has withdrawn the regulation notice with immediate effect. Taking to Twitter, Conrad Sangma informed, […]

The election to the 19 wards of the Aizawl Municipal Corporation (AMC) was held peacefully on Tuesday. A total of 63.62 per cent of the 2.18 lakh voters exercised their franchise in the municipal election, informed the election officials. The voting took place from 7 am to 4 pm. Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga while casting […]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a plea filed by journalist Patricia Mukhim against Meghalaya High Court ruling which refused to quash an FIR against her for allegedly creating communal disharmony through her Facebook post. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Ravindra Bhat heard arguments during which senior advocate Vrinda Grover, appearing […]

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday informed the State Assembly that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to probe into the recent grenade attack at the local newspaper office in Imphal on February 13. The four-member panel headed by Superintendent of Police, Imphal West district has started probe into the grenade […]

The Indian Railways is making a paradigm shift in the travel experience for the passengers with the introduction of modern Tejas sleeper type train. Agartala Rajdhani Express with Tejas sleeper coaches rolled out on February 15. The newly-launched Tejas special train connecting Agartala to Anand Vihar of North Delhi was flagged off by West Tripura […]

In a historic affiliation, the Assam Regiment and the Arunachal Scouts of the Indian Army were affiliated to the 106 Squadron of the Indian Air Force at Tezpur in Assam on Monday. Major General PS Behl, Colonel of the Assam Regiment and the Arunachal Scouts inspected the Guard of Honour and thereafter, the ‘Charter of […]