The Mizoram Assembly has passed its annual budget for the year 2019-20 amounting to Rs 10,692.30 crore. The budget was presented by Chief Minister Zoramthanga, who also holds the Finance portfolio, in the House on June 13. The budget comprises of a revenue expenditure that amounts to Rs 8,403.52 crore, which will be used for […]

The police in Tinsukia district of Assam swung into action on Wednesday, launching a massive crackdown on alleged illegal timber business in the district. Police seized two vehicles in Philobari near the town of Doomdooma, recovering sawn timber worth lakhs of rupees and arrested two drivers, who allegedly brought the timber from Arunachal Pradesh. The […]

The Biswanath District administration has ordered an inquiry into the death of the Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) employee, Robin Das who was electrocuted to death in Assam’s Biswanath district on Wednesday, while he was engaged in power restoration work. Two employees of the ASEB have been suspended in connection with the incident. Meanwhile, an […]

A 13-year-old girl has reportedly committed suicide after allegedly not finding her name in both the draft NRC and the additional draft exclusion lists. The minor girl thought that the draft exclusion list, that has over 1 lakh names was the final published NRC and since her name did not surface in the list, she […]

In a sensational incident reported from Fakiragram in Assam’s Kokrajhar, unknown miscreants stabbed to death 3 members of a family, including a 3-year old child. The deceased persons have been identified as Tipul Rai, his wife Moromi Rai and their 3-year-old child Anjumoni Rai. However, another member of the family, a 6-year-old child managed to […]

Former Tengnoupal Deputy Commissioner Akoijam Tombikanta has been arrested by Police on charges of misappropriation of funds in Manipur. According to sources, the retired bureaucrat was arrested by Imphal West Police on Monday after a case was registered at Tengnoupal Police Station following specific instruction from the central home ministry. Tombikanta has been charged with […]

The Delhi Railway Police has rescued three children from Assam from the Delhi railway station. The children were kidnapped by child lifters from the State’s Jonai while on their way to school. The incident happened on June 20. The Delhi Police has arrested one person in connection with the case. The three children are currently […]

Guwahati youth Suraj Jamal who went missing on June 14 and landed up in the Kashmir Valley and not being allowed to return by his handlers, has been rescued by the Jammu and Kashmir Police. Suraj Jamal has been rescued by the police in the State’s Kulgam district. Meanwhile, Jamal has been kept at a […]

The NRC authorities have published the additional draft exclusion list that includes the names of over 1 lakh people, who now have to file claims to prove their citizenship. The additional list contains the names of only those people who figured in the complete draft NRC published on July 30 last year, but were later […]

The Meghalaya Government has made it clear that it would not settle for anything less than a full fledged Central Agriculture University. Meghalaya Agriculture Minister Banteidor said that his government was kept in the dark about the fact that the proposal to set up an agriculture institute at Kyrdemkulai was not to set up an […]