Pradyot Deb Barman has shot off a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah appealing for resettlement of Brus in Tripura. In the letter, the former Tripura congress chief expressed his concern and anguish over the suspension of ration supply to the Brus and mentioned that in accordance to the Rajamala, the Bru community stands […]

Three persons have been picked up by the police and detained for questioning in connection with Tuesday’s gruesome murder of a flour mill employee at Dibrugarh in Assam. Meanwhile, the business community in Dibrugarh has observed a daylong shutdown of business in solidarity towards the bereaved family of Omprakash Agarwal, who was shot dead by […]

Assam government has decided to spend Rs 800 crore per year under the Arundhati scheme in which every bride of the state would be given one Tola gold free, state’s Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday. “The Assam government, in our budget, has decided that we will give 1 Tola of gold to […]

All 12 BJP MLAs of Sikkim led by State BJP President DB Chauhan are in New Delhi to meet Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP Working President JP Nadda to discuss seat sharing in Sikkim Cabinet. On Tuesday, the delegation met BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav and Arun Singh at the party headquarters in […]

An illegal Nigerian national has been apprehended in Tripura’s South District. The individual, identified as Raymond Niommy Dammy, was apprehended by the Border Security Force at Sabrum in the Belonia sub division near the Bangladesh border. As per reports, Raymond hails from Dru West district in Nigeria. Raymond was caught while he was illegally trying […]

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that all citizens of India irrespective of religion will figure in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) list and that NRC is different from the Citizenship Amendment Bill. “NRC has no such provision which says that certain religions will be excluded from it. All […]

The Ministry of Home Affairs has once again tried to allay fears of neighbouring states of Nagaland which are apprehensive over the outcome of the peace talks. The MHA has said that all stakeholders including the states of Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh will be duly consulted before any settlement is arrived at with the […]

One person has been shot dead by unidentified miscreants in the heart of Dibrugarh in Assam at around 6.45 on Tuesday evening. The victim has been identified as Om Prakash Agarwala, an employee of a flour mill. The victim was immediately rushed to Assam Medical College and Hospital but to no avail. The reason for […]

As many as 4 persons have been arrested in connection with hacking of ATMs of some SBI account holders in Tripura. Among the four arrested, 2 are reportedly from Turkey while the other two are Bangladeshi nationals. All four were arrested from Kolkata. The State Bank of India in Agartala had to blocked ATM card […]

Four Congress MPs from Assam – Pradyut Bordoloi, Ripun Bora, Abdul Khaleque and Gaurav Gogoi staged a protest inside the Parliament premises against proposed privatisation of the Numaligarh Refinery. All the 4 MPs staged demonstration holding placards against privatisation of NRL. It may be mentioned that the BPCL holds 61.65 equity in the NRL. The […]