In one of the biggest encounter in recent times, Bhaskar Kalita, the Officer in Charge of Bordumsa Police Station in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district, martyred during a fierce gun battle between ULFA-(I) cadres and the security forces in Tinsukia’s Bordumsa on Friday night. A fierce gun battle between United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent ULFA-(I) cadres […]

The north eastern region is very likely to experience thunderstorms on Friday and Saturday, warned the Indian Meteorological Department. The warning comes a day after heavy rain, winds and lightning killed over a 100 people and injured over 200 in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Thunderstorm accompanied with squall is very likely at isolated places over […]

One lakh Amphetamine tablets called “R 7” of foreign origin having a total worth of around Rs 2 crore was seized from one identified as 39 year old Sujit Das by the anti-Smuggling unit officers, Customs division Imphal today. The seizure was carried out in the North A.O.C area of Imphal. As per reports, the […]

The Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Manipur is all locked up amidst protests by students for demands not being met. The students of the university have been demanding for student’s hostels, staff quarters and other basic amenities. A 99 per cent seat reservation for tribal students is also being asked for. Infuriated at being asked […]

The Director of the NIT Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh, Professor Rajiv Kumar Garg, has allegedly resigned from his post after getting life-threatening calls. In this regard, the president of All Arunachal Pradesh Student’s Union Hawa Bagang has a different story, reportedly he had called the MHRD and he was informed by the Ministry that on April […]

Northeast development conclave 2018 is being held today at Leela Palace in Chanakyapuri New Delhi. The conclave is an initiative to bring together the leading stakeholders for policy debate to find ways and means of strengthening the country`s North Eastern States as well as to remove constraints & bottlenecks to economic prosperity in this region. […]

A fierce gun-battle between the ULFA (I) and security forces have been reported from Kujupathar at Bordumsa in Tinsukia district of Assam. According to reports, two grenade explosions took place before the gun-battle broke out. Meanwhile, another encounter between security forces and the outlawed ULFA (I) has also been reported from Khermethia and Konapathar along […]

The Bharatiya Janata Party backed by the Congress formed the new Chakma Autonomous District Council government in Mizoram. The BJP is backed by the six elected Congress council members. Vice president of state BJP Judy Zohmingliani said that the Congress council members has backed the United Legislature Party formed jointly by the BJP and Congress […]

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj chaired an interactive session on the Act East Policy in New Delhi today. Chief Ministers of all eight North Eastern states – Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura attended the meeting. Senior officials from the respective States who deal with policy issues related to the Act […]

Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who is on a four-day private visit to Dharamsala, visited Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at his adopted home in McLeod Ganj on Thursday. After meeting the Dalai Lama, Tendulkar said that he felt ecstatic to seek the Tibetan leader’s blessing, adding that the duo talked about spreading happiness and […]