Normal life came to a standstill in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council areas following a 12-hour shutdown called by the Twipraland State Party (TSP) on Monday. The shutdown started at 5 am in the morning and will culminate at 5 pm. The shutdown has been called by the party to oppose the Citizenship […]

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has invited the Manipur People against Citizenship Amendment Bill or the MANPAC for consultations in regards to the Citizenship Amendment Bill. Intimations have already been sent to the MANPAC for the meeting, which will start at 10:30 pm on Tuesday. Other than the MANPAC, the Home Minister will also meet […]

After almost over a month-long stand-off between the management and the employees of the GVK EMRI 108 Services, the deadlock was finally broken on Friday after both the parties came to a consensus and agreed to restart the emergency services at the earliest. Meghalaya Health Minister AL Hek who chaired the meeting held at the […]

The Assam Police have seized 45 guns from a passenger bus in Assam’s Sonari district on Friday night. Two persons has been arrested by the police in connection with the case and further investigation is underway. The night super bus was travelling from Mon district in Nagaland to Dimapur when the raid was carried out.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with a delegation of the AGP on the issue of Citizenship Amendment Bill at the Assam House in New Delhi. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and State Finance and Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were also present in the meeting. The AGP delegation was led by party […]

Former Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Saturday said that if proposed Citizenship (Amendment) bill comes into effect, it will lead to a drastic change in the demography of the North-East region as the “foreigners” staying across India will move to the North-East states for settlement. “Most of those who were foreigners and were staying […]

The economic growth slowed to 4.5 per cent in the July to September quarter from 7.1 per cent in the corresponding period of last year, the government data showed on Friday. The economy had a weak performance last quarter with the GDP growth rate dropping to 5 per cent. The slowdown in Q2 FY20 was […]

Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta has been appointed as the Director General of Police (DGP) In-charge of Assam. As per reports, incumbent DGP Kuladhar Saikia, who was on a three-month extension, ending is set to retire tomorrow, November 30. A 1988 batch IPS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, Mahanta is currently serving as Additional Director General of […]

All eyes are set on a series of crucial meetings on Friday between Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Ministers of all the Northeast states to deliberate on the introduction of Citizenship Amendment Bill. The meeting assumes significance since the entire region is apprehensive over the Centre’s move to introduce and pass a revised […]

Opposition MPs from the Northeast staged protest outside the Parliament opposing the Centre’s move to introduce and pass the Citizenship Amendment Bill. Assam Congress MPs Ripun Bora, Pradyut Bordoloi, Abdul Khalek, Shillong MP Vincent Pala, NPF Rajya Sabha MP, KG Kenye were among those who staged protest against the Centre. It may be mentioned that […]