Flood threat looms over Tripura where every year thousands of families are displaced and life disrupted. Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has assured that the newly formed government is looking for a permanent solution to the flood related issues. The Chief Minister has said that a 25 meter high dam will be constructed at the […]

With the fuel prices spiraling to record high, the commoners are feeling the brunt of the hike in petrol and diesel prices. With an increase by 16 paise Sunday midnight, petrol prices have touched Rs 80.49 per litre in Guwahati, whereas a litre of diesel has reached Rs 72.22 per litre. Meanwhile, the petrol prices […]

Women in Arunachal Pradesh’s urban model village Mayu took things into their own hands to control the drug menace in the area. A group of 20 women came together to conduct a surprise drug eradication drive at the urban model village seizing two packets of brown sugar among other contraband items. The women also apprehended […]

Four persons all minors were arrested for allegedly raping a 15 year old girl in South Tripura. The girl was taken by one of the rapists to a lonely place after making false promises of marrying her on May 24. She was then gang raped by the five minors at Banrai Para JB School. The […]

Voting for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland is underway with the Neiphiu Rio led Nationalist Democratic Peoples’ Party and TR Zeliang led Nagaland Peoples’ Front going for a head to head fight. Brisk voting is underway across the state, with a high 70 per cent voting reported till 4 PM. The election to […]

The Congress and the NPP are battling it out in the crucial Ampati by-poll in Meghalaya. Over 65 percent voting was reported till 1 pm. The result of the polls will decide as to which party will emerge single largest in the state. The NPP is going all out to wrest power in the constituency […]

An elephant died at Rangjuli in Assam’s Dudhnoi this morning due to an unknown disease. The elephant had been sent from Guwahati along with another jumbo to drive out a rogue elephant in the area. A team of doctors had also been brought in from Guwahati to tend to the ailing elephant but their efforts […]

With the onset of the monsoon season, the spate in water levels of the Barak river has triggered erosion in the Polarpar village at Algapur constituency in Assam’s Hailakandi district. Hundreds of people have been displaced due to severe erosion. Large tracts of agricultural land have also been washed away by the turbulent river.

A major step has been taken to protect the value of Assam’s prized Sualkuchi silk clothing. The Sualkuchi brand of silk, which had faced challenge from the influx of cheap imitation Benarasi silk saris, has now finally received the much deserved trade mark from the Central government. After long going efforts and requests by various […]

Assam MP Gaurav Gogoi has been appointed as the AICC incharge of West Bengal and Andaman and Nicobar Islands by Congress President Rahul Gandhi with immediate effect. The All India Congress Committee appreciated the hard work and contribution of CP Joshi, who will be stepping down from his responsibility as the AICC General Secretary incharge […]