The United States on Monday designated China as a currency manipulator and will work with the International Monetary Fund to address the issue, the Treasury Department said as the trade war between two countries escalated further. Earlier in the day, US President Donald Trump accused China of using currency manipulation to steal US businesses and […]

The much awaited result for the Engage North East Diva 2019 are out. Malashya Kashyap from Assam’s Udalguri district won the coveted ‘North East Diva 2019’ crown. Pratiksha Gondia from Moran and Aizwal’s C Vanlal Malsaumi were adjudged first and second runners-up. As many as 20 contestants from across the region who made the cut […]

With Rajya Sabha giving the green signal to the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, former chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah were arrested by security forces on Monday. Former J&K chief minister and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti has been detained and taken to a guest house […]

History has been created, Rajya Sabha has passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019 that seeks to scrap Article 370 and Article 35A in J&K while also bifurcating the state into union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The Bill was passed by the Upper House through a voice vote, with 125 members voting in favour of the bill and […]

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday released the first set of image captured by Chandrayaan-2, which is India’s second lunar mission. The on board camera captured pictures of Earth which was viewed in space which was taken by L14 camera of Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander on August 3. “Earth as viewed by #Chandrayaan2 LI4 […]

In a major blow to the Assam Congress, Rajya Sabha member and former state party President Bhubaneswar Kalita on Monday resigned from the Rajya Sabha. Kalita had another year to go to complete his term as the Rajya Sabha MP. His term would have ended in April 2020. Taking to twitter, he wrote, “I have […]

In a historic move, the BJP-led Centre has scrapped Article 370 of the constitution that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir and converted the border state into a Union Territory with a legislature. Jammu and Kashmir has been bifurcated, it is no longer a state. Ladakh on the other hand is a union territory […]

Autonomous State Demand Committee president Holiram Terang has slammed the government for not including a Hill Tribe member in the recently formed High Level Committee set up for implementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord. The ASDC president said that hill tribes of the state like the Karbi, Dimasa, Kuki, Rengma and Baite do […]

The Kamrup Metropolitan District and Sessions court has awarded death penalty to Gobind Singhal who was convicted in the sensational Shweta Agarwal murder case. On the other hand, Gobind’s mother Kamala Devi Singhal and sister Bhavani Singhal have been sentenced to life imprisonment. The big development comes at a time when Shweta’s family has been […]

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma who also holds the state finance portfolio on Friday said that the state is financially stable. Stating that the central government did not pass the budget due to the elections for which the central schemes has not started to come in and that is the only difference of financial situation […]