Four boxers from the Northeast have brought laurels to the region by winning gold medals in the 2nd Open India Boxing Tournament held at Guwahati on Friday. Assam’s Shiva Thapa and Jamuna Boro, Manipur’s MC Mary Kom and Sarita Devi won the finals in the tournament. The six-time world champion Mary Kom (51kg) clinched gold […]

Star sprinter Hima Das has made everybody proud again as she cleared the Assam Higher Secondary final examination (Arts stream) with flying colours. Hima, who had appeared in the HS examination from Dhing College, secured a total of 349 out of 500 marks with an aggregate of 69.8%, scoring 63 in English, 84 in Assamese, […]

The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) on Monday declared the results of Higher Secondary final year examinations 2019. As many as 2,42,844 students appeared for the HS final exams this year. Out of which, 1,86,187 candidates were from the Arts stream. From Science and Commerce stream, as many as 37,455 and 18,291 candidates appeared […]

Prime minister Narendra Modi is all set to chair a mega NDA meet today at around 5 pm on Saturday. Crucial decisions in regard to government formation will be taken during the meet. The MPs will meet in the Central Hall of Parliament at 5 pm where Modi is likely to address them. The MPs […]

Beating all odds, the ruling BJP registered its best ever tally in Assam winning 9 of the total 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state. While the BJP’s allies drew a blank in the state, it did not impact the NDA’s overall tally which went up from 7 in 2014 to 9 this time. The […]

Like the rest of the country, NDA flag flew high in the Northeast as well. In the Northeast overall, the BJP-led NDA has bagged 18 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats, more than double of what they had managed to win in 2014 in the northeast. Meanwhile, the Election Commission of India on Friday released […]

The Union Cabinet on Friday passed a resolution to dissolve the 16th Lok Sabha. The decision was taken at a special Cabinet meeting on Friday a day after the votes for the 2019 General Elections were counted. After the meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Council of Ministers tendered their resignations to President Ram […]

India’s longest serving chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling has resigned. Chamling’s resignation comes after opposition Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) scripted history by winning the Assembly polls in the state. Chamling on Friday submitted his resignation to Governor Ganga Prasad to pave the way for formation of the next government. The SKM won an absolute majority […]

BJP’s Pema Khandu is all set to form the government for a second term. Khandu-led BJP has won 34 seats and leading in 2 seats for the 60 seat Assembly. BJP had already won three seats unopposed. Khandu won by 2619 votes defeating his closest rival, Thupten Khunpen, a monk from the Mukto constituency, Khandu’s […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah on Friday called on party veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, a day after the party-led NDA returned to power at the Centre with a massive mandate. “Called on respected Advani Ji. The BJP’s successes today are possible because greats like him spent decades building […]