The NSCN-IM has for the first time today briefed top Naga civil society groups about the contents of the 2015 Framework Agreement telling the gathering that the Government of India has come to accept the unique history of the Naga people and that the two entities can co-exist in a peaceful manner. The NSCN-IM leaders […]

The Assam government has announced a 20 per cent bonus for all those workers who are working in Assam tea corporation gardens. The corporation runs about 15 gardens across the state. About 16,000 workers are expected to get increased bonus ahead of the festive season. Tea garden workers have been demanding 20 per cent bonus […]

Three Bangladeshis are understood to have made it to the National Register of Citizens or NRC in Assam. It is despite the fact that the Morigaon foreigners tribunal had declared these people – a mother, her son and daughter as foreigners way back in 2016. Assam Public Works (APW), a Guwahati-based NGO, has lodged an […]

A woman from Assam was allegedly stripped naked and mercilessly beaten up by cops in a police station in Gurugram’s upscale DLF phase one. The woman was working as a domestic help in a household in DLF phase one. Her employers lodged a complaint with the police alleging that she had stolen valuables from the […]

The special CBI court has sent former Finance Minister P Chidambaram to Tihar jail in the INX Media corruption case. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar sent Chidambaram to 14-day judicial custody till September 19. The court allowed him to carry his medicines to jail. Considering that he has Z-security, the court directed Chidambaram be kept […]

The date for repatriation of over 4,400 Bru families lodged in relief camps in Tripura to Mizoram will be finalised on Friday in New Delhi. The repatriation date will be finalised in a meeting of the Joint Monitoring group on the issue. The meeting will be attended by officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs, […]

The Assam Government has instituted a one man inquiry into the Teok lynching case, where a senior doctor was thrashed to death by an unruly mob. The Government has asked Commissioner and Secretary – Finance, Shyam Jagannathan to conduct an inquiry into the murder of Dr. Deben Dutta. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal had a […]

At least, two FIRs have been lodged against state NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela for alleged deliberate exclusion of genuine Indian citizens from the final list. While one FIR has been filed in Guwahati, the second has been filed in Dibrugarh. The first complaint has been filed by the Asom Garia-Maria Yuba Chhatra Parishad at the […]

The second de-orbiting maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was performed successfully in the wee hours of Wednesday, informed Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). “The maneuver was performed successfully today (September 04, 2019) beginning at 0342 hours Indian Standard Time (IST) as planned, using the onboard propulsion system,” the space agency said in a statement. The duration […]

Following the final publication of NRC in Assam where over 19 lakh people did not make it to the registry on August 31, the Hynniewtrep Youth Council (HYC) of Meghalaya urged the Director General of Police R Chandranathan to strengthen the Directorate of Infiltration to prevent illegal entry and settlement of foreign nationals in Meghalaya. […]