Sprinter Hima Das will be appointed as Deputy Superintendent of Assam police, announced Assam’s finance minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma at the assembly. In his budget speech, Dr. Sarma said,“Those sports persons from Assam who have won gold medals in Olympic, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games will be appointed as the grade one officer of […]

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has raided at the Dimapur residence of NSCN-IM leaders Absolam Tangkhul and James Kewang. According to highly placed sources, the raids are being carried out in connection with the assassination of Arunachal Pradesh NPP MLA Tirong Aboh on May 21, 2018. A huge quantity of documents, mobile phones, computer hard […]

Strongly condemning the killing of IRBn personnel Tapop Yajo on CJM court premises at Aalo in West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, the Adi Students’ Union submitted a 5-point charter of demands to the Superintendent of Police of Aalo on Wednesday. The Adi Students’ Union in their 5-point charter demanded immediate arrest of those involved […]

A Delhi Court has issued a fresh death warrant for all the four convicts in the horrific 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape case. All the four Nirbhaya convicts will be executed at 5:30 am on March 20. The four convicts, were awarded death penalty for the gangrape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in a moving […]

As many as 7 Congress MPs, including Assam MP Gaurav Gogoi have been suspended from the rest of the budget session in the Parliament. The MPs were suspended by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, for creating ruckus over the last three days. The second half of the budget session, which started on Monday, will end […]

The Assam police assisted by Meghalaya police rescued as many as 250 people from Ichamati in Shella. These people were reportedly stranded in the area following the violent clashes. The rescued persons were brought to Jorabat police station where the identification process was carried out. The stranded persons hail from Kamrup, Nalbari, Barpeta, Dhubri besides […]

As Shillong heads back to normalcy, internet services have been restored in the East Khasi Hills district. According to the special bulletin released by the Meghalaya police, curfew was relaxed all over Shillong city except Bara Bazar, Paltan Bazar and the whole of Cantonment area till 1 pm. In Police Bazar area, curfew has been […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has registered over 1,700 new cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection outside of China while the total number of infected people have exceeded 10,000. The WHO said, in its coronavirus disease situation report, that the number of confirmed cases outside of China had risen by 1,792 to 10,566 in 72 […]

Former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday said that a party delegation comprising of state president Ripun Bora, CLP leader Debabrata Saikia has already left for Delhi to finalize on the issue after deliberations with the Congress top brass. The Congress veteran believes that there will be a positive outcome. He is hoping that […]

As coronavirus fear spreads across the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday tweeted that he would not participate in this year’s Holi celebrations to avoid mass gatherings. Taking to Twitter, PM Modi said, ‘Experts across the world have advised to reduce mass gatherings to avoid the spread of COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus. Hence, this year […]