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 […]

The ruling BJP has shortlisted probable candidates for the 10 Lok Sabha seats from Assam. As per sources, names of MP Bijoya Chakravarty, Bijuli Kalita Medhi, Queen Ojha and Chikimiki Talukdar have been shortlisted for the Guwahati seat, Tajdeep Roy and Parimal Suklabaidya have been shortlisted for Silchar constituency, while for Karimganj, names of Kripanath […]

Assam Health and Finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will be contesting in the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls. The decision was taken during the crucial BJP meet that took place on Thursday. As per sources, Sarma will contest from Tezpur. It is worth mentioning here, the BJP leadership in the centre had given a free-hand to Sarma […]

The BJP and the AGP have come together once again putting aside their differences for the interest of Assam. Stating this during a joint press briefing at the BJP headquarters in Guwahati, top party leader Himanta Biswa Sarma said the AGP, BJP and BPF are united in their bid to ensure Narendra Modi becomes Prime […]

India’s fast bowler Mohammed Shami has been charged with non-bailable offences by Kolkata Police as they submitted a chargesheet against the India player before the Alipore police court. In the chargesheet, Shami has been charged under sections 498A meant for dowry harassment and 354A meant for sexual harassment. Shami has had a long-standing case with […]

The opposition Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) and the Congress party today announced common candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and Assembly by-election. Mizoram Football Association General Secretary Lalnghingolva Hmar has been nominated as the common candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Meanwhile, Lalbuanga Sailo has been nominated as the candidate for Aizawl West […]

In view of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Centre told the Supreme court that the Central forces deployed in Assam for National Register of Citizens (NRC) work will not be withdrawn. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice R F Nariman said the NRC work and Lok Sabha polls can go simultaneously […]