The police have arrested 10 more persons in connection with the Teok Lynching Case, where a senior doctor of the Teok Tea Estate was brutally thrashed to death by an unruly mob on August 31. With the arrest of 10 more persons, the total number of people arrested in the case has now risen to […]

Medical services in Assam have taken a hit, as doctors across the State are on a 24-hour strike in protest against the lynching of a senior doctor at Teok Tea Estate in Assam. The Assam chapter of the Indian Medical Association has called for the state-wide protest on Tuesday to demand proper security for doctors. […]

Chandrayaan-2 successfully performed its first de-orbiting maneuver on Tuesday bringing the mission one step closer to landing on the moon. The four-second long maneuver was performed using the onboard propulsion system at 8:50 am (IST), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement. “The orbit of Vikram Lander is 104 km x 128 […]

In a boost to the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha ahead of the by-polls in the state, hundreds of SDF supporters joined the party in Gangtok on Monday. Sikkim Chief Minister and SKM President PS Golay along with other cabinet members and MLAs were present in the mass joining programme. By-polls are slated to be held […]

As many as 200 new Foreigners’ Tribunals have been made operational across Assam on Monday. The new tribunals are spread across 6 districts in the State in addition to the 100 tribunals already existing taking the present tally to 300. This was informed by the Ministry of Home Affairs. People left out of the NRC […]

A man from Uripok Khaidem Leikai area in Imphal West has quit his job to devote his life to environmental causes and has replanted a 300-acre forest all by himself over a span of 17 years. Loiya has been planting trees in the Langol hill-range of Manipur. “I am doing this work from the last […]

In a joint operation the Border Security Force along with Tripura police, recovered 197 kilograms of dry marijuana from an ambulance in Tripura. Krishnadhan Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Kadamtala police station said, there was specific information about an ambulance being used for the last few days for illegal transportation of marijuana. The packets of dry marijuana […]

Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan assumed charge as the Eastern Army Commander at the Command Headquarters at Fort William in Kolkata on Sunday. Anil Chauhan assumed the charge with a solemn wreath laying ceremony at Vijay Smarak, the Eastern Command War Memorial where he paid tribute to the fallen soldiers. He was given a traditional Guard […]

Police have arrested five more people in connection with the brutal murder of a senior doctor in Teok Tea Estate near Jorhat. While close to 21 people were detained on Sunday, 5 more were arrested during a late night raid yesterday taking the total to 26. The five arrested during the late night raid have […]

After a brief lull, heavy rains lashed Guwahati on Saturday, affecting traffic flow and leaving streets under sheets of water. Scores of commuters, especially those going to the office, were caught off guard as they had to wade through knee-deep water and got stuck in traffic snarls. The swelling of rivers due to relentless rains […]