The Home Ministry has made it amply clear on Tuesday that any person whose name does not appear in the NRC to be published on August 31, can be declared a foreigner only by a Tribunal. People who find their names missing in the final NRC will be allowed to appeal against the non inclusion. […]

Professor Pratap Jyoti Handique has been appointed the new Vice-Chancellor of Gauhati University. Governor Jagdish Mukhi appointed Handique as the new VC of the Gauhati University on Monday with immediate effect. Handique is a professor of the Biotechnology department at the university. Handique, a Biotechnologist of repute, was awarded a PhD from Gauhati University in […]

Chandrayaan-2 was successfully placed in the Moon’s orbit on Tuesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. The Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver which took a little over 28 minutes was completed at 9:02 am. “Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver was completed successfully today (August 20, 2019) at 0902 hrs IST as planned, using the […]

Assam government will enforce a four percent job reservation policy for differently abled people in higher educational institutions. The office of the commissioner for persons with disabilities under the state government wrote to the director of higher education, saying it has received various complaints from persons with disabilities on non-reservation of jobs from them. The […]

Forest officials along with a number of NGO activists rescued a 14.4-foot long python in Assam’s Nagaon district on Tuesday. The python weighing around 35 kilograms was found by the rescuers in one of the tea gardens of the Nagaon district and was later released in the nearby forest area. A wildlife activist involved in […]

Top NSCN (IM) leaders including General Secretary, Thiungaleng Muivah and Vice Chairman, Tongmeth Wangnao are back in Nagaland for a series of lengthy consultations on issues related to the Naga peace process, which the Centre says is in an advanced stage. NSCN (IM) sources said that concerns are being raised within the group regarding the […]

The Sikkim Subject Committee will approach the Speaker demanding disqualification of the 12 MLAs from the SDF, who recently had switched sides to the BJP and SKM. The organisation said that at present Sikkim is witnessing a democratic crisis. Speaking to Northeast Live, Vice-Convenor of the Sikkim Subject Committee said that the 12 MLAs have […]

Elaborate search and rescue operations are underway at the Nuranang waterfalls to trace 24-year-old Norbu Dorjee, who went missing on August 17. A team of the NDRF have reached the location and has joined the search and rescue operations. The search operation will further cover the historic Chaksam bridge under Mukto circle. Norbu Dorjee went […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a red-carpet welcome as he arrived in Bhutan this morning on a two-day state visit during which he will hold talks with Bhutanese leaders to further deepen the bilateral ties. This is PM Modi’s second visit to Bhutan and the first since his re-election. He was received by his Bhutanese […]

The Assam police’s cyber cell in Charaideo arrested two persons for trying to extort a local businessman in the name of the ULFA-Independent. Soon after receiving the complaint from the affected businessman on Friday, the police swung into action and within a span of 12 hours Bitupan Baruah an ex-ULFA (I) cadre and Arup Chetia […]