The prolonged political drama in Karnataka over the government formation issue has found its reverberations in Nagaland too as the NPF has now demanded the governor to invite 26 NPF MLAs to form the government as was done in the case of BJP in Karnataka, which emerged as the single largest party. Zeliang in a […]

With man-elephant conflict refusing to die in Assam, a woman and her daughter were trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants at Lahorijan in Karbi Anglong district’s Bokajan area. The deceased duo have been identified as Munmi Devi while her 3 year old daughter has been identified as Puja Kumari. On the other […]

Crime against women and especially minors does not seem to die in Assam. In another shocking incident, a 13 year old girl was allegedly molested during school hours by a teacher of the Nehru Hindi Vidyalaya in Moran in Eastern Assam’s Charaideo district on Friday afternoon. The accused teacher has been identified as Narendra Kumar […]

The Supreme Court rejected the Congress-JD(S) combine plea today, which had challenged Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala’s decision to appoint BJP MLA K G Bopaiah as pro tem speaker for holding the floor test for Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to prove his majority in the House. The hearing began at 10:30 this morning before a […]

In a bizarre twist of events, the MLA from the Borkhola constituency in Assam’s Cachar district has received a summon from the Foreigners Tribunal. MLA Kishore Nath and his family members have been served a notice by the Foreigners Tribunal where doubts have been raised on their nationality. Along with the MLA, the notice includes […]

Finally the results of X and XII standards were declared today. Topper of the Arts Stream, Ben-ri-thung L Jungio secured a percentage of 91.40%, Marina Yashmin topped the Commerce stream with a percentage of 97.20% and from the Science stream, it was Virie-nuo Emilia Solo who topped with a percentage of 91.60%. It is to […]

Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has yet again reiterated that his government will not take any step that hurts the interest of the people of Assam. Sonowal was reacting to the row surrounding the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill in the state. The government would never indulge in anything that may hurt the sentiments of the […]

In another departure from trend, Governor Vajubhai Vala appoints BJP’s KG Bopaiah as Pro Tem speaker. By convention, the Pro Tem speaker is usually the senior most MLA in the House. Even though there are no such eligibility criteria defined by the Constitution, however, a well established tradition is that the senior most MLA in […]

Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has stated that some people are trying to create tension in Assam. The minister, while addressing a public gathering at Barpeta, said that these are the same people who sat with controversial Islamic cleric Mehmood Madani. Sarma went on to state that carrying out of protest movements would not […]

Top BJP leaders in Assam led by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, party president Ranjit Das and senior party leader and minister Himanta Biswa Sarma engaged in a brain storming session as part of the 2-day executive meet of the party that kicked off at Nalbari this afternoon. All BJP ministers apart from the other party […]