Another incident of moral policing has surfaced in Assam. In a latest incident, a woman was mercilessly beaten up and her head tonsured after she stood up opposing the marriage of her minor child at Baterhat in Assam’s Dhubri district. The incident reportedly took place on the night of Oct 2. The chilling incident that […]

Gauhati University is witnessing massive protest following the death of Himangshu Neog, a B.Tech 3rd semester student on Friday. As alleged by students the university hospital has been running without any experienced doctors or proper equipment and the lack of proper medical facilities in the university had led to the death of the student. Stormy scenes […]

Violence related to student politics has hit Guwahati’s Cotton University. The university which is soon to see elections within its campus was rattled after the candidate for the post of general secretary was attacked by miscreants at Guwahati’s Japorigog area. Candidate for the post of general secretary Nabajit Dutta and another student Trinayan Baruah were […]

Students in Assam’s Dibrugarh University protested against the recent hike in public transport fare that resulted out of the spiraling prices of fuel. The protest staged under the All Asom Student Union has been going on since three days now. The agitating students, AASU leaders, teachers and locals are demanding a reduction in the fare […]

The Namrup-based Assam Petrochemicals Limited on Friday rolled out the country’s first methanol-based cooking fuel which will be cheaper than conventional LPG fuel. NITI Aayog member VK Saraswat set the ball rolling by inaugurating the Green and Clean Fuel Pilot Project on methanol cooking stove, which is the first of its kind in India. This […]

Mizoram Chief Minister Lalthanhawla addressing a political session at Lalthanhawla auditorium in Aizawl said that the Congress will miss the two prominent leaders, R Lalzirliana and Lalrinliana Sailo, who quit the party recently. The Chief Minister in his address said that although their absence would be felt, the Congress party has suitable replacements for the […]

A latest report by the news portal Cobrapost has brought some shocking details into fore. The report claims that former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and former Assam minister Bhumidhar Barman had furnished false information to the election commission. As per the report, Gogoi had given false PAN details to the Election Commission of India […]

While Manipur University Vice-Chancellor in-charge Professor Yugindro Singh has claimed that things are rather normal in the university campus, the Manipur University Students Union president M Dayaman Singh stated that it was far from truth. Talking to Northeast Live, Dayaman said that there is still a heavy presence of security personnel in the University campus. […]

The Election Commission of India today announced the dates for assembly elections in five states including Mizoram. Mizoram will go to polls on November 28 along with Madhya Pradesh. The result for the polls will be declared on December 11. The Northeastern state of Mizoram will go to polls along with Madhya Pradesh on November […]

With fuel prices decreased by as much as Rs 5 since last midnight, it has brought in a sigh of relief for the common people. But inspite of this, public transport vehicles in Assam are still charging the hiked fares much to the woes of the people. While the fare hike which was agreed upon […]