The protest against mega dams in Northeast has reached New Delhi with the Assam Pradesh Youth Congress staging massive protests today. Hundreds of youth congress members marched through the streets of national capital calling for stalling construction of the Lower Subansiri hydro-electric power project. Chanting slogans against the BJP-led state government, demanding closure of the […]

Former Assam minister and Congress leader Siddique Ahmed has termed the allegations of corruption levelled against him as baseless and said everything will be clear after the probe into the graft case is over. Welcoming the anti corruption and vigilance probe against the charges levelled against him, Ahmed said the allegations are motivated and aimed […]

The students of the National Institute of Technology, Sikkim staged a protest demanding basic facilities. The students are devoid of a permanent campus unlike their counterparts in other states of the country. It is worth mentioning that NIT Sikkim has been functioning from a temporary site at Rabongla in South District. As such, the students […]

The All Arunachal Pradesh Hawkers and Street Vendors Federation expressed concern over the repeated demands to leave their vending zones made by the Arunachal Motor Transport Federation. Roger Nabam, General Secretary of the Street Vendors Federation said that the Motor Transport Union has time and again complained for the replacement of the vending zones in […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Nepal to attend the 4th BIMSTEC summit held in Kathmandu on August 30 and 31. The Prime Minister on Thursday presented traditional gifts from India’s North-Eastern states to leaders of BIMSTEC. The gifts presented to BIMSTEC leaders by Prime Minister Modi comprise of stoles and shawls depicting traditional motifs from […]

Senior IAS officer, Alok Kumar took charge as the Chief Secretary of Assam today. The newly appointed Chief Secretary takes over from Mrs. T.Y Das. On the occasion, Joint Secretary of Table Tennis Federation of India and international paddler Tridib Duvarah felicitated Kumar at the Janata Bhavan. Kumar is a 1984 batch IAS officer of […]

The authorities concerned have released the data of water levels of Rivers Siang and Brahmaputra in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. According to the latest data made available, the Siang river is showing a rising trend in places such as Tezu, Khowang and Namsai. However, it is yet to touch the danger level mark in these […]

The Indian Air Force has successfully evacuated 19 persons stranded in Silei Ayan island in Siang river. However, 5 people including 4 young boys and an elderly person volunteered to stay back and refused to be evacuated as they insisted that they want to look after their milch cattle. The evacuation was carried out following […]

India clinched gold in women’s 4x400m relay event. Hima Das & Co. beat top contenders to clinch the top spot. This is Hima’s third medal at the 2018 Asiad. The Assam sprinter went first and gave India a good lead which the other three maintained till the end to clinch India’s 13th gold in the […]

Following the agitation of the Nagaland’s Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan Teachers Association 2016 batch, Principal Secretary of School Education, Menukhol John today said that the salaries of the RMSA teachers will be released this week. He further expressed disappointment, while saying that even after the teachers had signed a bond during their service appointment, in […]