Amid much furore and protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has once again reiterated that his Government will safeguard the identity of indigenous people of Assam. This comment of Chief Minister Sonowal comes at a time when the entire state of Assam is on a boil over the proposed Bill. […]

Just a day after Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb warned coalition partner IPFT of stern action for holding agitations over appointment of chairmen to the Block Advisory Committees, the IPFT demanded that these appointments be stopped forthwith. IPFT chief NC Debbarma, who is also the state Revenue minister, said that the state panchayat department […]

In what can be termed as a historic day in Karnataka, BJP’s B.S. Yeddyurappa was sworn-in as the state Chief Minister for the third time at the Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru. Yeddyurappa took oath as the 23rd chief minister of Karnataka after the Supreme Court’s decision to not put a stay on the swearing-in while […]

The ruling NDPP and opposition Naga People’s Front have kicked-off their by-poll campaign for the lone Lok sabha seat in Nagaland on a fierce note, leveling charges and counter charges, increasing political temperatures in the state that had received a fractured mandate in the just concluded Assembly elections. Addressing a rally in Dimapur on Tuesday, […]

A senior official of the ONGC has been arrested by the CBI in Sivasagar after he was caught red handed taking bribe from a contractor. ONGC Deputy General Manager AK Singh was caught accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a Sivasagar based contractor Rafiqul Hazarika this afternoon. Singh was allegedly harassing Hazarika to […]

NEDA Convener Himanta Biswa Sarma yesterday said that after the BJP’s thumping performance in Karnataka, the party will now shift focus to Mizoram and the three other states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chattishgarh which are going to polls in November this year. Speaking exclusively to Northeast Live, the Assam finance Minister said local BJP […]

Asom Gana Parishad’s Naharkatia MLA Naren Sonowal has said that he will quit from his post as the Member of Legislative Assembly if the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is passed. Taking part in a signature campaign started by the party at Naharkatia, the MLA firmly said that he will continue to oppose the Anti-Assam bill till […]

An incident of molestation has been reported from Kacharipathar in upper Assam’s Sivasagar district. A 35 year old woman was allegedly molested by one Chakradhar Gogoi, who she claims to be a relative of her. The incident took place on Tuesday wherein a FIR has been registered in Demow Police Station. The case is registered […]

Arunachal Pradesh Governor BD Mishra has assured MLA Tumer Murtem that he will soon visit Dullongmukh and take stock of the situation and the problems which have arised due to the massive bombimg drills carried out by the Indian Air Force. The Governor’s assurance comes in the wake of two Episodes of Ground Zero reports […]

Three persons have been arrested in Assam’s Dhekiajuli for providing misleading facts in their legacy data. The primary investigation by NRC Sewakendra officials into the validity of the submitted legacy data documents revealed that they had been forged on some other family’s legacy data. The arrested trio belong to the same family and are brothers. […]