Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi. The decision was taken in Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentary board meeting yesterday. Senior BJP leaders including Prime Minister Modi, party president Amit Shah met at the party’s New Delhi Headquarters yesterday where the crucial decision was taken. Modi contested from Uttar Pradesh’s […]

With an objective to make Nambul River pollution free, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh launched the “Rejuvenation and Conservation of Nambul River” project at Imphal on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister made an appeal to people asking them to stop littering on river banks. The Chief Minister also asked local clubs […]

The Meghalaya High Court on Friday held Shillong Times’ Editor, Patricia Mukhim, and publisher, Shobha Chaudhuri, guilty of contempt of court. This comes in connection with two stories that the Shillong-based daily published in December about a court order seeking better facilities for retired judges and their families. As per reports, the court imposed a […]

Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has ordered an inquiry into the alleged Panchayat & Rural Development recruitment scam. The inquiry will be done by Additional Chief Secretary Jishnu Baruah and the report has to be submitted at the earliest. The Criminal Investigation Department had earlier submitted the investigation report on the anomalies in the recruitment examination […]

India today demanded action against terror groups responsible for cross-border terrorism from Pakistan. Reiterating India’s stand, MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that there are eyewitness accounts and electronic evidence that Pakistan had deployed F-16 aircraft and that one F-16 was shot down by Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman’s MiG 21 Bison. He also said that India […]

The opposition in Arunachal Pradesh has closed ranks and are staging a dharna near the Raj Bhawan in Itanagar to mount pressure on their demand for resignation of CM Pema Khandu for the BJP-led government’s high-handedness while dealing with the protest against the PRC move that had led to the death of three people in […]

Two people are reportedly dead after they consumed spurious alcohol in Assam’s Numaligarh district. The deaths have been reported from the Panikora village, agitated locals have busted an illegal racket selling spurious liquor. It is learnt that the locals have been complaining police officials of the presence of elements selling illicit liqour in the area, […]

The opposition in Arunachal Pradesh is up in arms against chief minister Pema Khandu. A delegation of the opposition including former chief minister Gegong Apang and state Congress president Takam Sanjoy called on Governor BD Mishra yesterday to demand Khandu’s resignation within 3 days. The opposition asked the Governor to sack Khandu if he refuses […]

An NIA team has arrived in Tripura capital Agartala to interrogate the arrested Jamat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh operative, Nazir Sheikh. Sheikh who was arrested from West Tripura district on Tuesday was sent to a 12-day police custody on Wednesday. After preliminary interrogation by top intelligence officials, Sheikh – a resident of Murshi-dabad of West Bengal was produced […]

Congress President Rahul Gandhi has launched another scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale fighter jets deal. Addressing the media in New Delhi, the Congress president has demanded a probe into the Prime Minister’s Office making alleged parallel negotiations on the Rafale deal. Rahul Gandhi also mocked the government’s claim that documents […]