With less than 24 hours left for the first phase of voting for the Lok Sabha polls, hectic preparations are underway in every state with voters all set to exercise their franchise. Heavy security arrangements have been put in place and polling parties in most of the states have started heading for their respective polling […]

Veteran leftist politician from Assam, Drupad Borgohain passed away on Wednesday at the age of 78. Borgohain was suffering from kidney related ailments. He breathed his last this morning at 6 am at Dibrugarh’s Aditya Nursing Home. Born on November 7, 1941 in Sivasagar, Borgohain started his career as a teacher before moving to politics. […]

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for the Amethi Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh. Rahul Gandhi was accompanied by his mother and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and sister Priyanka Gandhi during the filing of nomination. It may be mentioned that the Congress Chief along with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Robert Vadra […]

In a major setback for the Centre, the Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the preliminary objections raised by the government to petitions seeking review of the December 14 Rafale judgment that gave a clean chit to them in the Rafale deal. A three-judge Supreme Court bench has dismissed preliminary objections by the government to consider […]

The Election Commission has stalled the release of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s biopic, a day before its release, during the election period. The film coinciding with the start of the Lok Sabha polls – ‘disturbs the level playing field’, the election body said. The film directed by Omung Kumar, was scheduled for release on April […]

The Supreme Court has rapped the Assam government after state Chief Secretary Alok Kumar admitted before the top court that 44 thousand individuals identified as declared illegal foreigners by the Foreigners Tribunals have gone missing since 2015 to 2018. The chief secretary further admitted that out of the identified illegal migrants only 4 were deported […]

The Chief Electoral Officer of Arunachal Pradesh lodged an FIR against Christopher Perme, the son of BJP candidate for Arunachal East Dangi Perme and former MLA Ralom Borang pertaining to an amount of Rs 1.8 cr which was seized by Arunachal police on the 5th of April from two separate vehicles. The complaint was filed […]

The 2019 CSWC-Golap Borbora Memorial Lecture was organised on Sunday under College Students Welfare Committee at the Assam State Museum in Guwahati. The lecture was organised in collaboration with the Centre for South East Asian Studies and was presided by a ceremony to present the CSWC-Golap Borbora scholarship. The event saw Dr Anupama Roy as […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to address another mega rally in Assam this election season. The Prime Minister will visit Silchar on April 11 to drum up support for BJP candidate Rajdeep Roy. What is more significant is the fact that the Prime Minister’s visit to Silchar coincides with the first phase of […]

In a big blow to the BJP in Nagaland, as many as 37 party leaders quit the party on Sunday. Among 37 leaders who quit the party are two senior BJP leaders – HK Khulu & Kuhoi Zhimomi. HK Khulu, a retired IAS officer, held the position of state executive member of the Nagaland BJP, […]