Assam has become a hot spot for cattle smuggling in the region. Routes near Guwahati have become the transit points for cattle smugglers. Police have confiscated 3 trucks carrying 90 cattle at the National Highway No. 31 at Gauripur in North Guwahati yesterday. The three 12 wheeler trucks were discreetly smuggling the cows from West […]

Barely a week after the major boat capsize incident near Guwahati, another such incident took place at Kalgachia over the Beki river in Assam’s Barpeta district. The ferry boat collided with one of the pillars of a bridge resulting in four people falling into the water. All the four people had a miraculous escape and were […]

Three regional parties in Mizoram have formed an alliance ahead of Assembly elections. The parties Mizoram Chhantu Pawl (MCP) and Operation Mizoram joins Peoples’ Representation for Identity and Status of Mizoram (PRISM) in a pre-poll alliance. The new alliance is likely to contest all the 40 assembly seats in the state in the upcoming state […]

Today is the 450th death anniversary of renowned Vaishnav saint of Assam, Srimanta Sankardev. People all across the state observed the occasion with prayer meets at various Vaishnav Sattras and Namghars. As in the rest of Assam, the river island of Majuli which houses some of the most prominent Sattras of the state, is gearing […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, inaugurated the commencement of works for the Agartala-Akhaura rail project on Monday through video conferencing. The railway project was agreed to when Sheikh Hasina visited Delhi in 2010 and it is expected […]

Incessant rainfall in the past 24 hours have created havoc in the state of Sikkim leading to massive landslides in Western part of the state. The landslide has completely blocked roads affecting daily commute. Yangtey village, Geyzing are the places which have been severely affected, no casualties have yet been reported. In West Sikkim’s Geyzing, a […]

Terming illegal immigrants a challenge for the nation, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal pitched for the implementation of the National Register of Citizens across all states of the country. The Assam Chief Minister while addressing an event in New Delhi on the NRC issue, said that Illegal immigrants are a challenge and to answer this […]

Students of National Institute of Technology, Sikkim called off the over 35-day-long strike at Rabongla campus on Monday after a written assurance from State HRD additional chief secretary G.P. Upadhyaya to make immediate solutions to the impasse. The students who had been on a protest demanding a permanent campus and adequate facilities at the NIT […]

The Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee too joined in the nation wide Bharat Bandh call and marched from Police Bazaar to Congress Bhawan. Congress workers were seen shouting slogans against the rapid rise in fuel prices. Former Chief Minister and leader of opposition Mukul Sangma lashed out at the BJP stating that the spirit of democracy […]

Crackdown by police in Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh on Congress workers marked the Bharat Bandh in the northeastern region. While in Dimapur police removed banners and flexes put up by the Congress workers forcing the protesters to march to the police commissioner’s office, in Itanagar police detained scores of Congress protesters. Top Congress leaders were […]