The Gauhati High Court has directed the Assam State Election Commission to hold the panchayat polls by September 15. The Panchayat polls this time will be fought under new rules. To contest in the polls one needs to have an educational qualification of HSLC pass. Moreover, a person having more than two children will not […]

Incessant rains have also caused havoc in the other states of the Northeast. Heavy rainfall in Sikkim for the past few days has caused landslides in various parts of south and east districts of Sikkim. Several houses have been damaged and road communication has taken a hit in the state. In fact roads have been […]

Incidents of landslides have also been reported in Guwahati following the heavy rainfall. Landslides have occured in Nijara-par area of Birubari. No injuries have been reported from the affected area. Police have transferred the Nijarapar residents to safer places.

The Special court has rejected the bail plea of 21 Assam Police Service and Assam Civil Service officers in connection with the APSC cash for job scam. Those arrested in the scam are accused of bribing former Assam Public Service Commission chairman Rakesh Kumar Pal who is currently lodged into the Guwahati Central Jail.

Intensifying its investigations into the horrific Karbi Anglong mob lynching case, the Assam Police have arrested 2 more persons accused in the brutal incident. Those arrested have been identified as Bubai Rabha and Bijay Swargiyari of Panjuri in Kacahrigaon. this takes the total number of arrested persons to 30. Two young men from Guwahati- Abhijit […]

Sensation is currently prevailing over a Facebook page that has been opened up allegedly by the anti-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Assam. The shocking part is that the page by the outlawed outfit has garnered large response from the youth. People have not only expressed desire to join the ULFA-Independent outfit, but […]

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma participated in a blood donation camp at the Assam Medical College campus in Dibrugarh. Apart from donating blood, he also toured the campus of the college cum hospital and took stock of various issues. According to reports, Himanta Biswa Sarma, assured the AMCH authorities to identify the issues faced […]

As Assam reels under the first wave of floods, the Kopili river now flows above the danger level. The overflowing Kopili has submerged several important roads in the region hitting basic communications. The Raikota Chandanpur village has been heavily submerged forcing people to abandon their houses. The opening of seven gates of the Khangdong dam […]

Mirem village in Arunachal Pradesh has become smokeless. After distributing free LPG connections to 120 BPL women beneficiaries under the expanded Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna. East Siang Deputy Commissioner Tamiyo Tatak has declared the village smokeless. While addressing a gathering, Tatak informed that twenty one more villages in the district would become smokeless in days […]

Present Governor of West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi today took oath as the acting Governor of Tripura. He was sworn in by Tripura High Court Chief Justice Ajay Rahstag in the capital city Agartala. Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, Deputy CM Jihashnu Debbarma, Mayor of Agartala municipal corporation Dr. Prafulljit Sinha and legislators were present […]