Tension erupted at Kangpokpi in Manipur following the death of a Kuki National Organisation (KNO) rebel in police custody. People in large number barged into the Kangpokpi police station resorting to vandalism. Enraged mob obstructed traffic along National Highway-2, leaving commuters stranded on the road. Irate locals burnt tyres on the road in front of […]

BJP top gun Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the Centre and the state have taken note of the statements of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA-Independent) chief Paresh Baruah who has indicated that the outfit may be ready for talks. Sarma however, refrained from making any comment on the ULFA-Independent’s sovereignty demand before commencement […]

At a time when the Assam Government has offered the olive branch to ULFA-I, C-in-C Paresh Baruah for the first time in recent years to join the peace process. The ULFA-I chief in an exclusive conversation over the phone with the Managing Editor of our group channel News Live, Zarir Hussain said the outfit is […]

Sedition accused JNU student Sharjeel Imam, who stoked controversy with his ‘cut off Assam from India’ remark, was arrested by a team of Delhi Police from Bihar’s Jehanabad on Tuesday. #BREAKING | Former JNU student Sharjeel Imam arrested by Delhi police from Jahanabad in Bihar.Sharjeel, who had been on the run since the past few […]

A coronavirus alert has been issued in two Northeastern states of Manipur and Sikkim. The Manipur health department on Tuesday issued a high alert in the state, over the possible outbreak of coronavirus. The department is taking up preventive measures on a war footing and has set up 5 checkpoints equipped with ‘Thermal detectors’ to […]

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday gave away the best tableaux awards for the 71st Republic Day parade at Rajpath in New Delhi. Assam’s tableau that took part in the Republic Day celebrations, has been chosen as the best tableau, followed by Odisha and Uttar Pradesh. The Assam tableau showcased unique bamboo and cane craftsmanship […]

The death toll from novel coronavirus in China skyrocketed to 106 on Tuesday. Chinese health authorities on Tuesday announced that 4,515 confirmed cases of the disease have been reported in 30 provincial-level regions by the end of Monday. Meanwhile, China’s Ministry of Education (MOE) announced that the 2020 spring semester for schools will be postponed […]

A day after the Centre and the state government signed a tri-partite peace deal with the NDFB resolving the decades long Bodoland issue, the Assam government for the first time has appealed ULFA-Independent Commander-in-Chief, Paresh Baruah to join the peace process. Briefing newspersons in Guwahati, state finance and health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma quoting Home […]

American basketball legend and former NBA star Kobe Bryant and his 13-year old daughter Gianna Maria Onore Bryant were among the nine people killed when a helicopter they were travelling in crashed amid foggy conditions and burst into flames in the hills above Calabasas, local media reported. Bryant, 41, and his daughter were expected at […]

Soon after signing of the Bodo Peace Treaty between Government of India, Assam government and various Bodo groups, Assam health, finance and education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced a list of packages for political, social and economic development of Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR). Key points from Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma’s statement: This agreement has been […]