Former Nagaland Chief Minister and veteran Congress leader KL Chishi will be contesting from the lone Lok Sabha seat in the Nagaland. The formal announcement of his candidature was made by the Central Election Committee of the Congress in New Delhi late Friday evening. Chishi, who joined the BJP before the State Assembly Election in […]

The Congress has fielded former Meghalaya Chief Minister and leader of opposition Mukul Sangma in the Tura seat. Mukul Sangma will be up against NPP candidate and former Union Minister Agatha Sangma. With Mukul Sangma up against Agatha Sangma, the battle for the Tura seat is attracting a lot of attention importance as a hard […]

The Congress has declared its candidates for five Lok Sabha seats in Assam that go to poll in the first phase of the elections. The first list of candidates include names of Swarup Das for the Karimganj seat, Sushmita Deb for the Silchar seat, Gaurav Gogoi for Kaliabor seat, Sushanta Borgohain for the Jorhat seat […]

The Assam BJP will hold crucial talks in the national capital on Saturday to finalise seat sharing with the AGP besides deciding the party candidates for the state. The meet will be attended by senior BJP leaders including party national president Amit Shah. The meeting will also have in attendance the top brass of the […]

Tezpur BJP MP RP Sharma has resigned from the primary membership of the party. The MP quit the BJP party as he has been denied a party ticket to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections; although the party is yet to formally announce the list of candidates. It is quite likely that Sharma may join […]

The Supreme Court on Friday revoked the lifetime ban on former Team India cricketer S Sreesanth, who was found guilty in the IPL spot fixing scandal. Justice Ashok Bhushan directed BCCI to decide afresh on the quantum of punishment for the fast bowler. The 35-year-old cricketer had challenged the decision of the cricket body in […]

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear plea filed by a woman seeking protection and permission to approach the Delhi High Court for legal remedies regarding her complaint of gang rape by 4 persons including Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu. A bench headed by chief justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the woman to approach […]

At least 49 people have been killed and several injured in a mass shootout at two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch during Friday afternoon prayers. A total of 48 patients, including young children with gunshot wounds, were admitted to Christchurch hospital for treatment. According to sources, multiple explosive devices were found attached to several vehicles […]

The Supreme Court has put a stay on Meghalaya High Court’s contempt order against The Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim and publisher Shobha Chaudhuri for publishing articles on the perks and facilities for retired judges and their families. A Supreme Court Bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi earlier agreed to hear a […]

A high-level team of the Election Commission led by a Deputy Election Commissioner will visit Assam on Monday (March 18). According to reports, the EC delegation will also visit Tripura, Manipur and West Bengal next week to assess poll preparedness. The decision to send Deputy Election Commissioner, Sudip Jain comes a day after the BJP […]