Barely a day after civil society groups and the common people in Kohima took to the streets and even started a signature campaign across the state demanding that the incumbent DGP Rupin Sharma be retained, the Nagaland Governor ordered Sharma to hand over the charge to Additional DGP Renchamo Kikon. In a notification issued by […]

The indefinite hunger strike by members of the Mizoram Underground Returnees’ Association (MURA), entered its 15th day today. The MURA which is a group of former Mizo National Front (MNF) rebels are seeking fulfillment of the political agreement made by the Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee before the 2008 and 2013 Assembly elections. The MURA members […]

Assam is remembering one if its greatest literary geniuses Kalaguru Bishnu Rabha on his death anniversary today. Commemoration programmes were held in Tezpur over the occasion of Rabha Diwas as people remembered Rabha on this day. Bishnuprasad Rabha has been one of the greatest artistic legends of the state. He has been a writer, poet, […]

Three luminaries from Assam have been selected for this year’s prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi award. The three recipients are noted Sattriya dance exponents Oja Jagannath Bayan, Ramkrishna Talukdar and noted theater personality Nuruddin Ahmed. Bayan and Talukdar have been life long exponents of Assam’s famed Sattriya dance. On the other hand, Ahmed has been awarded […]

The joint survey of the Land Records Department of the Municipal Board and the Syiem of the Hima Mylliem started at the Sweeper colony in Shillong today. No sooner had the survey started, a group of residents all females of the colony staged a silent demonstration at the petrol pump in the colony demanding rehabilitation […]

In a shocking incident, parents abandon their specially abled child under a bridge at Dhanubhanga in Assam’s Goalpara district. Unable to take care of the seven year old because of his specially abled nature, the parents decided to abandon him. Both the parents were picked up by police from a rented house in Guwahati’s Bhetapara area […]

The flood situation in Assam has witnessed slight improvement with let up in rainfall and flood water receding in several places. However, many areas in 5 districts namely Nagaon, Hojai, Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj still remain under water. According to a data released by the state disaster management authority, a total of 5.14 lakh people […]

In a bid to tackle militancy in Assam a special training session conducted by the National Investigation Agency began today at the Assam police headquarters with a three day long programme. The special training session is being called following directives of the Ministry of Home Affairs. During the training session top officials of the NIA […]

Nagaland Governor P. B. Acharya has condemned the attack on the Assam Rifles convoy by the ULFA-Independent and the NSCN-Khaplang. In a press release , the Governor stated that such violence has no place in the society and ppealed to the NSCN-K to shun violence and restore its ceasefire with the Centre. Governor Acharya also […]

Two NSCN-K cadres have been apprehended by police at Arunachal Pradesh’s Longding district and eastern Assam’s Charaideo district. The two militants were nabbed during search operations. They have been identified as Angam Bangsu and Paras Gurung. Search operations had been on since Saturday. Both these cadres have been charged with illegally extorting money for NSCN-K. […]