More than 200 refugees from Myanmar’s Rakhine state have been sent back to their country from Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district. The repatriation was conducted under the supervision of Lawngltai Deputy Commissioner Shashanka Ala, state police and Assam Rifles in accordance with the direction of the Union Home Ministry. A total of 219 refugees were sent back […]

The first phase of construction work of the Network of Cancer Hospitals in Assam has begun, said Health and Finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Sarma called on Industrialist Ratan Tata, who had had laid the foundation stone of cancer care hospitals in the state last year. Ten cancer care centres including expansion of State Cancer Institute will […]

Congress party’s Assam in-charge Harish Rawat has resigned from the post of General Secretary, while taking responsibility for the poor performance of the party in the Lok Sabha elections. Rawat tendered his resignation on Thursday. Rawat’s resignation comes within a day of Rahul Gandhi quitting as the party chief. Rahul Gandhi officially stepped down as […]

Another gruesome incident of mob lynching has come to light from Tripura. A youth from Nowarampara village in Dhalai district was beaten to death by angry local villagers on suspicion of being cattle lifter. The villagers reportedly gathered together, tied up the youth, and beat him mercilessly till he lay unconscious. He was seen begging […]

The Supreme Court has pulled up the Centre and the Assam government for not responding to a petition filed by a paralysed man languishing in one of the NRC detention camps for over two years now. The Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi ordered the Centre and the Assam government to […]

The sessions court of Dhemaji has convicted 6 and acquitted 8 in the 2004 Dhemaji blast case that killed 13 people and left over 40 injured. The Assam Police had filed chargesheet against 15 persons accused to be involved in the deadly attack that took place during Independence Day celebrations in the Dhemaji College Parade […]

Facebook said on Wednesday that an issue with uploading or sending media files on its platforms has now been resolved. Earlier in the day, netizens complained about outage of services on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, while experiencing trouble uploading or sending images, videos and other files on its apps and platforms. According to service outage […]

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday posted his resignation on Twitter. The four-page letter gives an insight into Rahul Gandhi’s decision on quitting the party post. Rahul Gandhi made his resignation letter public, saying accountability was critical to the future growth of the party. Gandhi has held himself accountable for the recent loss in the […]

Taking cognizance of the total state of lawlessness in Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts of Arunachal Pradesh, the All Arunachal Pradesh Students Union (AAPSU) has called for immediate expulsion of all militant groups from these regions in the state. The apex students’ body called on Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday and discussed […]

Three buildings at Aizawl, Mizoram collapsed after a massive landslide on Tuesday evening. The incident has left at-least three people dead including two children. Eleven others were injured and have been taken to a hospital nearby. Some of the injured were recovered from under the debris. So far police are still searching the debris in […]