A delegation of AASU and 28 other organisations gathered at Nabagraha in Guwahati to pay their condolences to the departed souls of Abhijeet Nath and Nilotpal Das. AASU Chief Adviser Samujjal Bhattacharya, while speaking to Northeast live said that the government should take stern and exemplary actions against the culprits. He further reiterated ‘Assamese killed […]

The Congress’ aspiration to stake claim for government formation by dint of being the single largest party in Meghalaya seems to have received a major blow in Meghalaya. A party MLA from the state’s Ranikor constituency, Martin Danggo has publicly announced that he will join the NPP if the alliance government upgrades Ranikor to a […]

The opposition NPF has slammed Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio for stating that integration of all Naga inhabited areas would not be possible as part of the solution to the Naga peace process. Rio had made the statement following a meeting with Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. NPF spokesperson A Kikon said the […]

Internet services have been restored in Shillong and other areas in the Khasi-Jaintia Hill region, 13 days after the clashes that broke out in the city, forcing the government to impose a curfew. Mobile Internet and messaging services were suspended on June 1 in seven districts of the Khasi-Jaintia Hill region, a day after clashes […]

The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited has issued alert to deputy commissioners of different districts in Assam that it will release water from the Kopili reservoir which is used to generate 50 MW power in the Khandong power station. The authorities stated that incessant rainfall has led to more inflow of Kopili river water. […]

Delivering yet another blow to the NSCN-IM, security forces arrested two Over Ground Workers of the insurgent outfit from Niausa village in Arunachal Pradesh’s Longding district. Based on specific inputs about extortion activities carried out by the militant outfit in the village, security forces launched a search operation an apprehended the two militants at a […]

The Union cabinet has approved the nomination of home minister Rajnath Singh as the ex-officio chairman of the North Eastern Council (NEC). The NEC is an apex regional planning body and comprises governors and chief ministers of all the eight northeastern states as its members. The cabinet also approved that minister of state for the […]

Flood situation remains grim in Tripura as incessant heavy rains have led to flooding in several areas of the state. The situation worsened with two deaths reported; one from Khowai district and a six year old from Gurdadda area of South District. National Disaster Response Force, Assam Rifles and other central and state government agencies […]

A team of the State Human Rights Commission visited Dokmoka in Assam’s West Karbi Anglong district, where the mob lynching incident took place. The team visited the site of incident and also the local police stations and took stock of the investigation. The team also interacted with the local villagers to know the ground situation […]

Flood situation in and around Imphal improved slightly as water levels of the three major rivers namely Imphal River, Nambul River and Irang River that passes through the Manipur Capital receded. Although, flood situation in the Greater Imphal areas improved slightly, but situation still remains grim and is far from being normal. Meanwhile, breach of […]