The Rajya Sabha on Friday passed the contentious Anti-terror law bill. With a total of 147 MP votes in favour of the bill and just 42 against it, the Unlawful Activities Prevention Amendment (UAPA) Bill 2019 got passed after hours of debate in the Parliament. One of the contentious parts among the amendment is that […]

The second meeting of the High Level Committee constituted by the Centre to look into the implementation of Clause 6 of Assam Accord is underway at the Administrative Staff College, Guwahati. Significantly, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal who was slated to attend the meet had to give it a miss due to some urgent engagement. It […]

The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Imphal West rejected the pre-arrest anticipatory bail plea of Pheiroijam Romita, the co-ordinator of Standard Robert Higher Secondary school, in connection with the mysterious death of Babysana Chanu. Romita applied for the pre-arrest anticipatory bail plea on July 20 and the hearing took place yesterday at CJM court. During the […]

The second meeting of the High Level Committee constituted by the Centre to look into the implementation of Clause 6 of Assam Accord will be held in Guwahati on Friday. Significantly, chief minister Sarbanada Sonowal will attend the meet along with senior officials of the state government. Joint Secretary Northeast in Ministry of Home Affairs, […]

A month after cutting the price of liquefied petroleum gas cylinders by over rupees 100, state-run fuel retailers on Thursday affected another big price cut. The price of non-subsidised LPG cooking gas will now be reduced by Rs 62.50 per 14.2 kg cylinder in New Delhi, and Rs 62 in Mumbai and Chennai. Indian Oil […]

Former Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has been appointed as the new Congress Chief in Arunachal Pradesh. The development comes following the party’s poor show in the recent Assembly elections in the State, where the party managed to win only 4 seats out of 60. This will be the 4th time that Nabam Tuki will be […]

President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday gave his assent to the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage), Bill, 2019, which criminalises instant ‘Triple Talaq’ among Muslims and attracts a jail term of three years for the husband. With the President’s approval, the Bill has become an Act. Soon after the Bill was passed on […]

Naga peace interlocutor RN Ravi was sworn-in as the new Governor of Nagaland on Thursday. Ravi was sworn-in at the Durbar Hall in Raj Bhavan, he was administered the oath of office by Gauhati High Court (Acting) Justice Arup Kumar Goswami. Cabinet Ministers of the Nagaland Government including Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and Deputy Chief […]

At least 3 persons, including two women were injured in a grenade blast in Imphal on Tuesday night. The blast took place around 7 pm, at Thangmeiband Hijam Dewan Leikai under Lamphel Police Station in Imphal West district of Manipur. The injured have been identified as Y Manihar, M Surbala Devi and N Bidimala. The […]

Following a massive search operation involving multiple agencies, the body of missing CCD founder-owner VG Siddhartha has been found on the banks of Netravati River near Hoige Bazaar in Mangaluru. The 58-year-old businessman is the son-in-law of former Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna and has been missing since Monday evening from Mangaluru. Siddhartha was spotted […]