A total of 118 awardees, have been conferred with the Padma Shri and Padma Bhusan Awards for their excellent contribution in the fields of social work, art, entertainment and sports among others. 13 eminent personalities including sportspersons from Northeast will be conferred with Padma Awards 2020 at the National Capital on Sunday. Five personalities from […]

India celebrated its 71st Republic Day with much enthusiasm, with a 90-minute long parade which was held at Rajpath in New Delhi. India’s military might and cultural heritage were at display during the Republic Day parade. The celebration this year was marked by several firsts – with PM Modi paying homage to martyrs at National […]

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has condemned the serial bomb blasts that rocked Eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh, Sonari, Duliajan and Doomdooma on Sunday. The Chief Minister directed the Assam DGP to nab the culprits at the earliest and take stern action against those involved. “I condemn the blasts. It is an act of cowardice. I have […]

As the country celebrated Republic Day, serial blasts rocked different locations of Eastern Assam on Sunday, Assam Police has suspected ULFA-Independent to be behind the blasts. Speaking about the ongoing investigation into the low intensity serial blasts, Director General of Assam Police, Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said that police have already got some clues and are […]

President Ram Nath Kovind unfurled the National Flag and received the customary 21-gun salute on the 71st Republic Day at Rajpath on Sunday. The salute was presented by 2233 Field Battery under the command of Lieutenant Colonel C Sandeep. The gun position officer was Naib Subedar Anil Chand. The 21 Gun Salute is presented during […]

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel celebrated the 71st Republic Day at 17,000 feet in Ladakh, trudging though snow. The temperature in Ladakh at present is minus 20 degrees Celsius. Video footage showed ‘Himveers’ dressed in white uniforms and chanting slogans of – Bharat Mata ki Jai and Vande Mataram as the tricolour flies high. Two […]

A series of bomb blasts have rocked Eastern Assam during the 71st Republic Day celebrations. As many as 5 explosions have taken place in the towns of Dibrugarh, Sonari, Duliajan and Doomdooma. The first bomb went off at Sonari along the Dhudor-Ali Road. In Duliajan, an IED went off near Duliajan police station. Two low […]

NDFB leader Ranjan Daimary has been released on bail for 4 weeks ahead of the proposed peace pact to be signed between the Centre and Bodo rebels, which is likely to be signed on January 26. The NDFB leader who was lodged at the Guwahati Central Jail, left for New Delhi under tight security cover. […]

The Assam government has registered a case against the Shaheen Bagh protest organiser and former JNU student Sharjeel Imam, who earlier made a controversial remark on camera saying that Muslims are in such numbers that they can cut the entire Northeast from the rest of India. Imam said that their aim is to cut Assam […]

Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister and senior NPP leader, Prestone Tynsong has maintained that there is no reshuffling of the State cabinet on the cards. With the NPP led MDA Government nearing completion of two years, there were unconfirmed reports that a reshuffling might take place. Rubbishing the reports, Tynsong said that they have not yet […]