Historic swearing-in ceremony at Itanagar’s Dorjee Khandu Convention Hall as for the first time an elected BJP government took oath in the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh. BJP leader Pema Khandu took oath as the 10th chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday. State Governor Brig (Retd) BD Mishra administered the oath of office and secrecy […]

Finance Minister Arun Jaitely on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he would like to stay away from any responsibility in the Modi government’s second term in office, citing health reasons for his decision. In the letter, Jaitley said he had orally informed Modi about his desire not to be a part of […]

In a major jolt to the Congress in Manipur, 12 congress MLA’s resigned from their respective posts in the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC). The 12 MLA’S who quit their MPCC posts are are Govindas Khonthoujam, K Ranjit Singh, N. Loken Singh, Md Nasir, DD Thaisii, Kh Joykisan, Fajur Rahim, RK Imo Singh, K Meghachandra […]

Members of ‘Meira Paibi’ groups which translates as ‘Women Torchbearer of Manipur’ observed its 21st Meira Paibi Numit or Meira Paibi Day on Tuesday at Kurai Salanthong Tharow Devi Lampak in Manipur’s Imphal East District. The day was organised by Meira Paibi Observation Committee, and the event started by offering floral tributes & prayers at […]

Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court at Raj Bhavan in Shillong today. Governor of Meghalaya, Tathagata Roy administered the oath of office in the ceremony. Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma along with his cabinet ministers, Government officials and high ranking officials of the Armed […]

The Assam Police have arrested a student leader in connection with the May 15 Guwahati grenade attack carried out by the ULFA-Independent. Guwahati police arrested Sanjib Talukdar, a former president of the Post Graduate Students’ Union (PGSU) of Gauhati University in connection with the case. Talukdar is being accused of being in touch with ULFA-I […]

After a thumping victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met former president and senior congress leader Pranab Mukherjee and sought his blessings. Modi shared two photos from the meeting in which the two can be seen exchanging pleasantries. Modi in his tweet said, “Meeting Pranab Da is always […]

Assam Rifles has apprehended three NSCN (IM) cadres from Doyapur village of Dimapur district in Nagaland. As per reports, 5 Pistol, one 12 Bore Gun, 600 rounds of assorted ammunition have been recovered. Reports further revealed that the Assam Rifles had conducted raids in the houses of those apprehended between May 24 and 25 following […]

AGP candidate Birendra Prasad Baishya and BJP candidate Kamakhya Prasad Tasa on Tuesday filed their nominations for the two Rajya Sabha seats in Assam. Former union minister Baishya was among the first to file his nomination in the Assam Assembly. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, BJP’s top strategist for Northeast and NEDA convenor Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam […]

Former Tezpur MP and prominent Assam politician Mani Kumar Subba breathed his last in the wee hours of Monday. Subba, who had been long unwell, died at the Artemis Hospital in Gurgaon. Subba had suffered a cardiac arrest in 2014 and had been bed ridden since then. Assam Gorkha Sanmelan general secretary Bhaskar Dahal confirmed […]