The newly elected chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Pema Khandu, headed the state cabinet for the first time after being sworn-in on May 29, to condemn the killing of Khonsa MLA Tirong Aboh and decided to hand over the assassination case of Aboh to the National Investigation Agency for further investigation. The council of Ministers […]

Phosum Khimhun, one of the senior-most legislators has been sworn in as the pro-tem speaker of the 7th Arunachal Pradesh State Legislative Assembly. Khimhun won the 52-Changlang South Assembly seat on a BJP ticket in the recently-held state Assembly polls. Khimhun retained the seat by defeating Congress’ Latlang Tangha by a margin of 583 votes. […]

The Home and Political Department of Assam Government has issued a deadline of July 15 to the Deputy Commissioners of the state for completion of the biometric collection of all cases with reference to the Claims and Objections part of the NRC process. The DCs have been directed to employ additional manpower and machinery to […]

Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM), an electoral alliance formed by six minor parties, has decided to merge into a single party. ZPM senior vice president Dr. Kenneth Chawngliana said the coalition party which currently comprises of six parties will merge into one under the ZPM banner by July. “Almost all the six parties barring the Mizoram […]

Amit Shah who assumed office as the Union Home Minister on Saturday took no time to review the prevailing law and order situation besides other key issues in the entire nation. Top officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) besides other security security agencies took part in the marathon […]

Former Home Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh took charge as the Defence Minister on June 1, he was accorded a warm welcome by the chiefs of all 3 wings of the forces. After taking charge, the former home minister held a meeting with Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal B S […]

Two days after taking oath as a cabinet minister in the Narendra Modi government, Amit Shah took charge of the Home Ministry on Saturday. This is the first time that Amit Shah has been inducted into the Union Cabinet. After taking charge, he thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for trusting him with this responsibility. Shah […]

The case of the former Army man Sana Ullah, who has been declared a foreigner and sent to a detention camp has taken a new twist with the investigating officer of the case, admitting on camera, that the statement he obtained during investigation was not that of Sana Ullah, the former soldier, but of a […]

In a move widely expected Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has dropped Health Minister Sudip Roy Barman from his cabinet. This is for the first time that a BJP or a BJP-led Government in the Northeast has dropped a minister from the cabinet for alleged anti-party activities. An official notification signed by in-charge Chief Secretary […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA Government held its first cabinet meeting on Friday, just a day after the Prime Minister and his council of Ministers took oath of office and secrecy. In its first order, PM Narendra Modi made national security an important plank in elections approved major changes in the ‘Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme’ […]