Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda expressed disappointment for not being invited for inauguration of the country’s longest rail-cum-road bridge, Bogibeel in Assam. It was during Deve Gowda’s tenure as Prime Minister back in 1997 that the foundation for the structure was laid. Speaking on the sidelines of a function on how he felt about […]

A day after inauguration of the historic Bogibeel Bridge by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress today attacked the Centre for not inviting former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the inauguration. Assam leader of opposition Debabrata Saikia said it is very unfortunate that the BJP led government has not invited former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh […]

The nation paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 94th birth anniversary. On the occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to the late leader. Modi reiterated the commitment towards creating the India the former Prime Minister dreamt of. Remembering Vajpayee, Modi also shared a video on micro-blogging site Twitter, […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge in Eastern Assam, cutting distance and time for civilians and the military to travel up close to the Chinese border through Arunachal Pradesh. Aside from being a mega infrastructure project costing the nation close to Rs 6000 crore, the Bogibeel bridge, connecting Assam’s Dibrugarh and […]

The East Jaintia Hills District administration today handed over a cheque of Rs 1 lakh each to the families of three miners from Lumthari village who are trapped inside the tragedy-hit coal mine. The interim relief was made available after a directive in this regard by the National Green Tribunal. The relief will be made […]

PDF chief PN Syiem has quit the party he formed after being allegedly sidelined by fellow party leaders. Syiem, who was the chairman of PDF, shot off a resignation letter to party president Ivanlumlang Marbaniang. In the resignation letter Syiem stated that since the party he had exerted to establish was not in need of […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Assam tomorrow on his 30th visit to the Northeast to dedicate to the nation, the country’s longest 5km long road-cum-rail bridge over the Brahmaputra. The stage is all set for inauguration of the longest road-cum-rail bridge in India. The Bogibeel bridge is the second longest bridge in Asia […]

MNF leader Zoramthanga is all set to be sworn in as the new chief minister of the state tomorrow. On the eve of the swearing in ceremony a special celebration was held at the MNF headquarters in Aizawl. The celebration was attended by a large number of party members. The MNF which has returned to […]

The rescue operation carried out by NDRF team was called off at 5 pm due to diminishing visibility. According to official sources, more water needs to be pumped out of the coal mine before any efforts can be made to rescue the coal miners. Altogether 65 NDRF personnel and 12 SDRF personnel were involved in […]

As many as 13 coal labourers, most of them minors, are feared dead in an illegal rat-hole mine at Lomtharee village under Saipung police station in East Jaintia Hills. Its been over 24 hours, since the labourers were trapped in the rat-hole mine. Rescue efforts by NDRF and state police personnel failed to yield results […]