The proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill was discussed on the floor of the United Nations Human Rights Council at Geneva in Switzerland with organisations from the northeast taking part in the discussion. A delegation from the Khilanjia Mancha, Assam and other organisations of the northeastern region raised the issues before the 38th session of the UNHRC on […]

Sensation prevailed in Tripura’s West District after the body of Purna Biswas, a 10 year old hailing from Mohanpur Bhumihin colony was recovered on Wednesday from a nearby rubber garden. According to reports, the class 4 student went missing on Tuesday afternoon. And it was late in the evening yesterday that after searching for his whereabouts, […]

In a shocking incident a pregnant woman was allegedly ‘strip-searched’ at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati on June 24 after a woman CISF staff wanted to verify her pregnancy. The incident took place when the woman and her husband were travelling to New Delhi from Guwahati, after attending the last rituals of her […]

NEIGRIHMS Director, DM Thappa on Tuesday said that the problem between the administration and the resident doctors, students of the cardiology department has been sorted out. The HOD of the cardiology dept, Animesh Mishra, however, informed that after the meeting with Director of NEIGRIHMS, the stir by the resident doctors had been called off. However […]

A team of the National Human Rights Commission visited the Sweeper Colony in Shillong today and interacted with the residents of the area. The three-member NHRC team called on the community elders of the colony besides also visiting the house of the girl involved in an argument with the bus driver and his son that […]

Assam DGP Kuladhar Saikia has sent out a stern warning to perpetrators of moral policing. Speaking exclusively to Northeast Live, Saikia said all accused in the recent cases of moral policing in the state have been arrested and warned people not to take law in their own hands. The Assam DGP added that swift action […]

Heavy rains triggered massive landsildes near Papu-nallah area in Arunachal Pradesh this morning. These are the dramatic visuals on screen of the landslide that blocked the road in the area. According to Disaster Management field officer Jogam Angu, the restoration work is underway. The officer informed that as of now the road has been cleared […]

The Centre has released a total of Rupees 340 crore as relief package for flood affected areas in Assam. While, the Home Ministry released a sum of Rupees 239 crores for disaster management, the DoNER Ministry has released Rupees 101 crores for infrastructure development. This was informed by DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh after he chaired […]

Custom preventive force of Moreh in Manipur along with Anti smuggling unit today busted a smuggling racket and seized as many as 40 gold biscuits of foreign origin worth more than 2 crores. Acting upon the information given to the team, the officials seized gold from a specially built cavity of a Tata Tipper truck […]

Police in Tripura’s Khowai district seized huge quantities of brown sugar in wee hours of Monday night. The operation was led by Additional Superintendent of Police of Khowai district Angadulal  Debbarma and SDPO Anirvan Das. The police conducted an operation where in huge amount of brown sugar worth Rupees 5 lakh was recovered from a […]