The 19 ACS-APS officials, who were arrested by the Dibrugarh Police yesterday will be produced before a Special Court today. The Police are likely to seek a 14-day custody of the arrested officials before the Court. All the 19 officials including 7 women were arrested yesterday after summoning them for handwriting test. Dibrugarh Police have […]

The United Democratic Party and the People’s Democratic Front have decided on a common candidate for Ranikor by-poll. UDP’s Pius Marwein has been named as the common candidate. The decision to field Marwein as the common candidate taken at the coordination committee meet at the residence of UDP chief Donkupar Roy this evening. Talking to […]

The Union Health Ministry has approved the setting up of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Tripura. The ministry had earlier asked the state government to identify a 200 acre plot of land for the same. Accordingly, the Tripura government has identified a 265-acre plot of land at Khairpur near Agartala for […]

In a bid to tackle the menace of contaminated fish imported from outside the state, stringent steps are being put in place by the Assam government to lift the ban on imported fish. The ban on import of fish will end on July 21 and traders can beign importing fish from Andhra Pradesh or any […]

Kickboxers from Meghalaya proved their mettle once again as the team of 15 won 15 medals each in the recent North East Kickboxing Championship held at Kokrajhar in Assam. The team of 15 kickboxers won medals in different categories, while maintaining Meghalaya’s dominance in kickboxing among the states of the Northeast. While talking to Northeast […]

Government is leaving no stone unturned to make Tripura a narcotics-free state. The Biplab Deb-led state government is mulling to frame new laws to put an end to the drug menace in the state. As many as 17 packets of marijuana were seized from Hamsafar express on July 17 worth Rs 1.80 lakh rupees. In […]

The Assam Police have arrested all the 19 Assam Public Service Commission officers after they appeared before investigating officials for a handwriting test at the Assam Police special branch headquarters at Guwahati today. The arrested officials include 13 ACS officers, 3 APS officers, one DTO, one tax superintendent and one tax inspector and involved in […]

The Manipur University Students Union and the Democratic Students’ Alliance of Manipur have rejected the new fact finding committee constituted by the Union HRD Ministry. While speaking to Northeast Live, MUSU president M Dayaman said that they were disappointed with the formation of the fact finding committee as there was nothing mentioned about the removal […]

The 48-hour general strike called by MUSU got widespread support from people in Manipur capital Imphal. Life had come to a near standstill in Imphal where shops and markets remained shut. People were seen blocking roads by burning tyres and setting up barricades. The Manipur University Students’ Union had called for a 48-hour strike across […]

A Special Investigation Team has been constituted by the Meghalaya police to investigate the petrol bomb attack at the Meghalaya Public Service Commission office on July 9. Talking to media persons, East Khasi Hills District SP Davis Marak said that a special investigating team comprising of an SP, Additional SP, Officer in-charge and two other […]