In a big relief to commoners, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today announced a Rs 2.5 cut in the prices of diesel and petrol per litre and asked state governments to go for a matching reduction. The minister said the centre would reduce the tax rate by Rs 1.5 per litre while oil marketing companies would […]

Prithvi Shaw becomes the youngest Indian to hit a Test century on his debut. The Mumbai player, who became India’s 293rd Test player, achieved the feat against the ongoing Test series against West Indies. The 18 year old slammed a 99 ball ton during the first Test of the two match series at the Saurashtra […]

The picturesquely aesthetic hill state of Sikkim scripted history today as the first flight from Kolkata landed at around 1:24 PM in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Pakyong airport. The Spice Jet Flight number SG 3341 took one hour ten minutes to land in the Sikkim’s Pakyong airport. Earlier, PM Narendra Modi while inaugurating […]

Permutations and combinations gain momentum in Meghalaya ahead of Lok Sabha elections. The MDA is yet to decide on fielding a common candidate from Tura and Shillong seats in the Lok Sabha elections slated next year, said James Sangma. The topic of common candidate has not come up in any of the MDA meetings yet and […]

National People’s Party seems to be confident of putting up a good show in the upcoming polls to the Legislative Assembly in Mizoram. Stating that the elections in Mizoram is wide open, NPP leader and Meghalaya Home Minister James Sangma said that people in Mizoram are looking for an alternative, having given a chance to […]

The Gauhati High Court has granted bail to 9 ACS, APS officers accused in the APSC cash-for-job scam. The officers granted bail by the Justice Rumi Kumari Nath bench of the High Court are- Sabira Imran, Dilip Kumar Kalita, Badrul Islam, Gitali Doley, Rumi Saikia, Sunayana Handique , Dipak Khanikar, Kunal Das and Sudipta Goswami. […]

The Centre has extended the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) for another six months in Arunachal Pradesh’s three districts and in the areas falling within the jurisdiction of the state’s eight police stations bordering Assam, notifying them as disturbed areas. The Home Ministry extended the AFSPA in Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts of Arunachal […]

BJP and its allies have set their eyes on the upcoming Assembly elections in Mizoram. Although BJP is a new political entity in Mizoram that has a 40 member State Assembly, the party is gearing up along with its allies like the NPP to make a mark. BJP National General Secretary and Northeast in-charge Ram […]

India has deported all the 7 Rohingyas, who were lodged in Assam’s Silchar Central Jail since 2012. All the 7 Rohingyas reached Moreh in Manipur and have been later deported to Myanmar from the Moreh border out-post. And they crossed over to Myanmar through the Indo-Myanmar Friendship gate with India finally completing the process of deportation […]

Soon after assuming charge as the Chief Justice of India today, Justice Ranjan Gogoi said that parameters will be worked out for urgent mentioning and hearing of cases. Justice Gogoi said that no urgent mentioning of cases will be allowed till parameters are fixed. At present, 20 minutes per day are reserved in the top […]