Sea of devotees on Friday morning throng temples of Lord Shiva in several parts of the country to offer prayers on the occasion of Maha Shivratri. Devotees visited Babulnath Temple in Mumbai, Shri Gauri Shankar Temple in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk and ‘Shivala Bagh Bhaiyan’ temple in Amritsar to offer prayers. The 25 feet tall ‘shivling’ […]

The delimitation of Assembly constituencies may soon take place in Assam. According to highly placed sources, the state may soon undergo delimitation for which a gazette notification is likely to be issued at the earliest. As per the procedure followed by the Delimitation Commission, the Commission will publish its draft proposals for Assam. According to […]

Putting an end to all speculations, the NDFB said that it would contest the Bodoland Territorial Council elections. Talking to newspersons, NDFB-S general secretary BR Ferenga said that the NDFB will fight the polls independently. However, Ferenga maintained that the NDFB has an open door policy and will join hands with like-minded parties. The NDFB-S […]

The report of the High Power Committee formed to give recommendations for implementation of Clause 6 of Assam Accord will be formally handed over to the Assam Government on February 25th, said sources. Earlier in the day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah entrusted Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal to receive the report of the High […]

Mizoram is celebrating its 33rd Statehood Day today, on the occasion a function was organised at the Vanapa Hall in Aizawl. The function was attended by Governor PS Sreedharan Pilai and State Chief Minister Zoramthanga. Mizoram was granted Statehood on February 20, 1987 following the signing of the Mizo Peace Accord in 1986 between the […]

Union Home Minister Amit Shah greeted the people of Arunachal Pradesh on the occasion of 34th Statehood Day. Addressing a massive gathering at state capital Itanagar, Shah lauded Arunachal’s role in nation building even as he said that the focus of the Narendra Modi led government was to continue taking the frontier state and the […]

Former Tripura Chief Secretary Yash Pal Singh has been sent to a 4-day police custody. The Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, West Agartala granted police with 4 days custody of YP Singh. Notably, Tripura police had sought a 10-day remand for the former Chief Secretary. YP Singh is one of the prime accused in […]

The death toll in China from novel coronavirus outbreak has risen to 2,004, with 136 new fatalities reported in the past 24 hours, the Chinese state health committee said Wednesday. The number of confirmed cases has gone up by 1,749 to reach 74,185, the committee said. The number of people who have recovered and have […]

Sedition accused Shaheen Bagh protest organiser Sharjeel Imam, who is currently in the custody of the Assam police, will arrive in Guwahati on Thursday. A team of Assam Police took custody of Imam and have left for Guwahati by train on Tuesday from New Delhi around 11 pm. The JNU scholar landed into a major […]

A charred body of a youth was recovered from his residence at Dwarka Nagar in Guwahati on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Biswajit Verma. However, the cause of fire is yet to be ascertained. Meanwhile, Assam police has initiated investigation into the incident. It may be mentioned that Biswajit Verma had completed his […]