In a major boost to the BJP in Meghalaya, 4 United Democratic Party Members of Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council (JHADC) including the Chairman joined the party on Saturday. The four joined the BJP at the party office in Shillong in the presence of BJP state leaders and party National Spokesperson and in charge Nalin […]

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be arriving in Guwahati tomorrow on a two-day visit to chair the 68th plenary session of the North East Council. Governors and Chief Ministers of all the eight Northeastern states will be attending the meeting. Meanwhile, this will be Amit Shah’s first visit to Assam after becoming the Home […]

The crucial meeting of the high-level committee set up to implement Clause 6 of the Assam Accord is underway in Guwahati. This is for the fourth time that the high level committee is meeting after the panel was set up in July. It may be mentioned that the committee has made considerable progress on its […]

In a huge disappointment, ISRO lost all communications with the Lander Vikram of Chandrayaan-2, minutes before touchdown while the nation eagerly awaited its soft landing on the hitherto unexplored lunar South Pole in the wee hours of Saturday. Communication lost with #VikramLander at 2.1 km from Lunar surface, data being analysed, says ISRO Chief K […]

The communication with Vikram lander was lost moments before its planned landing on the far side of the lunar surface. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Sivan announced that communication with Vikram lander was lost at 2.1 km from Lunar surface. “Vikram lander descend was normal and as planned till 2.1 km. Subsequently, communication […]

The NSCN-IM has for the first time today briefed top Naga civil society groups about the contents of the 2015 Framework Agreement telling the gathering that the Government of India has come to accept the unique history of the Naga people and that the two entities can co-exist in a peaceful manner. The NSCN-IM leaders […]

The Assam government has announced a 20 per cent bonus for all those workers who are working in Assam tea corporation gardens. The corporation runs about 15 gardens across the state. About 16,000 workers are expected to get increased bonus ahead of the festive season. Tea garden workers have been demanding 20 per cent bonus […]

Three Bangladeshis are understood to have made it to the National Register of Citizens or NRC in Assam. It is despite the fact that the Morigaon foreigners tribunal had declared these people – a mother, her son and daughter as foreigners way back in 2016. Assam Public Works (APW), a Guwahati-based NGO, has lodged an […]

A woman from Assam was allegedly stripped naked and mercilessly beaten up by cops in a police station in Gurugram’s upscale DLF phase one. The woman was working as a domestic help in a household in DLF phase one. Her employers lodged a complaint with the police alleging that she had stolen valuables from the […]

The special CBI court has sent former Finance Minister P Chidambaram to Tihar jail in the INX Media corruption case. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar sent Chidambaram to 14-day judicial custody till September 19. The court allowed him to carry his medicines to jail. Considering that he has Z-security, the court directed Chidambaram be kept […]