Former Tripura PWD Minister and top CPI(M) leader Badal Choudhury appeared before the inquiry officer of the Vigilance Organisation who is investigating a case related to irregularities and misappropriation of funds during Choudhury’s tenure between 2008 and 2009. Badal Choudhury had, on two other occasions evaded the vigilance probe citing the campaigning for Panchayat elections […]

Following a day of dramatic developments, including a high voltage drama at the Supreme Court, former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram was arrested by the CBI on Wednesday evening from his residence. Chidambaram, who remained out of contact since Tuesday afternoon, following a Delhi High Court order that ended his interim bail […]

The Naga People’s Front on Wednesday asserted that the party would extend full cooperation for any peaceful and amicable settlement to the vexed Naga political issue. At a time when the talks have almost reached a conclusion, the Nagaland’s opposition party called upon newly appointed Governor RN Ravi to discuss on the ongoing peace talks […]

The police in the border town of Moreh has seized drugs worth Rs 24 crore in two separate incidents. Contraband weighing 9 kilograms were seized from the possession of a man named Khamboumang. In another seizure, brown sugar weighing 8 kg were seized from the possession of a person named Kumar Gurung, who was transporting […]

The Anti-Terrorism Squad of the Mumbai Police has arrested a youth from Dharamtul in Assam’s Morigaon district, on charges of sending a death threat mail to the BCCI against the Indian Cricket team. The arrested youth identified as Braj Mohan Das had sent the mail to the BCCI, threatening to kill players of the cricket […]

The NIA has picked up a businessman based in Eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district in connection with the assassination of Arunachal Pradesh NPP MLA Tirong Aboh and 10 others on May 21. The businessman has been identified as Jaikishan Sharma, who is a close aide of the deceased MLA. Another person who happens to be Tirong […]

Days after the Centre had raised concerns over illegal immigration from Bangladesh to the Northeast, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has termed the process of documenting and identifying illegal immigrants in Assam as India’s internal matter. Jaishankar’s remarks came after he held talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Memon in Dhaka. The remark comes […]

The Home Ministry has made it amply clear on Tuesday that any person whose name does not appear in the NRC to be published on August 31, can be declared a foreigner only by a Tribunal. People who find their names missing in the final NRC will be allowed to appeal against the non inclusion. […]

Professor Pratap Jyoti Handique has been appointed the new Vice-Chancellor of Gauhati University. Governor Jagdish Mukhi appointed Handique as the new VC of the Gauhati University on Monday with immediate effect. Handique is a professor of the Biotechnology department at the university. Handique, a Biotechnologist of repute, was awarded a PhD from Gauhati University in […]

Chandrayaan-2 was successfully placed in the Moon’s orbit on Tuesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. The Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver which took a little over 28 minutes was completed at 9:02 am. “Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver was completed successfully today (August 20, 2019) at 0902 hrs IST as planned, using the […]