Sikkim got its first airport on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the  airport in Pakyong, about 30 kms from the capital city of Gangtok. Pakyong airport will play an important role in connecting Sikkim with the rest of India. The first passenger flight, a Spicejet flight, will land at Pakyong airport from Kolkata on […]

Bhupen Hazarika’s close associate and Veteran film maker Kalpana Lajmi is no more. Eminent bollywood personalities like Shabana Azmi, Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan arrived at Oshiwara Crematorium in Mumbai today to pay their last tributes to filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi, who breathed her last this morning. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal too paid his last […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has rolled out the Centre’s flagship Ayushman Bharat -Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PMJAY) in Ranchi today. Under the vision of Ayushman Bharat, Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana shall be implemented so that each and every citizen receives his due share of healthcare. This is considered to be the “world’s largest […]

The war of words between the Congress and the NPP has escalated in Meghalaya over the stepping down of senior Congress leader DD Lapang. Deputy Chief Minister and NPP leader, Prestone Tynsong refuted allegations levelled by the state Congress of having a role to play in Veteran congress leader’s resignation from the congress. The Deputy […]

Close on the heels of the horrific incident of electrocution of six people in Assam’s Nagaon district, a major fire broke at Juria in the same district. The fire broke out at Kaliyadingi and took down 15 houses with it. It is being suspected that the fire broke out due to an electrical short circuit. […]

A forest department official sustained injuries after a rhino attacked him in the Kaziranga National Park. The incident happened at the park’s Rongamotoria forest shelter where a forest guard named Nipen Barman was attacked by the rhino. The guard has sustained injuries in his chest and back but there is nothing serious in the nature […]

Meghalaya cabinet on Friday gave it’s approval to the proposal of the political department to bring a official resolution for the inclusion of the Khasi and Garo language in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution. Informing this, Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister, Prestone Tynsong said that the proposal will be introduced in the ongoing Autumn […]

The price hike in fuel has finally caught up to the public transport system as bus fares all over Assam are set to receive a price hike. Bus fares are set to receive a 50 percent hike from October 3 onwards as per an announcement made by the All Assam Motor Transport Association(AAMTA). Now the […]

The employees of emergency healthcare service 108 -102 have resumed their duties across the State from today onwards. The decision was taken by the employees after meeting Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The emergency health care services’ employees was protesting since September 5 against the government and GVK EMRI for depriving them of their rights […]

Three Block Development Officers have been suspended in Assam’s Hailakandi district over corruption and non-performance charges. These are Girish Chandra Baishya from Lala development block, Ranjit Kalita from Borjelenga development block and Saroj Das from Ramkrishna Nagar and North Karimganj development block. All three have been accused of mismanagement and under-performance in various government schemes […]