The Akhil Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram’s 21st National Janajati Sports Meet kicked-off on Thursday at Tepesia’s Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education sports complex ground in Guwahati. The Sports meet was inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. A souvenir with the title ‘Lakshyavedh’ was also released on the occasion. Olympian archer Satyadev Prasad, Nipan […]

The BJP is gearing up for 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the party has appointed poll in-charges for as many as 17 states. BJP president Amit Shah appointed poll in-charges of 17 States including Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and Sikkim for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Mahendra Singh, Minister of State for Rural Development has been appointed […]

Ending all speculation, the National People’s Party announced that former chairman of the People’s Democratic Front who recently resigned from the party is joining the NPP. PN Syiem, who was the chairman of PDF, had on Sunday shot off his resignation letter to PDF president Ivanlumlang Marbaniang stating that he had been sidelined from important […]

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has urged parties not to play politics over the tragic incident in the East Jaintia Hills coal mine. The Meghalaya chief minister meanwhile, admitted that the situation is critical as almost the entire river has flown inside the mine. Over 12 lakh liters of water has been pumped out by […]

The Meghalaya coal mine tragedy has taken a big political turn with Congress president Rahul Gandhi taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of not doing enough to rescue the 15 trapped miners in East Jaintia Hills. In a direct attack on the Prime Minister, Gandhi tweeted, “15 miners have been struggling […]

Centre has given an extension of six months to complete the ongoing exercise for updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam by June 30, 2019. In a notification, the Registrar General of India said the decision has been taken as the exercise to enumerate citizens in the NRC, a list of Assam’s residents, […]

In a big breakthrough into the assault on social activists Agnes Kharshiing and her colleague Amita Sangma, one of the prime accused in the case Nidamon Chullet surrendered before East Jaintia Hills police. Chullet who has been absconding since the brutal attack on Agnes Kharshiing is a prominent NPP leader from East Jaintia Hills district. […]

The shocking behavior by AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal has caused a sensation throughout Assam with criticism pouring in from all sides. Protests have erupted all over the state, journalists at Guwahati held a protest meet at the Dispur Press Club under the banner of United Television Media Association. Protests were also held at Morigaon against […]

Assam’s star sprinter Hima Das has graced the cover of the January 2019 issue of the Femina India Magazine. The cover page titled Newsmakers, Gamechangers – Applauding India’s Women Champs and their dream run at the Asian Games 2018 sees Hima Das accompanied by three other sportswomen namely Rahi Sarnobat, Vinesh Phogat and Swapna Barman. […]

The Manipur People’s Party, one of the major regional parties from the Northeast, is gearing up to fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections next year. The MPP’s Election Committee Convener, N Nirmala Leima made the statement while attending the 51st foundation day of the party at its office located in Imphal’s Polo Ground. Leima stated […]